Alcatel-Lucent has won the contract from Vodacom to build a fibre broadband network into South African businesses and homes, the telecommunications equipment vendor said on Monday. The company, which is headquartered in France, has been
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Cell C said on Friday that it had lodged an application in the high court in Johannesburg to review communications regulator Icasa’s 2014 late wholesale call termination rate regulations. Those regulations softened asymmetry that favoured Cell C that had
Former Samsung South Africa mobile communications head Craige Fleischer has been named as chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel. He joined the telecommunications operator last week. Fleischer, who took
Should Vodacom be allowed to buy Neotel? That’s the question on the lips of South Africa’s regulators and, indeed, most players in the telecommunications industry. Progress in the proposed R7bn acquisition is expected in the next few months as communications regulator Icasa and
MTN told communications regulator Icasa on Friday that it should block Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel because the deal would give the country’s largest mobile operator an unfair advantage. At public
Cell C made an impassioned plea to communications regulator Icasa on Thursday not to approve Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, warning that the deal would result in a lessening of competition
Access to radio frequency spectrum owned by Neotel would give Vodacom “some breathing room”, relaxing constraints on its ability to compete and allowing it to offer more 4G/LTE and 2G capacity on its networks
Public hearings hosted by telecommunications regulator Icasa are due to commence later this week to discuss Vodacom’s acquisition of Neotel. The final decision will have far-reaching consequences, with the potential either to accelerate or inhibit the roll-out of high-speed fibre connectivity
It was another busy year in South Africa’s technology industry. From the drama at the SABC to the drama over the splitting of the department of communications, it’s been an interesting news year, but a frustrating one for the sector. We know what our favourite stories were in 2014
Vodacom is launching a campaign to create awareness around the dangers of texting while driving. The W8_2send (“wait to send”) campaign is centred on a game that can be played on a desktop PC or mobile device. The game challenges players to manoeuvre an animated car