The constitutional court has dismissed an application brought by Nkosana Makate, the man who it found had invented the popular “please call me” service, ordering him to pay the costs of the application. “The constitutional court has considered
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Vodacom is entitled to claim in advertising that it has South Africa’s best network, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa has ruled, dismissing a complaint from rival MTN. MTN took umbrage at a
Liquid Telecom, the fast-growing pan-African telecommunications operator controlled by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, will spend billions of rand expanding newly acquired subsidiary Neotel’s data centres, wireless networks and fixed-line
Nkosana Makate has dismissed Vodacom’s assertion that it faces difficulties in determining the revenue that the “please call me” idea has generated since its inception in 2001. Makate, the inventor of “please call me”, argued in court
Naspers’s video-on-demand platform, ShowMax, has launched a lower-priced bouquet with a strong focus on local content. The new bouquet, which is available exclusively to Vodacom customers, costs R49/month
The downgrade of Cell C’s corporate credit rating to the junkiest of junk by S&P Global Rating is another blow to the telecommunications company’s brave ambition of reducing its crippling debt load of R20,7bn. This is the view of
Communications regulator Icasa will hold public hearings later this week that will determine how scarce radio frequency spectrum is utilised in future. The idea, according to Icasa, is to update the National Radio Frequency Plan to
South Africa’s third biggest mobile operator, Cell C, has been downgraded after missing an interest payment, S&P Global Ratings has said in a statement. The rating agency downgraded Cell C to “D”. According to the company’s website
Imagine the scenario where accessibility, affordability and quality – the three key pillars for a communications environment in South Africa – deliver the economic and social benefits that governments, researchers, industry bodies
The average price for voice and data paid by Vodacom customers in South Africa fell by 17,6% and 15,4% in the past year, the telecommunications group said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The declines happened because “significantly more