It’s well known that MTN South Africa has had a torrid few years. It’s lost market share to Vodacom and Cell C, it’s suffered debilitating industrial action, its network hasn’t been up to snuff, its customer service
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Vodacom has reached an agreement to roam on Wireless Business Solutions’ LTE-Advanced network, according to a report. Vodacom will benefit from WBS’s LTE-A broadband network through a roaming deal
Telkom’s mobile business is finally profitable (and sustainable). Since its launch in 2010 (as 8ta), its cumulative losses total R10bn. In those six financial years (to 31 March 2016), it generated R12,9bn in
Vodacom will launch a new video-on-demand platform early in the new year called Vodacom On Demand, which will host content from a range of content providers. As part of the planned launch
Fast-growing privately held telecommunications company Dark Fibre Africa has announced it will deploy an “Internet of things” network in South Africa in partnership with France’s Sigfox
This is a special edition of TalkCentral recorded on Monday, 14 November 2016. At Vodacom’s results presentation for the six months to 30 September 2016, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sat down with the group’s CEO
Vodacom Group, Africa’s biggest wireless operator by market value, reported a 4,1% increase in first-half sales as strong growth in its home market of South Africa offset falling customer numbers in some international
The number of active 4G/LTE customers on Vodacom’s South African network has increased by 88,9% in the past 12 months, the operator revealed in its interim financial results on Monday. At the end of September 2016, Vodacom had 3,6m active 4G users
Data centres are suddenly de rigueur in Africa, with new facilities being deployed across the continent as telecommunications operators and independent infrastructure providers build facilities to cater for rapidly expanding demand from African consumers
Vodacom and MTN on Tuesday separately announced plans to deploy narrowband “Internet of things” networks in South Africa in 2017, with both companies planning to showcase the technology at an industry conference in Cape Town next