Latest Telecoms News about South Africa

Vodacom in Dispute with Regulator Over Licensing Fees

  South Africa's Vodacom is denying that it owes R77.8 million (US$8.3 million) for overdue licensing fees to the telecoms regulator, and is willing to go to court if necessary....

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Cell C Denies Owing Outstanding License Fees to Telecoms Regulator

  South African mobile network operator, Cell C has denied claims that it owes money to the telecoms regulator for unpaid radio spectrum fees....

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South African Police Arrest SIM-Swap Fraudster

  South African police have arrested a man who is said to be one of the country's leading criminals in so-called SIM Swap identity fraud....

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South African Regulator Publishes Networks QoS Report

  South Africa's telecoms regulator, ICASA has released a report into the mobile networks quality of service and found that while Cell C had the best rate at setting up a call, MTN was the best at letting customers complete a call once it started....

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Turkcell Drops $4.2 Billion Lawsuit Against MTN in the USA

  Turkey based Turkcell has dropped a lawsuit it was filing in the USA claiming that South Africa's MTN used bribery to deprive it of its Iranian mobile network license....

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Vodacom to Use Rain Water to Cool its Offices

  South Africa's Vodacom has launched the country's largest rainwater harvesting project at its head office in Midrand. The rainwater harvest project is expected to harvest about 12 million litres per annum....

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MoneyGram Launches Mobile Money Transfer Service in South Africa

  MoneyGram and South Africa's First National Bank (FNB) have launched their first mobile money transfer service in Africa,...

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Vodacom Expands LTE Availability - Outlines Upgrade Plans

  South Africa Vodacom has expanded the availability of its LTE services to all its customers -- both prepay and contract....

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South Africa's Vodacom Starts Offering Mobile Heath Services

  South Africa's Vodacom Business division has announced the launch of a number of mHealth initiatives together with its partner Mezzanineware....

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South Africa's Telkom Relaunches its Mobile Network Subsdiary

  South Africa's main landline network Telkom has relaunched its mobile network as Telkom Mobile. ...

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