Cellphone operator MTN joined its rival Vodacom on Wednesday in committing to a closed-door session with the national assembly’s communications…
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The East African Submarine System (Eassy), a 1,4Tbit/s sub-sea cable along Africa’s east coast, is on track to go live…
Cellular operators were set to receive a grilling in parliament this week. Politicians want mobile interconnection fees to come down. But it’s far from clear if the basic cost of calls will also fall. Can politicians avoid the temptation of interfering further?
Vodacom has agreed in principle to further discussions about its costs structures with the national assembly’s communications committee, possibly behind…
The debate over cellphone interconnection rates is only about how much they would be reduced and over what time period,…
The bail application for Mbusi Bhengu, allegedly implicated in the Vodacom banking fraud case, was withdrawn in the Johannesburg commercial…
There’s a fascinating thing happening underground. If you’re over 35 you definitely won’t have heard of it. If you haven’t a clue how you surf the Net on your phone you won’t care. But if you’re a media player you really need to know.
With little fanfare, Vodacom has been growing a location-based social network called The Grid
Some commentators have speculated that the failure of talks between MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel points to a more protectionist approach by government. If so, it’s troubling. The country ought to be opening up to investors, not scaring them away
A flurry of initiatives aimed at achieving a reduction in mobile termination rates will provide interesting sidesdows, but beneath the politics of the moment, the real action remains an intimate dance between the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and the mobile networks. The initial mobile termination rate, also known as interconnection rate, of 20c/minute was set between Vodacom and MTN on 8 August 1994. This was amended on 28 May 1999, shortly after it was announced by government that a third mobile cellular telecommunications licence would be issued.
Telecommunications operator Neotel plans to open retail outlets in the country’s major urban centres as it seeks to expand its…