by Speedinet | Nov 23, 2023 | AfricaCom, Alex Okosi, Equiano, Google, GSMA, Internet and connectivity, Jacqui O’Sullivan, Lunga Siyo, Mobile World Congress, MTN, Nape Moses Nnauye, News, Sections, Telkom, Vodacom
The high price of smartphones in Africa, often the result of high taxes, is undermining the continent’s digitisation. by Speedinet | Nov 22, 2023 | Icasa, Jacqui O’Sullivan, MTN, MTN South Africa, News, Sections, Telecoms, Telkom, Vodacom, Vodacom South Africa
MTN South Africa has blasted rival Telkom’s call for a delay to 2025 to Icasa’s next broadband spectrum auction. by Speedinet | Aug 4, 2023 | Byron Kennedy, Icasa, Jacqui O’Sullivan, MTN, MTN South Africa, News, Rain, Sections, Sentech, Telecoms, Telkom, Vodacom, Vodacom South Africa
South Africa’s telecommunications operators expand on their plans for frequencies in the digital dividend bands. by Speedinet | Sep 25, 2022 | Andre de Ruyter, Energy, Eskom, Headline, Jacqui O’Sullivan, MTN, Takalani Netshitenzhe, Telecoms, Vodacom
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says they are in negotiations with Vodacom, and Vodacom has called on companies to join the utility’s 100 megawatts from 100 companies push. by Speedinet | Sep 20, 2022 | Cellular, Energy, Headline, Jacqui O’Sullivan, loadshedding, MTN, Shameel Joosub, Vodacom
Both Vodacom and MTN have spent billions of rands on battery backup systems for their base stations. by admin | Jun 24, 2022 | Cell C, contract prices, Headline, Jacqui O’Sullivan, MTN, Simo Mkhize, Smartphones, Telkom, Vodacom
Fluctuations in exchange rates can force mobile operators to increase phone contract prices.