Articles tagged with: 1800mhz and Vodacom

South Africa's Telkom Applies for Mobile License

South Africa's dominant landline provider, Telkom is reported to have requested permission from the regulator to set up its own wholy owned mobile phone network. The company is currently a 50% shareholder in the country's largest mobile operator, Vodacom along with Vodafone - but is generally accepted to be looking at a sale of its holding.  more

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Vodacom plans legal action to gain extra radio spectrum

Following the decision of the South African telecoms regulator to refuse the two existing GSM900 networks access to any 1800mhz spectrum, Vodacom has said that it plans to take legal action. Vodacom says that the regulators actions are illegal as they may have been influenced by complaints from companies that are bidding for the countries third GSM license." more

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