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Articles tagged with: Icasa and Cell C
South African Regulator Investigates Network Call Quality and SMS Delays
South Africa's three mobile network operators were called in for a meeting by the country's telecoms regulator yesterday following an increase in complaints about network quality. The issue came to a head when a reality TV show had to delay the announcement of a winner following delays in receiving SMS based votes from viewers. more
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Mobile Number Portability - How Loyal Are You To Your Network?
21% of South Africa's cell phone users believe that they will change networks once mobile number portability (MNP) comes into play, a recent Synovate survey has revealed. "The inability to retain your number in the past has resulted in relatively low switching behaviour, but this is set to change," states Jon Salters, Managing Director of Synovate SubSaharan Africa. more
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South African network seeks license amendment
South Africa's telecoms regulator, icasa says that it recently received an application by the newest GSM operator, Cell C for the amendment of its licence. The proposed amendment is in relation to a licence condition requiring that 40% of the issued share capital of Cell C vests in the hands of historically disadvantaged persons as defined in the licence. more
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Illegal phones cause problems for South African networks
An increase in the use of certain illegal cordless phones and wireless camera systems in South Africa is interfering with cellular network signals, causing dropped call rates in the vicinity of the illegal devices to rise dramatically. more
Court battle continues in South Africa license dispute
South Africa telecoms regulator, The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has replied to a Pretoria court which is investigating the award of a third GSM license in the country. icasa, which replaces SATRA who awarded the license, is now claiming that Nextcom should now cover its legal costs. Nextcom is claiming that the award to Cell C was in bad faith. icasa says its reply also contains a "lengthy factual exposition of the procedure that was adopted in considering the application for the license,", order to refute the Nextcom claims. " more
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