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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Vodacom adds record 5m new customers to network

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Telecommunications group Vodacom on Wednesday reported a 12.2% year-on-year increase in revenue to R18-billion as the group added a record number of customers. The group’s South African operation, which increased its voice revenue by 4.3%...
By: Natasha Odendaal
08 Feb 12
 
 
TELECOMMUNICATION

Vodacom slashes data tariffs by up to 60%

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Mobile operator Vodacom on Monday cut data prices by up to 60% with a new promotion for its contract and Top Up customers when it launched the Broadband Standard MyGig 1 and MyGig 2 data contract promotion. The promotion runs from February 7 to...
By: Henry Lazenby
06 Feb 12
 
 
FINANCIAL RESULTS

Jasco says Spescom integration, restructuring starting to bear fruit Video Available

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Jasco CEO Pete da Silva discusses the company's futuer focus points. Camera work: Nicholas Boyd, Editing: Darlene Creamer The benefits of JSE-listed Jasco’s successful integration with information and communication technology firm Spescom, its restructuring and the improved contribution from the group’s investment in cable manufacturer M-Tec have started to flow...
By: Idéle Esterhuizen
06 Feb 12
 
 
FOREIGN POLICY

Iran policy not swayed by MTN, SA says

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South Africa denied on Friday it had been pressured by MTN Group into backing Tehran's nuclear programme and aiding its military when the Johannesburg-based mobile operator was bidding for a telephone licence in Iran. "South Africa's foreign...
By: Reuters
03 Feb 12
 
 
TELECOMS

MTN says faces suit from Turkcell over Iran

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MTN group, Africa's largest telecom group, said it faces a potential lawsuit from rival Turkcell that it asked South Africa to back Iran's nuclear development in return for a cellular licence in the country. Johannesburg-based MTN said in a...
By: Reuters
03 Feb 12
 
 
Mobile PAYMENTS

Mobile commerce may make mobile operators, banks competitors

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The growth of mobile payments, or mobile commerce, can lead to a situation where mobile operators, banks and credit providers compete with each other, says business research company Informa Telecoms & Media senior analyst Shailendra Pandey.
 
 
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

R9m upgrade puts SA supercomputer back in top 500

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South Africa’s Centre for High Performance Computing’s (CHPC’s) Tsessebe Sun Constellation System has regained its position as one of the world’s fastest 500 supercomputers, following a R9-million upgrade.
By: Irma Venter
03 Feb 12
 
 
TELECOMS

Seacom, Mozambique sign 20 yr capacity deal

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Mozambique has signed a 20-year connectivity agreement with Seacom to access international broadband fibre connectivity on its network to Europe and the rest of the world. Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology Dr. Evaristo...
By: Natasha Odendaal
31 Jan 12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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