Articles tagged with: Icasa and Mtn

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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MTN South Africa Launches Push-to-Talk

MTN South Africa says that it has launched Push-to-Talk (PTT) services on its network, running over GPRS via Nokia handsets. 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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