Vodacom says Vodafone, a shareholder in the company, almost doubled its customer base last year to reach 78 million users. Meanwhile, Vodacom says it is "edging towards five million customers".
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) says it has filed an affidavit in the ongoing third cellular licence court case in the hopes of speeding up the four-year process.
As the telecommunications industry prepares for an impending legislative debate, Telkom has made a public call for facilities-based competition and a single fixed-line opponent. It believes government will be happy to oblige.
MTN has gone live with its browser-based Challenger system designed to administer all the work in its service and repair centres.
Cellular distributor European Telecom has launched a South African head office on which to base its African expansion. It expects to make a R350 million dent in the market by 2002.
A Stellenbosch start-up is offering its product users a percentage of cash for reading messages sent via SMS promoting special retail and entertainment offers.
MTN says it is reaping the rewards of the ProIV Rapid Application Development toolkit installed by Business Unusual for its billing system.
iTouch, a Cape Town-based mobile information company, and MIH Asia have signed an agreement to provide wireless data services to mobile customers in China, Indonesia, Thailand and Greece.
Compatible Information Technology Systems, a NavisionDamgaard solution centre, has implemented a mid-range financial system at Radiospoor Telecoms.
Accord Technologies will sell its distribution companies to Vestalane Investments for R10 million in cash.
ABSA merchants will soon be able to sell prepaid airtime on both the MTN and Vodacom networks through point-of-sale (POS) credit card terminals. ABSA and Autopage expect to capture 10% of the R4 billion prepaid airtime market.
The department of communications has called a stakeholder gathering early in February to discuss its proposed new telecommunications policy. Issues such as wireless spectrum allocation and Internet services will be on the table.
Plantronics has announced the availability of its M205 premium earbud headset series featuring microphone technology for mobile phones.