A deal between the telecommunications giants could help reduce the cost of wireless business.
The battle between Icasa and MTN could knock cellular rates, but may lead to a deterioration in service.
Angola’s state-run phone company looks set to make a profit after receiving a $314-million government bailout.
Icasa has announced new call termination regulations will come into effect on April 1.
Africa’s biggest mobile company said earnings per share jumped 25%, buoyed up by a foreign exchange gain from the weaker rand.
Icasa has postponed plans to cut call rates by up to 50% due to an interim order obtained by MTN and Vodacom which suspends the planned reductions.
Icasa’s new rules would effectively give mobile customers lower rates, and firms’ complaints against them show greed, says Alistair Fairweather.
Communications and technology company seeks justice in South Africa.
MTN plans to defend the lawsuit brought by Turkish mobile operator Turkcell, and which was previously heard in the US.
A Turkish cellphone company has opened a lawsuit against MTN seeking damages for losses incurred as a result of MTN’s actions, says the company.
Cellphone operator Cell C has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission against MTN and Vodacom for anti-competitive conduct.
Cell C has laid a complaint against its bigger rivals, Vodacom and MTN, at South Africa’s competition authorities.
The market has reacted negatively to news that termination rates will drop by 20 cents in six months time.
An innovative approach to employees leads MTN’s delivery of a bold new digital world to customers.
MTN has suspended one of its executives over alleged links to Dina Pule’s telecommunications indaba scandal, says a report.
MTN Group, Africa’s largest wireless operator, said first-half profit rose 22%, exceeding estimates, after subscriber numbers increased.
There is a growing appetite for well-made Nigerian films, but securing financing from a bank is near impossible.
Telma’s mobile operations in the island of Madagascar are up for sale and South African companies may well swoop in.
CFO resigns during an investigation.
The ratings agency warns that MTN’s new business model, which foresees ongoing growth on the continent, also exposes it to less certainty.
The DA will continue to roll out its airtime voucher campaign, despite a call by the ANC to boycott the cellphone networks involved.
Phuthuma Nhleko, who increased MTN’s subscribers almost 30-fold during his nine-year tenure as chief executive officer, is becoming chairperson.
Companies scramble for frequency bands as policy delays halt the fast network roll-out.
Vodacom has responded to MTN’s campaign around a 2c per second prepaid call rate by introducing the same rate across all networks, with a twist.
A US computer salesperson who supplied sensitive equipment to MTN’s mobile network in Iran has been jailed for violating US economic sanctions.
According to an online profile of a man stating that he works for MTN Irancell as an IT operator, his employer, Patco, is MTN Irancell’s IT partner.
The report is replete with examples of how MTN’s well-connected executives intervened to influence South African diplomacy in its favour.
An independent investigation has exonerated mobile giant MTN from graft in an Iran tender, the firm has said.
On the eve of BlackBerry 10 launch in South Africa, waiting lists for the Apple iPhone 5 have vanished and all suppliers are fully stocked.
Authorities have blamed a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies
in Nigeria.
Eyebrows have been raised at possible corporate breaches around the purchase of Shanduka Group’s minority stake in MTN Nigeria.
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