Telkom has confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in South Africa’s telecommunications industry: that it is in talks with mobile operator MTN about a deal involving its loss-making mobile division. It confirmed to shareholders by way of a statement on the JSE’s Sens
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MTN has a “number of options on the table” if the sale of spectrum is included in Vodacom’s looming deal to buy Neotel. “If the transferability of spectrum is something that becomes kosher in a market context, we’d be in a position to capitalise on that change,” MTN
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko “omitted facts” in his open letter at the weekend to his counterparts at MTN and Vodacom and his comments were “a bit rich”. That’s the word from MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia, who told TechCentral on Wednesday
Communications minister Yunus Carrim has lashed out at mobile operators MTN and Vodacom for taking communications regulator Icasa to court over its final regulations governing mobile call termination rates, saying the industry’s inability to reach consensus was holding
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South Africa’s telecommunications industry has never been in such a heightened state of flux as it is today. The regulator, Icasa, has managed to enrage the two biggest operators, MTN and Vodacom, which have both now lodged voluminous applications at the high court in an effort to get new call
There is no direct link between mobile termination rates and retail prices. That’s the assertion of MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia, who on Sunday again questioned the move by communications regulator Icasa to cut the rates. In a statement, Bulbulia urges MTN subscribers to “let the facts
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has blasted his rivals at Vodacom and MTN, Shameel Joosub and Zunaid Bulbulia, accusing them of “standing in the way of South Africa’s future” by taking communications regulator Icasa to court over mobile termination rates. In an open letter to the Vodacom
MTN contesting communications regulator Icasa’s new reduced interconnect call rates is a high-stakes game that is going to leave no one in the cellphone sector untouched, experts have warned. “This is the first time that MTN and Vodacom have been staring down the barrel of a gun,” said analyst
Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has defended his company’s decision to join MTN in suing communications regulator Icasa over cuts to mobile termination rates, the fees operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks. Writing in an opinion piece