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Articles tagged with: Icasa and Vodacom
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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Request to Delay Number Portability in South Africa
South Africa's MNP Industry Steering Committee has sent a letter of request to the telecoms regulator, icasa to consider an extension of the implementation date of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), which was scheduled for 18 September 2006. The request for extension can be ascribed to the technically complex nature of Mobile Number Portability which requires new business processes to be designed and implemented between operators and service providers, between operators and operators and between operators and third parties. 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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Vodacome Passes Subscriber Landmark
South Africa's Vodacom says that its customer base in South Africa had passed the 16 million mark, putting paid to long held speculation that the local market was nearing saturation. more
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Vodacom boss speaks out on South African phone costs
The South African regulator, icasa is currently holding a public review of the cost of using cell phones in the country, addressing issues such as handset subsidies, coverage and call costs. Alan Knott-Craig - Chief Executive Officer, Vodacom Group made the following statement: more
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South Africa to stop SIM locking
The two South African cellular networks, Vodacom and MTN have pledged to end the practice of SIM locking their handsets. Vodacom currently charges US$27 to unlock a PrePay handset and MTN charges US$62 to unlock both their PrePay and contract phones. However, both networks are waiting for legislation from the telecoms regulator, icasa that would bind both the existing networks, and the new entrant Cell-C when it begins service. If the SIM locking is banned, then handset subsidies are also likely to be phased out, leading to a rise in cell phone handset prices and a probable increase in the local grey market for imported handsets. Vodacom has previously supplied unlocked handsets, but reversed its policy when MTN did not follow suit." more
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