Mobile data usage and traffic volume growth in South Africa’s townships is running well ahead of the average growth rate countrywide, Vodacom said on Wednesday. It’s a trend that’s been noted by
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In a potentially groundbreaking development, MTN and Vodafone have announced that MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa customers in East Africa will soon be able to transfer money to each other
In the latest episode of South Africa’s leading technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about e.tv serving papers on government over its digital television migration policy as well as the reaction of communications minister Faith
Less than three weeks after Vodacom hiked its subscription fees for a range of contract packages and a week after Telkom revealed plans to hike line rental fees, MTN is following suit, announcing it intends revising subscription rates for its contract and data plans
Vodacom has lost one of its top executives. Bloomberg is reporting that Romeo Kumalo, the chief operating officer of the mobile operator’s international operators has resigned, apparently to join his family business. Kumalo has been with Vodacom since 2004
Gospel group Joyous Celebration is the most streamed artist by South African users of Web-based streaming service Deezer — a Paris-based company that is part of a now US$7bn industry. Tecla Ciolfi, the editor of Deezer South Africa who
The Black IT Forum, which represents thousands of small and medium enterprises, black professionals and students, has come out strongly in favour of Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel and says the former must get access to the latter’s spectrum assets
Vodacom has become the first mobile operator in South Africa to launch voice-over-LTE, or VoLTE, calling on its network. In development for years, VoLTE allows voice calls to be placed over 4G/LTE networks, which are built first and foremost for data communication rather
Regulators are taking extraordinarily long to weigh up a number of big deals, including Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel, while the industry waits on tenterhooks for news that could change the sector. A number of significant deals that could
Smartphone pricing in South Africa is coming under the spotlight as telecom providers are selling the latest Samsung S6 range at starkly different price points. Mobile network Vodacom on Tuesday revealed its pricing for the Samsung S6, expected to launch in the country