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2:50
Oct 25, 2001

Siemens wins SNO deal

Eskom Enterprises announced today that the Siemens I & C Group is to roll-out most of the Telkom competitor's network in the second multimillion-rand deal the company has won this year. But nothing is final, as legislation remains in flux.

Phillip de Wet
3:10
Alan Knott-Craig
Oct 24, 2001

Africa is our rand hedge, says Vodacom

Vodacom says its operations in Africa serve as an effective hedge against a falling rand and are more profitable too. While MTN is betting the farm on Nigeria, Vodacom prefers the DRC and Mozambique.

Phillip de Wet
1:30
VoiceXML
Oct 24, 2001

Comverse releases XML browser

Comverse has announced the VoiceXML browser and gateway to enable users to access Web-based information by speaking into a wireless or fixed-line phone.

Comverse
3:00
Telecoms Bill
Oct 23, 2001

Telecoms Bill goes to National Assembly

The Telecommunications Amendment Bill will be discussed in the National Assembly on Thursday. Despite severe criticism of changes by the Portfolio Committee on Communications, as consumer choice took a back seat to financial necessity, further changes are unlikely.

Phillip de Wet
2:10
1800MHz
Oct 19, 2001

MTN says 900MHz is enough

MTN says congestion and the number of dropped calls on its network have decreased significantly since last year. Yet it previously claimed quality would suffer without access to the 1800MHz spectrum.

Phillip de Wet
1:10
GPRS
Oct 18, 2001

Motorola demonstrates GPRS

Motorola showed off new GPRS-ready phones yesterday, and download speeds of 40kbps in the wild.

Motorola
1:30
Oct 16, 2001

Protek to exhibit at GSM Africa

Protek will showcase its solutions at the GSM Africa Show in Cape Town from 22 to 23 November.

Protek
3:50
Instant messaging
Oct 15, 2001

Instant messaging to enter mobile market

RangeGate believes instant messaging is set to enter the mobile computing market and that this convergence will have implications for both technologies.

RangeGate
2:40
Billing
Oct 15, 2001

Protek wins $1.3m MTN Swaziland contract

Protek will provide a convergent customer care and billing system for MTN Swaziland.

Protek
2:00
Vodacom tariffs
Oct 12, 2001

Increases are a decrease, says Vodacom

Vodacom says subscribers will pay less for their cellphone use, despite tariff increases. However, this won`t apply when subscribers phone MTN, Cell C or Telkom users, or use per-second billing for long calls.

Phillip de Wet
1:40
Oct 9, 2001

Storm Cellular re-packaged

Storm has reacted to the recent price increases in the cellular market by re-packaging Storm Cellular.

storm
2:50
Sept 27, 2001

MTN, Vodacom to charge by the second

MTN and Vodacom are introducing per-second billing when their new tariffs come into effect on 1 October. The operators are also introducing new concepts in anticipation of Cell C`s November launch.

Phillip de Wet
10:50
Mobile marketing
Sept 17, 2001

Mobile marketing takes SMS into the future

Mobile marketing is on a steep growth curve in SA. Basheera Khan discusses operational and privacy issues with some of the leaders in this space.

Basheera Khan
 
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