Independent cellphone tower operator Eaton Towers has secured US$150m in equity funding from Capital International Private Equity Funds (Cipef), a private equity investor that focuses on emerging markets. The funding will be used to acquire, build and
The Advertising Industry Tribunal has ruled against an appeal by Cell C against a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority that its use of the “power to you” pay-off line in its advertising was in contravention of the authority’s advertising codes. The original
Banking group Absa and cellular network operator Vodacom have signed a “multimillion-rand agreement”, which they say will “accelarate the pace of mobile innovation and expand the range of banking and mobile services on offer to
Cellular network operator Vodacom is offering its 2011 annual report on the iPad for the first time. The group’s integrated report, which was published on Friday, is available for download in Apple’s App Store. The 221-page report is
The only way universal access to broadband services is going to become a reality in SA and elsewhere in the world is through a combination of regulation of pricing and spectrum allocation and sensible investment from both government
SA’s fourth mobile network operator, 8ta, had 473 604 active subscribers on its books at the end of March 2011, its parent Telkom has disclosed. Of those, the vast majority — 440 775 — are prepaid subscribers. The company had 32 829 contract
UK-headquartered cellular network giant Vodafone has launched a self-branded smartphone running Google’s Android 2.2 operating system that costs less than US$130. The Vodafone Smart is preloaded
Vodacom expects to have as many as 25m of its group customers using data services in the next two years, from 9m now, as the mobile broadband boom continues. In the financial year to 31 March 2011, the group
Vodacom has shrugged off the pressures of a maturing mobile market and falling wholesale call tariffs between networks to turn in a red-hot set of financial results in the 12 months to 31 March 2011, boosting
Competition in SA’s mobile communications industry may be getting tougher, but that isn’t going to stop Vodacom from turning in a robust improvement in earnings in its financial year to 31 March 2011 when it reports results next
