Vodacom and Amazon.com are launching Prime Video bundles to the mobile operator’s prepaid and contract subscribers in South Africa.
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Shares of Safaricom surged more than 9% on Friday after it secured a mobile financial services licence in Ethiopia.
A Safaricom-led investor group, which includes Vodacom, has launched mobile services in Ethiopia after securing an operating licence from the government.
Vodacom said on Thursday that it will install solar PV panels at its head office in Midrand, reducing its need for grid-supplied electricity.
Vodacom said on Wednesday that it has broken the 2Gbit/s barrier on its 5G network, achieving a transfer speed of 2.4Gbit/s.
Maziv is the new name of the parent company of Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa that will soon, pending regulatory approvals, be 30% owned by Vodacom.
CIVH, the Remgro-controlled parent of fibre operators Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, has turned profitable.
Vodacom and MTN have said the severe load shedding that Eskom has subjected South Africa to since last week is having a big impact on their networks.
South Africa’s biggest telecommunications operators have called for more consultation over government’s plan to terminate 2G and 3G services by 2025.
Government has proposed that South Africa switch off its 2G cellular networks by June 2024 and its 3G networks by March 2025.