Browsing: Vodacom

Telkom’s new mobile operator, 8ta, last week introduced a mobile broadband special offer that deeply undercuts its parent’s own fixed-line broadband prices. It’s a bizarre situation that underscores Telkom’s lack of a coherent long-term

Vodacom was the biggest brand spender on television advertising for the first four months of 2011, according to Ornico’s MediaTrac, which collects and analyses advertisements and brand publicity. Mobile operators spent “well over”

Telkom’s mobile operator, 8ta, surprised the telecommunications industry and consumers on Thursday, launching the most aggressive mobile broadband special offers the SA market has seen to date. But how does its pricing stack up against its rivals?

The only way universal access to broadband services is going to become a reality in SA and elsewhere in the world is through a combination of regulation of pricing and spectrum allocation and sensible investment from both government

Last week’s purchase by Visa of Cape Town-based mobile payments company Fundamo in a US$110m all-cash deal demonstrates clearly how the race is on to provide electronic financial services using cellphones, especially in emerging markets

Someone once said that a “successful company is one that lays a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them”. With that in mind, I do not believe it’s too late for Telkom. Recently, Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys

SA’s fourth mobile network operator, 8ta, had 473 604 active subscribers on its books at the end of March 2011, its parent Telkom has disclosed. Of those, the vast majority — 440 775 — are prepaid subscribers. The company had 32 829 contract

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed Cell C’s appeal against a portion of a ruling handed down by its directorate on 6 October 2010 concerning various complaints about its use of the term “4Gs” in its advertising campaigns. Vodacom, MTN and

Vodacom has again taken exception to Cell C’s television advertising campaign, flighted in early April, in which it took the mickey out of its bigger rival’s decision to rebrand to the red corporate colours of its UK parent, Vodafone. At a hearing

The deadline for consumers to comply with SA’s Sim card registration law is 30 June and, according to communications minister Roy Padayachie, no extension will be granted. This comes after the original deadline of 31 December 2010 was extended