The decision last week by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to reduce mobile termination rates was not unexpected. What the industry didn’t expect was for the regulator to move as quickly as it has to reduce fixed-line rates
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Vodacom looked set on a collision course with its former shareholder, fixed-line operator Telkom, on Tuesday as it officially launched…
Looking to take further advantage of cellular location-based services, Vodacom has launched a massively multiplayer cellphone-based game, Legends of Echo,…
One would have thought that delegates attending this week’s Satcom conference in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, would have been in…
On Tuesday, Vodacom announced it would begin offering free off-peak call minutes to its contract subscribers from 1 May 2010,…
Vodacom is stepping up its fight with rivals MTN and Cell C by introducing “free” on-network weekend and after-hours minutes…
Relations between the Vodacom Group and minority shareholders in its subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appear to…
Vodacom, MTN and Cell C should be thankful they don’t have the UK’s Ofcom regulating them. Ofcom, which is the…
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema wants government to nationalise two private sector-led telecommunications cable initiatives. The firebrand politician told supporters at a rally on Wednesday that the Seacom and East Africa Submarine System (Eassy) undersea cables should be acquired by the state
A “land grab” is under way in SA’s cellphone and banking industries as big companies — retailers, banks and telecommunications…