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The combination of MTN Network Solutions and the corporate internet service provider business Verizon Business will create a company with R500m in turnover and an estimated South African market share of around 10% to 12%. That's according to MTN South Africa managing director Tim Lowry. Lowry said it had taken legal advice and didn't believe that the competition authorities should... |
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June 2008 |
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Cellular operator MTN Group said on Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement with Verizon Business, part of US based Verizon Communications Inc, to acquire 100% of Verizon Verizon Business corporate entities currently own approximately 70% of Verizon Business South Africa with the balance held by an entity controlled by Jay & Jayendra, which is part of the J&J Group. Verizon... |
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June 2008 |
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IN A first for SA, Vodacom has started transmitting SoLikeLife, a soap opera produced specifically for cellphones and available free to Vodacom’s Vodafone live! customers. From yesterday, more than 1,7-million Vodafone live! users were able to download the soapie, or “mobi-soap”, in the format of a one to two minute mobisode (episode) each day. The first series consists of 40... |
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June 2008 |
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TELKOM has long made a habit of using every litigious tactic to frustrate efforts by its rivals to subject it to scrutiny by SA’s competition authorities. Now the high court has helped its efforts along, by ruling that the competition tribunal cannot hear a complaint lodged by internet service providers as long ago as 2002. The decision is bad news for the SA Value Added Service... |
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June 2008 |
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Consumers using Telkom products will face new charges for local and international calls. That's if the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) approves Telkom's proposal to hike tariffs by an overall 2.4% with effect from the beginning of August, this year. Every year Telkom applies for tariff adjustments from the telecommunications regulator Icasa around June... |
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June 2008 |
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Talks between Business Connexion's (BCX's) ailing communications subsidiary and a possible buyer have faltered. In March, the JSE-listed company first told shareholders the subsidiary was in negotiations, following severely disappointing results from the division. BCX withdraw that cautionary yesterday. According to BCX CEO Benjamin Mophatlane, the communications subsidiary and ... |
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June 2008 |
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Vodacom customers can download a soap opera filmed specifically for mobile. The mobi-soap, titled SoLikeLife, is available free to all Vodacom subscribers from Vodafone Live, as of yesterday. Mobile consumers who do not subscribe to Vodacom can also access the content free of charge. However, they must pay a service charge to their own provider. “There are more cellphones in the... |
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June 2008 |
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Dubai-based Oger Telecom wants to negotiate its new offer for South Africa's largest telecom operator Telkom, with the company's potential buyers. A consortium led by Mvelaphanda Group's holding company Mvelaphanda Holdings said earlier this month it was considering making an offer for Telkom, provided Telkom sold its 50 percent stake in mobile phone group Vodacom. Vodafone, whith... |
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June 2008 |
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South Africa's fourth mobile operator Virgin Mobile may increase its tariffs if other mobile phone operators in the country decide to do so, its chief executive (CEO) said on Tuesday. Peter Boyd, CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa, said the company would follow suit if other mobile companies were forced to increase costs because of rising inflation in the country. "We will look at... |
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June 2008 |
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Dubai-based Oger Telecom wants to negotiate its new offer for South Africa's largest telecom operator Telkom with Telkom's potential buyers. A consortium led by Mvelaphanda Group's holding company Mvelaphanda Holdings said earlier this month it was considering making an offer for Telkom, provided Telkom sold its 50 percent stake in mobile phone group Vodacom. Vodafone, which own... |
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June 2008 |
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Telkom recently announced that it had filed a “minimal tariff adjustment” increase of 2.4% with ICASA. Broadband pricing will remain unchanged. “Our broadband customers will also be pleased to hear that our submission makes provision for the monthly subscription charges for ADSL, Do Broadband and Telkom Internet to remain unchanged,” said Godfrey Ntoele, Telkom’s group executive, ... |
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June 2008 |
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After years of debating rules on cellphone contracts, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has finally gazetted provisions for shorter lock-in periods for consumers. Operators and service providers are being told to offer six-month and 18-month contracts from August to give customers more choice than the usual tie-up periods of 12 and 24 months. Shorter contracts... |
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June 2008 |
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Telkom last week said it would raise its prices by an average of 2,4% on August 1. That seems fair, given high inflation. But it has missed the opportunity to slash its broadband prices and now runs the real risk of ceding the broadband market to its rivals. Internet users were disappointed when Telkom announced it would not change its broadband subscription rates while hiking the... |
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June 2008 |
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There has been a new twist in the saga to take control of South Africa's largest telecommunications operator Telkom. Dubai-based Oger Telecom wants to negotiate its new offer for Telkom with Telkom's potential buyers. A consortium led by Mvelaphanda Group's holding company Mvelaphanda Holdings said earlier this month it was considering making an offer for Telkom. Telkom sold its ... |
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June 2008 |
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Telkom could still face a R5-billion fine for anti-competitive behaviour, despite a Pretoria High Court ruling in the operator’s favour last week. The court ruled on Friday that the Competition Commission could not refer a complaint against Telkom to the Competition Tribunal. The commission has vowed to continue its pursuit of Telkom even if an appeal application to the high court... |
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