China’s ZTE intends expanding its market share in smartphones in South Africa through an aggressive marketing campaign aimed at growing consumer awareness of its brand, its newly appointed chairman, Han Xun Jian, says. The company
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A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing a Telkom store at the Irene Mall on Friday, Gauteng police said. The man, who was believed to be in his thirties, was part of a group that robbed the store on Friday afternoon, Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba said. “A group of suspects entered the store
Vodacom’s new Smart Tab 3G is all about driving up the demand for data. Aimed at the mass market, the R999 entry-level tablet could help the mobile operator just that. Before we start this review, bear in mind that this device is not meant
Campaigners will march across South Africa this weekend to demand cheaper and broader access to communications, with march organisers saying government has “handed the democratising power of telecommunications to
Government may be considering selling its stake in minority Vodacom as it seeks funding to rescue electricity supply utility Eskom, according to a report published on Wednesday. The report on Bloomberg, a wires agency, quotes unnamed sources as saying that government has approached financial
Vodacom, keen to get more South Africans onto its mobile broadband network, has launched a 7-inch 3G tablet that costs less than R1 000. The launch of the Smart Tab 3G comes just two months after the mobile operator launched the successful Smart Kicka, an entry-level smartphone that
Vodacom and Deezer have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide the mobile operator’s customers access to the music service’s 35m songs. The announcement follows speculation earlier this week that Deezer was looking
If there’s one group of local companies that doesn’t need help, it’s our telecommunications providers. For decades, this cosy oligopoly has reaped the enormous benefits of rapidly growing new markets, from cellular telephony to data. And yet now they are whining about unfair
Deezer, a Paris-based digital music streaming service that competes with Spotify, is in talks with Vodacom “as it seeks to expand in Africa faster than its rival”, Bloomberg reported on Monday. An unnamed Bloomberg source said that Vodacom will offer its customers access to
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts that 72% of South Africans will access the Internet through their cellphone by 2018. Will Cell C still be competing in this market and will these new mobile data consumers be getting bang for