Telkom’s fixed-line and enterprise business lines have taken a battering due to the Covid-19 lockdown, but its consumer mobile business is flying, with Telkom Mobile overtaking Cell C to become South Africa’s third-largest mobile operator. In a market update published on the JSE’s stock exchange news service on Friday afternoon, Telkom – which is near the...
Digital enabler, MTC this week announced that it will allow prepaid customers the opportunity for a one-time FREE sim (2G/3G) upgrade to a 4G sim card. MTC Manager Retail: Infrastructure and Development, Alan Krohne, said that “the campaign will run from 15 September to 15 December 2020, and customers who swaps their sim during this...
The Nigerian Communication Commission has warned telecom consumers to desist from using illegal GSM boosters. The commission published this on its website on Tuesday. According to the notice signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde, only licensed network operators are allowed to use GSM boosters. GSM boosters are devices that transmit and receive telecommunications signals...
Telkom has announced that a number of its products would now be available from Takealot.com. The companies believe that this new partnership will bring superior service and convenience to new and already existing Telkom customers. “This partnership with Takealot.com brings together a vision centred around one important stakeholder, the customer. The connectivity of our customers from...
The lockdown and subsequent demand for data have seen Rain quadruple subscriber growth rate in recent months and helped the operator to become cashflow positive long before expected. This is feedback from African Rainbow Capital (ARC) co-CEO Johan van Zyl, who was speaking to MyBroadband after the company released its annual results. ARC holds a...
Huawei Angola has announced plans to invest USD 60 million for construction of its headquarters to ensure, in partnership with Unitel mobile operator, the training and promotion of digital education for public school students in the country. The company plans to carry out experiment pilot in the provinces of Bié and Huambo. The programme was...
Mobile telecommunications companies in Zimbabwe may have to bolster promotions to retain subscribers as consumers continue to feel the pinch of a struggling economy, exacerbated by COVID-19 and lockdown measures. The country has three mobile operators that include state-owned NetOne and Telecel Zimbabwe, as well as ZSE-listed Econet Wireless. Industry regulator the Posts and Telecommunications...
Telkom South Africa and Telenor have announced the signing of a three and a half year Managed Roaming agreement that will enable Telkom to improve the roaming retail offering to its end users. Through this agreement, Telenor will be responsible for the full end-to-end wholesale roaming process for Telkom. Meanwhile, Telkom will be able to...
On the face of it, the Covid-19 lockdown was an inadvertent blessing for South Africa’s telecommunications operators. With people stuck at home for the five weeks of the hard lockdown from 27 March to 1 May, it would have been easy to think that the likes of MTN, Vodacom and Telkom would have gained from consumers...
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) currently values Rain at R15.03 billion, which makes the company far more valuable than Telkom. ARC was launched by billionaire Patrice Motsepe in 2016 and the company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on 7 September 2017. Armed with strong empowerment credentials and excellent leaders, ARC invested in a diverse...
