With the number of Sim card fraud cases in South Africa rising sharply last year, the banks and cellphone service providers are locked in a blame game, with each party arguing that the other could do more to combat the virtual scourge. An increasing number of South Africans
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Having kick-started the only real price war in the South African cellular market, the “little network that could”, Cell C, is in a tough place. Alan Knott-Craig’s Hail Mary pass to capture his stated intention of 25% of the market appears to be working – at MTN’s expense – for the time being. The recent results from
Trade union Solidarity will not blindly back Telkom’s opposition to local-loop unbundling (LLU), which it has done in the past. It will now instead remain neutral on the issue and monitor how the process unfolds, spokesman Marius Croucamp says. Solidarity is the second largest union
In a surprise development, Telkom’s MD of wholesale and networks, Bashier Sallie, is quitting the telecommunications group. Sallie was leading the modernisation of Telkom’s network, which involves a multibillion-rand project to improve fixed-line broadband speeds for consumers
Dimension Data, the Johannesburg-headquartered IT services group owned by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, wants to become a much more active player in South Africa’s mobile communications industry and has been involved in talks about potential deals that will help it do this
Vodacom has instituted legal proceedings against bulk SMS provider Telfree, claiming R54m it says it is owed for carrying millions of text messages across its network.
Rival MTN is already involved in a messy legal battle with Telfree. It wants to courts to find that it doesn’t have to carry Telfree SMSes
JSE-listed Imperial Holdings has bought mobile technology start-up ForeFront Africa in a bid to enter the mobile telecommunications space. The company will form part of Imperial’s recently launched Resolve brand, whose name will change to Resolve Mobile
Talk of consolidation in the telecommunications industry is rife, with speculation growing that a number of operators are either in play or may soon be. But how might a flurry of mergers and acquisitions play out? At the centre of current speculation is Neotel. Licensed
Cell C will roll out an additional 100 base stations in Johannesburg over the next three months to increase network capacity and improve quality of service. The first 19 will be operational by the end of August. The move comes amid growing criticism from consumers over the quality of the operator’s
Orange, the giant French telecommunications operator that wants to launch a full-service mobile virtual network operator in South Africa, has accused some of the country’s mobile operators – specifically naming Vodacom and Telkom Mobile – of behaving anticompetitively by engaging in activity