Nkosana Makate has been negotiating with Vodacom for several years in an attempt to get “reasonable compensation” for the free message service
The former public protector has urged the mobile company to ‘do the right thing’ by resolving the impasse with the inventor of the phone service
Vodacom claims to have reached a settlement with Nkosana Makate but he has refuted these claims
A new company has launched a service that seriously challenges those of the major mobile operators
Apart from South Africa, Vodacom has operations in Tanzania, the DRC, Mozambique and Lesotho
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Vodacom approached the High Court to seek an interdict to prohibit Nkosana Makate from disclosing any information to outside parties
South African mobile operators have shown resilience amid lower smartphone sales data
The M-Pesa platform is empowering Africans, who have unique needs
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Mobile operator Cell C is aiming to give its customers a network speed boost with an MTN roaming agreement deal
‘One reader described this as the most boring column I had ever written. I hope to out-bore it soon, perhaps even with this account of its sequelae’
The amendments don’t address high cost of data, which many consumers hoped for
‘For a communications company, Vodacom is exceptionally bad at communicating’
Her cellphone records were obtained in a bid by the rail regulator to find a whistle-blower
The communications company, with its four year agreement with the Treasury, is being touted as "abuse of dominance".
The Right 2 Know Campaign took their Data Must Fall protests against data charges outside service providers MTN and Vodacom early Tuesday morning.
Analysing the hidden costs of a contract should make you think carefully before you sign up.
Faster networks, better phones and consumers’ own habits have all led to users’ perceptions that their data is "disappearing", an exec told Parly.
New ‘sideshow’ stalls Nkosana Makate’s negotiation with Vodacom.
Cash-strapped cellphone users are recharging for as little as R2, as pressure mounts for free SMSes.
The telecommunications giant has raised its revenue targets and is investing in data services as smartphone usage rises in its markets.
The high-profile case against Vodacom has cast a spotlight on
litigation financiers.
Public Investment Corporation head Daniel Matjila has denied that the ANC is trying to get the PIC to sell its Vodacom shares to a BEE consortium.
Rebecca Davis interviews Nkosana Makate, the originator of Vodacom’s free messaging concept, who’s won his 15-year battle against the cellphone giant.
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A BEE consortium in which Kumalo has emerged as a key player is said to be eyeing the Public Investment Corporation’s prized Vodacom stake.
Industry regulators have approved Vodacom’s bid to buy Neotel, along with its fixed-line network, making it a formidable competitor to Telkom.
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Cell C has made an aggressive move with its new Epic contract offer, but experts warn that other factors count.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has been urged to unlock competition in the mobile data markets.
Following a disastrous South African launch in 2010, Vodacom has redesigned and relaunched M-Pesa, the mobile money service that transformed Kenya.
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The telecom giant’s sales rose to R18.3-billion in the second quarter with data revenue from other African countries accelerating growth.
The cellphone giant’s mooted new buy is just one example of how the telecoms sector is converging.
International digital music service Spotify is said to be in talks with Vodacom to provide users with access to its music library.
Vodacom concluded a deal to buy Neotel for R7-billion. Arthur Goldstuck looks at the meaning of the deal for South Africa telecoms.
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