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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

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.

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

TELECOMS

Court challenges Bharti's ownership of Airtel Nigeria

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A Nigerian court has ruled that Bharti Airtel's ownership of its subsidiary Airtel Nigeria is "null and void" because co-founder and 5% shareholder Econet Wireless was not consulted on the transfer, according to a judgement seen by Reuters on...

By: Reuters

31 Jan 12

TELECOMS

Telkom says KT Corp deal talk progressing

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JSE-listed telecommunications group Telkom expects to finalise the results of a review of a potential strategic venture with Korean telecommunications company KT Corporation within the next few weeks. “The diagnostic review is well...

By: Natasha Odendaal

27 Jan 12

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Icasa settles wage dispute with CWU

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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have agreed to an 8% salary increase for all employees falling under the bargaining unit. This follows industrial action last week by Icasa...

By: Natasha Odendaal

26 Jan 12

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