Former Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt has taken the top job at Georgia’s largest telecommunications operator, MagtiCom. Reichelt, who left South Africa’s third mobile operator in July 2011, is now based in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. MagtiCom has about 2m
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Vodacom has grown its number of fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) base stations to 200 in Johannesburg, from 70 when it launched commercial services last month, and has begun testing the technology in Cape Town. The
Mobile operator Cell C will launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology in Cape Town and Durban as well as other top coastal holiday resorts in December. This will be done on a trial basis ahead of a commercial launch, which
After a period of “consolidation” at its local office, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC is promising a renewed assault on the South African market by increasing its profile in the country and introducing new Windows Phone 8 and Android 4.1 smartphones. “We’ve had a period
Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, has introduced unlimited voice calls for a fixed monthly price starting at R1 199/month in an effort to tap the top-end of the contract market where users spend thousands of rand a month on their telecommunications needs
If anyone had any doubt that there is a price war going on in SA’s mobile market, Cell C’s latest cut to international call rates should put those doubts to bed. The company has announced a promotional rate of 85c/minute, billed per
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
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