Vodacom Group looks set to please its shareholders with a robust set of financial results for the six months ended 30 September 2012, despite increasing downward pressure on tariffs in its largest market, SA. The telecommunications group expects headline earnings
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Speculation in recent weeks that Cell C and Telkom are in talks has got tongues wagging. Though suggestions that the country’s third mobile operator could merge with Telkom’s 8ta seem implausible, some sort of partnership, even a wide-ranging one, may make sense
Fibre-to-the-home networks must play a part in SA’s goal to provide universal access to broadband by 2020, says Vodacom group CEO Shameel Joosub. Next-generation broadband technologies like long-term evolution (LTE) are also crucial and Joosub says that in order to roll out national networks
Costing just R1 299, the Vodafone-branded Smart II may be cheap. But it has plenty to offer. Often lauded as the solution to get Africa’s unconnected online, budget smartphones are also great for students or the cash-strapped, providing all of the core functionality of far more expensive devices
Cell C has introduced a new product range called Cell C Pro in a bid to target high-end consumers and business customers, an area where its bigger rivals, MTN and Vodacom, have always been stronger. The new products offer reduced rates between predefined user groups or a subscription
Nashua Mobile, the cellular service provider in the JSE-listed Reunert group, wants to grow its prepaid customer base substantially and, in his first media interview since taking the reins on 1 October, newly appointed CEO Mark Taylor has
Each year, tens of thousands of South Africans find themselves signed up for mobile subscription services that deduct funds from their airtime balances or add costs to their monthly bills without their knowledge. One way to limit the impact of this is to make the sign-up process more difficult, but to date only one
Telkom and its mobile arm 8ta may be sitting in the pound seats when it comes to next-generation wireless broadband thanks to its access to a big chunk of valuable radio frequency spectrum — and the telecommunications operator has signalled it plans to take full advantage of it. Whereas all
Vodacom has surprised the market by launching commercial fourth-generation (4G) services based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology. The service is available immediately in selected parts of Johannesburg, with other cities to follow in the “near future”, the operator says in a statement. The company’s
Within the space of a week, all of SA’s four cellular operators have outlined plans to build fourth-generation (4G) mobile broadband networks based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology. But it’s more a marketing effort for now and consumers shouldn’t get too excited