Alan Knott-Craig has suffered a heart attack.
Vodacom prepaid subscribers can purchase a once-off annual voucher, providing postpaid contract rates.
Celtel Uganda has introduced SIM card-based mobile payphones, which will allow people to run small businesses from their phones.
Motorola has entered into a three-year multimillion-dollar contract with Mobile Telecommunications Company Kuwait.
VoxTelecom will use two recent acquisitions to position itself as "a significant player in the booming voice service provision arena", says MD Jaco Voigt.
Vodacom has introduced the Big Bonus Voucher, which allows customers to purchase a once-off voucher that provides access to the Vodacom network for 12 months.
Primedia has purchased a majority stake in mobile content provider Exactmobile.
SA's telecoms environment is over-regulated and does not look good for the SNO, which is expected to take a paltry 5% of Telkom's market, says an analyst.
MTN is on a national tour to encourage its subscribers in disadvantaged areas to use SMS as a communication medium.
The mobile phone is always on, always carried and has a built-in payment system, offering radical commercial opportunities for business, says a visiting strategy consultant.
The latest buzzword in the least-cost routing jungle is "MNP", or mobile number portability, says TelePassport.
Clickatell`s enterprise-grade Multimodal Global Messaging Service provides immediate, reliable and cost-effective mobile messages anywhere, across any device, it says.
Nokia South Africa will boost its customer service offering to include an extended 24-month warranty, and an increase in collection points and walk-in service centres.