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Cell C Now Available at iStore

There’s something about stepping into an iStore that makes you walk a little taller, speak a little softer, and feel sleek. That polished hum of innovation – it’s the kind of…

President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa gets R14.4 billion in spectrum sale to MTN, Telkom

Sale of mobile telecommunication spectrum is ‘a significant milestone in our reform agenda’ — Ramaphosa

Vodacom chief executive Shameel Joosub. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Diversifying Vodacom dips its toes in new markets

Last week, South Africa’s biggest cell phone operator announced two major acquisitions amid speculation its rivals may be teaming up

is battling market saturation and financial instability, raising concerns about its viability

Cell C ‘defrauded’ of R357m over eight years

A former IT executive at the company allegedly led an elaborate fraudulent syndicate for eight years

On the spectrum: Telkom’s incoming chief executive Serame Taukobong says broadband spectrum release is critical to economic growth, stating that internet access has a direct impact on a country’s GDP. (SIMZ)

Telkom’s new CEO calls for end to spectrum auction delays

Serame Taukobong says, if done right, the auction of new broadband spectrum will help level the playing field

Growing: Outgoing Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko leaves behind a stronger telecommunications company, having largely completed the  move from voice and fixed-line to mobile.  (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty)

Telkom’s long game bears fruit

The partly state-owned firm has battled the odds to become the third-biggest mobile operator in SA

A mobile phone shop worker watches a televised broadcast. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Zero-rate mobile services for health, education and development now

Operators must work together — if each network picks which sites to zero-rate, access to information will be determined by the colour of a person’s sim card

Scientists are not sure what Ultima Thule (pronounced TOO-lee) looks like — whether it is cratered or smooth, or even if it is a single object or a cluster. (Reuters)

Low mobile data prices forecast

A new company has launched a service that seriously challenges those of the major mobile operators

Cell C already has a roaming agreement with Vodacom and it said the MTN deal will have no impact on its agreement with Vodacom.

Cell C aims for big customer growth with MTN deal

​Mobile operator Cell C is aiming to give its customers a network speed boost with an MTN roaming agreement deal

On Monday, the court ordered that Ramaphosa appoint a new NDPP within 90 days of its order. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

How Cell C was bought with its own airtime

The airtime deal is hiding in a complex web involving controversial new majority shareholders Blue Label Telecoms and Net1

Giving voice: Paul Hanmer draws on the nuances of identities and emotional experiences in the composing of his requiem. Photo: Paul Botes

Cellphone costs are a wake-up call

Analysing the hidden costs of a contract should make you think carefully before you sign up.

Talk is cheaper

How to stretch your prepaid airtime buck

Cash-strapped cellphone users are recharging for as little as R2, as pressure mounts for free SMSes.

Cell C acting chief executive José dos Santos.

Twitter criticises Cell C CEO’s sexist comments

During an interview on CliffCentral on Monday, Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos said women have a "bitch switch" – and other remarks that got us riled up.

Cell C acting chief executive José dos Santos.

Cost issues cloud cellphone wars

Cell C has made an aggressive move with its new Epic contract offer, but experts warn that other factors count.

An organisation says the devices reduce children’s ability to concentrate and learn effectively. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

All aboard the broadband wagon

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has been urged to unlock competition in the mobile data markets.

Wikipedia

Cellphone providers give learners free Wikipedia

A group of grade 12 pupils asked all South Africa’s cellphone providers for free Wikipedia on their phones, and they got it.

Cell C acting chief executive José dos Santos.

Cellphone wars to cause collateral damage

The battle between Icasa and MTN could knock cellular rates, but may lead to a deterioration in service.

The Please Call Me case ruling shows the gap between corporate profit and public good.

Cell C lodges anti-competitive complaint against Vodacom, MTN

Cellphone operator Cell C has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission against MTN and Vodacom for anti-competitive conduct.

Vodacom, MTN face antitrust complaint

Cell C has laid a complaint against its bigger rivals, Vodacom and MTN, at South Africa’s competition authorities.

Cell C joined Vodacom and MTN in placing hude ads in Sunday newspapers to stoke the price-war fire.

A language consumers understand

If anyone needs confirmation that there is a price war going on in SA’s cellphone sector, a quick look at last Sunday’s newspapers will confirm it.