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Mar 6, 2001

Vodacom hits 5m customer mark

Vodacom has announced that five million customers have been connected to its network.

Vodacom
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GSM
Mar 2, 2001

Nortel expands Midrand training facility

Nortel Networks says it is expanding its Midrand training facility to include a full GSM network.

Nortel Networks
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Earnings
Feb 28, 2001

Satisfactory results from Compu-Clearing

Compu-Clearing Outsourcing has reported what its says are satisfactory interim results and says the strategic decisions taken by the group are yielding positive returns.

Iain Scott
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Airborn
Feb 22, 2001

AOL uses MTN technology for ICQ

America Online has officially adopted technology developed by local companies MTN and M-Cell for PC-to-cellphone messaging. With a Unisys alliance already wrapped up, Airborn promises even more.

Staff Writer
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Third cellular license
Feb 19, 2001

Cell C to roll-out, Nextcom fights on

Cell C said on Friday that it would immediately prepare to roll-out its network, after being granted the third cellular licence. But Nextcom believes the licence will soon be in its hands.

Phillip de Wet
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Third cellular license
Feb 19, 2001

Cell C network to be ready by Christmas

Potential third cellular operator Cell C is confident its network will be operational by Christmas. The consortium says it can easily capture 200 000 users in 12 months and promises cost-effective products.

Phillip de Wet
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Third cellular licence
Feb 16, 2001

Cell C provisionally awarded cell licence

Communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri today announced that the long-awaited third cellular licence has provisionally been awarded to Cell C, the consortium originally selected by regulator SATRA.

Phillip de Wet
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Cellphones
Feb 14, 2001

Cellphone users go for hi-tech Valentine greetings

Vodacom anticipates that SA`s 8.5 million cellular users will send almost 10 million Valentine`s Day SMS text messages from their cellphones today.

Vodacom
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Feb 14, 2001

Ericsson predicts huge cost savings from handset outsourcing

Ericsson projects that cost savings created by outsourcing its handset production will be $1.5 billion a year by 2002, and the company forecasts a return to profitable handset production by the third quarter of 2001.

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Feb 9, 2001

Vodacom launches additional Vodago service

Vodacom has launched the Call Me service enabling its Vodago prepaid users to send a free text message to other Vodacom customers requesting that the latter call them back.

Vodacom
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Cellular fraud
Jan 31, 2001

Vodacom forks out R20m annually to stop cellular fraud

Vodacom says it spends over R20 million annually on combating cellular theft and fraud, and blacklists more stolen cellphones than any other GSM cellular network in the world.

Vodacom
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GSM network
Jan 31, 2001

Nortel completes $14m Mauritania GSM network

Nortel Networks has rolled-out a 50 000-subscriber, $14 million GSM network in Mauritania to joint network operators Mattel and the state-owned Tunisia Telecommunications.

Nortel Networks
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Telkom Kenya
Jan 29, 2001

Eskom to get stake in Telkom Kenya?

The Kenyan government is expected to make an announcement this week on the winning bid for a 49% stake in Telkom Kenya. Eskom South Africa is said to be a member of the front-running Mount Kenya Communications consortium.

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