Mobile operators struggle to reach quality targets
Vodacom, Cell C and MTN have failed to meet Quality of Service tests across three provinces, says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). According to the report by the regulator, Vodacom did not meet the Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR) target in the Eastern Cape Region, while Cell-C and MTN failed to meet the same targets in the [...]
Vodacom unveils prepaid data promotion
Vodacom has cut its prepaid data pricing by up to 84% on its latest promotion which is set to run from 27 March to 30 April 2013. Phil Patel, Chief Officer of Vodacom’s Consumer Business Unit commented: “The market is rapidly moving towards smartphones and we’d like our customers to enjoy more Facebook, Twitter and email [...]
Vodacom extends LTE service to prepaid
Vodacom says with increased LTE coverage and a much wider range of devices now available, LTE services have now also been made available to Prepaid and Top Up customers. “We started out with 70 LTE capable base stations in Gauteng, and just five months on we’ve now got approaching 600 live LTE sites covering Johannesburg, Cape [...]
MTN lights up long-distance network
The National Long Distance (NLD) consortium, consisting of MTN, Vodacom, Neotel and SANRAL (South African National Road Agency Limited), has completed the trenching of almost 700km of fibre optic cable in December 2012. MTN has lit up this route from Germiston to Durban on 24 January 2013. “This project marks a significant achievement and milestone [...]
Vodacom brings back prepaid promotion
Vodacom has brought back Power Hour which will offer customers one hour of talk time for R10 from 10 January to 28 February 2013. Prepaid customers who purchase a Power Hour bundle for R10 a day will receive one hour of talk time to call Vodacom customers. The bundle can be purchased between 6am and [...]
Vodacom LTE rollout on schedule
Vodacom says it has more than doubled the number of LTE-enabled base stations on its network. The company says it has over 400 LTE-enabled base stations live and is ahead of schedule to meet its target of switching on 500 sites by the end of 2012. As part of its push to rollout the new [...]
Vodacom switches on LTE services
Vodacom has announced it has officially switched on its LTE services. Group CEO Shameel Joosub announced at the MyBroadband conference that Vodacom’s LTE service was open for business and is initially available in Johannesburg, with other cities to follow in the near future. “Vodacom was the first network in SA to test LTE more than two years ago, and [...]
Vodacom CEO to step down
Shameel Joosub has been appointed Vodacom Group CEO, the company announced on Thursday. He would succeed Pieter Uys, who had decided to step down at the end of March 2013, the Vodacom Group said in a statement. Joosub, who is the chief executive of Vodafone Spain, would take up his new appointment on September 1. [...]
Vodacom to offer Office365
Vodacom says it will offer Microsoft Office 365 as part of its business solutions. The operator says that as part of the agreement, the service will be bundled with its existing broadband connectivity products aimed at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Office 365 brings together Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange Online and [...]
SIM swap fraud on the rise – Vodacom
Vodacom says SIM swap fraud attempts are on the increase. According to the operator, fraudsters who engage in SIM swap fraud are posing as cellphone company representatives to try and trick unsuspecting customers who end up being victims of internet banking fraud. SIM swap fraud is a technique used by fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting internet [...]
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