Mobile network Cell C has launched UltraBonus that will triple the value of your recharge every time you recharge. According to the company, UltraBonus is in line with Cell C's commitment to bringing customers the best value for m... Read more
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After earning its wings from Alphabet, Loon is setting sail for Kenya. The company’s high-flying balloons that beam internet service down to underserved areas is heading to the African nation by 2019, according to Reuters. The n... Read more
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South Africa’s FibreCo Telecommunications is continuing its deployment of high-speed broadband across the country. The third largest city in the Free State, Kroonstad is the first city along the FibreCo national fibre route betw... Read more
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BitCo, a National Telecommunications Service Provider has released revised Fibre Broadband rates in a bid to future-proof small business in South Africa. It’s no secret that fast, reliable Internet connectivity is a must for bus... Read more
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The proposal comes as part of a new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Under its targets, all of the UK will have full-fibre broadband coverage by 2033, replacing th... Read more
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New York-listed Intelsat, which provides connectivity services for MultiChoice, MTN and Vodacom among others, plans to send another three satellites into orbit in coming months — one of which will provide broadband services for ... Read more
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South Africa came 76th out of 200 countries in the worldwide broadband speed league 2018. It jumped up four places from its 2017 ranking, which was 80th out of 186 countries. Based on over 163 million speed tests, carried out over... Read more
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We've got more details below on what the offer includes, but probably the most enticing thing - other than the price, of course - is that Vodafone remains the only mainstream internet provider that gives a speed guarantee with all... Read more
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Vodacom is hoping that loans and fibre will help to cushion the blow of strict new pricing rules that will make it illegal for service providers to charge out-of-bundle charges without clients' consent. SA mobile firms will also h... Read more
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New regulations governing the use of data will be introduced in South Africa following the popular #DataMustFall campaign that was sparked in 2016. The regulations will require companies to notify subscribers when their data falls... Read more
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“To date, Telkom’s cancellation process has been managed via email. To improve this process, Telkom launched an online cancellation service in December 2017 which came into full effect by the end of April 2018. During the tran... Read more
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A new research paper by Research ICT Africa shows that the price of data in South Africa has not changed over the past two years – and is the most expensive out of all leading African economies. South Africa’s mobile data pric... Read more
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Vodacom’s multi-billion rand acquisition of Safaricom, Kenya’s integrated communications company on Tuesday received a shot in the arm after a minority shareholder gave the transaction the green light. Earlier this year, the... Read more
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MTN is opening up its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) access network to other Internet service providers (ISPs). From September, independent ISPs will be able to provide value-added services to customers via MTN's wholesale broadband fib... Read more
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Internet Solutions believes that Telkom’s IP Connect charge has created a severe bottleneck which limits the growth of broadband services in South Africa. This is according to Greg Montjoie, the executive for carrier and connect... Read more
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The Sat-3 cable has been cut 53km into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Town, though the impact on services for consumers has been minimal, Telkom subsidiary Openserve said on Friday. Openserve has diverted international t... Read more
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Data cost in SA is among the highest in the world and therefore the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is holding an inquiry as to why this is so. The inquiry comes after a public outcry over excessive co... Read more
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Despite offering data plans that, on face value, are significantly cheaper than its rivals, consumers are not flocking to Telkom’s network, according to new report by Research ICT Africa. The price of 1GB of data in South Africa... Read more
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Telkom’s Openserve has announced sweeping price cuts to its wholesale broadband IP Connect pricing and to its fibre access portfolio as competition in South Africa’s fixed broadband market intensifies. The price cuts come on t... Read more
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Openserve has announced price reductions for its IP Connect (IPC) product, which is used by Internet service providers for ADSL, VDSL, and fibre-to-the-home products.
Depending on the IPC capacity purchased, ISPs can now benefi... Read more
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Telkom will increase it analogue line rental price from R189 to R199, including VAT, from 1 April 2017. The new monthly tariffs for Telkom line rentals are as follows:
Residential service – R199.00
Social Pensioners – R99.50... Read more
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