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/ 12 November 2009
Cellphone rates will, initially, be reduced by 36 cents from early next year, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda announced on Thursday.
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/ 3 November 2009
Confused about the lowering of cellphone interconnect rates and what it means for you? Send us your questions and we’ll get an expert to answer them.
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/ 24 October 2009
MTN and Vodacom have proposed an approximate 19% immediate reduction of the blended wholesale interconnect tariffs.
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/ 22 October 2009
Cell C has broken ranks with the incumbent cellphone operators, calling for interconnect fees to be cut to 75 cents a minute from the present R1.25.
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/ 19 October 2009
The Competition Commission has subpoenaed key people at MTN and Vodacom for suspected price-fixing, it was reported on Monday.
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/ 15 October 2009
Heard the one about a telecom company being a law firm with an antenna stuck on top? Except it’s not funny.
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/ 14 October 2009
MTN said the country’s economic growth and broadband penetration would be affected by cuts in cellphones charges
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/ 13 October 2009
Vodacom said on Tuesday a dramatic reduction of cellphone charges would be disruptive to the country’s economy and communications sector.
Shares in India’s top cellphone company Bharti Airtel jumped on Thursday, a day after it announced merger talks with MTN had been called off.
The South African Treasury on Wednesday played down its role in tanked merger talks between MTN and India’s Bharti.
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/ 30 September 2009
Bharti Airtel said late on Wednesday it and MTN had called off tie-up talks because the SA government would not accept the deal in its current form.
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/ 30 September 2009
The fate of a major tie-up between Bharti Airtel and MTN hung in the balance on Wednesday with the deadline for talks due to expire.
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/ 30 September 2009
Although a solution to high interconnection rates must be welcomed, the real question is: why now? asks Lloyd Gedye
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/ 29 September 2009
India’s Bharti Airtel will issue a statement on Tuesday on its tie-up talks with MTN, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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/ 28 September 2009
Bharti Airtel and MTN are not looking at a dual-listed structure immediately if their merger goes ahead, India’s finance minister said in an interview
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/ 27 September 2009
Former MTN SA chief executive Maanda Manyatshe appealed against a high court judgment dismissing his attempt to gag the <i>M&G</i> three years ago.
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/ 22 September 2009
Bharti has offered to retain the management at MTN for at least three years and given the option of an all-cash offer to minority MTN shareholders.
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/ 21 September 2009
SA’s Treasury is to meet government officials in India to discuss foreign exchange-control implications of the planned tie-up between MTN and Bharti.
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/ 17 September 2009
The proposed tie-up between MTN and Bharti Airtel is being held up by legal problems in India, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
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/ 15 September 2009
Icasa said on Tuesday it might not grant approval for the proposed tie-up between mobile phone group MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel this year.
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/ 15 September 2009
The proposed tie-up between cellphone group MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel needs Cabinet level approval in SA, as the deal enters a critical week.
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/ 14 September 2009
Icasa on Monday said that the proposed tie-up between MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel may need to be the subject of public hearings.
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/ 13 September 2009
South African Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has expressed caution over a proposed tie-up between MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel.
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/ 11 September 2009
Bharti Airtel’s move to sweeten a -billion deal with MTN is a key step in reaching an agreement as a deadline nears, sources said on Friday.
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/ 10 September 2009
Shares of Bharti Airtel rose as much as 3,55% on Thursday on a report that it had sweetened its offer to buy a 49% stake in MTN.
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/ 9 September 2009
Indian cellphone company Bharti Airtel denied it had reached an agreement with MTN on a multibillion-dollar share and cash swap.
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/ 9 September 2009
Bharti Airtel and MTN have reached a preliminary agreement for their planned -billion share and cash swap, it was reported on Wednesday.
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/ 1 September 2009
The South African government backs a proposed tie-up between MTN Group and India’s Bharti Airtel.
MTN Group on Thursday reiterated that no decision had been taken with regard to its proposed merger with India’s Bharti Airtel.
Bharti Airtel is not looking to sweeten its offer to buy a stake in MTN, the Indian firm’s head said, even as MTN said it wants a better price.
MTN said on Thursday that it has extended the exclusivity agreement with Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel until September 30 2009.
India’s Bharti Airtel has received bids from more than a dozen foreign banks to fund its proposed stake buy in MTN, a media report said on Tuesday.