South Africa’s big telecommunications operators are feeling the pinch of the tough economy, but financial results published in the past 10 days show Vodacom is weathering the storm better than its rival Telkom
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Revenue from data at Vodacom South Africa, the telecommunications group’s biggest market, has topped voice revenue for the first time, interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2017 show. Data revenue in South Africa
Vodacom Group shares fell the most in more than a month after Africa’s biggest wireless operator by market value reduced its first-half dividend amid weaker economic conditions in some of its key markets. The stock slumped as
Two days after Vodacom said it would begin trialling 5G services in South Africa on a limited basis, MTN has also jumped on the bandwagon, saying in a statement on Thursday morning that it has signed a memorandum of understanding
Vodacom and networking equipment supplier Nokia will trial 5G technology in South Africa, the two companies said on Tuesday. Working with Vodacom in a series of workshops and trials, Nokia test how 5G
Since the beginning of the year, Vodacom has delivered the best returns for shareholders among listed telecommunications shares, while Telkom has been a noticeable laggard, particularly since mid-2017
MTN is seeking to challenge rival Vodacom as Africa’s biggest digital bank by tripling its customer numbers within three years. Already the continent’s biggest mobile phone company by subscribers, Johannesburg-based MTN is adding
After months of trials, Vodacom has announced the commercial availability of its Internet of things network, using the narrowband IoT (NB-IoT technology generally favoured my mobile operators. The network
Vodacom has secured a victory at the Advertising Standards Authority in a complaint against rival MTN over a claim by the latter that is has a superior network and that its average dropped call rate is 0.1%
Although Cell C will avoid getting involved in a capital expenditure war with rivals MTN and Vodacom, it will build South Africa’s best urban 4G/LTE network, Blue Label Telecoms co-CEO Brett Levy said on Tuesday. Levy, who