Mobile operators are desperate to associate their brands with Apple and its iconic iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet computer. It’s ironic, because the business model the US electronics giant employs threatens to turn wireless carriers into little
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The great broadband price wars of 2011 are hotting up. Barely a week goes by without a mobile operator or Internet service provider announcing lower tariffs or a new special offer on bandwidth. Arguably, though, they’re just getting
MTN has fired the next salvo in the ongoing broadband price war between mobile operators, cutting the price of its “uncapped” broadband products dramatically. It has cut the price of its Uncapped Lite product from R749/month to
Government needs to make it easier for telecommunications operators to build infrastructure, especially fibre-optic networks, as red tape and conflicting requirements are slowing the ability of companies to build broadband networks
Cellphone users should not be tempted to buy pre-registered Sim cards from traders because they contravene Rica legislation, the department of communications warned on Tuesday. “It’s illegal to buy any Sim card and get
Cellular network operator Vodacom is offering its 2011 annual report on the iPad for the first time. The group’s integrated report, which was published on Friday, is available for download in Apple’s App Store. The 221-page report is
Vodacom has denied that a network outage on Thursday was caused by sabotaged fibre optic cables. “The cause of the outage is still being determined, and we will only be able to know once we have done a post mortem on the
SA’s cellular network operators have been found wanting over service quality levels by their regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). On Friday, Icasa announced the results of a quality-of-service survey
After a week’s break, TalkCentral, TechCentral’s business technology podcast, is back with a bumper show and a special podcast. In this week’s episode, we talk about Vodacom’s network outage, 8ta’s broadband special
SA cellular operators are yet to provide details of how many subscribers were disconnected from their networks on Thursday night as the deadline arrived for consumers to register their Sim cards under the Regulation of