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Price war erupts among South Africa’s mobile players

A price war has erupted among South Africa’s mobile operators, as each seeks to increase its slice of the pie in a country where…

SA Gmail users get free SMS…at last

Gmail users in South Africa are reporting that they can now send free SMSes from Google chat. The reports are coming through even though…

If Android’s so popular, where are all the Android phones?

It’s “all Android, all the time”. That’s what they’ll tell you. It’s “totally blowing away the competition“. According to Gartner, Google’s pet project (which…

Google announces Umbono winners

Google’s startup incubator, Umbono, has officially launched with the announcement of its first set of winning teams. The pilot programme based in Cape Town,…

Cell C facing fire for ‘ripping-off’ ZANews Peter de Villiers parody

In an attempt to capture some of the buzz around the Rugby World Cup, leading South African mobile operator Cell C released a YouTube…

Competition is getting us all converged

Summer is almost here and in an unlikely turn of events, South African telecoms giant Telkom, decided spring day was the day it was…

Facebook Check-in Deals South Africa confirms first commercial partners

Facebook Check-in Deals South Africa has announced its first major brand partners. The location-based deals service has partnered with car manufacturer Chevrolet, Cellular provider…

Corporate social media policy: Are you in or are you out?

Corporates around the world are facing a profound question right now. It’s about whether they put a toe into the social media pool or…

How do SA’s stand-up comics use Facebook?

Our first look at the biggest local Facebook pages created such a stir we decided to dig deeper into the different ways South Africans…

Cell C: Is it too late to course-correct?

I had coffee with the real Cell C CEO, Lars Reichelt, last Monday. Our meeting went on longer than I had originally expected and…

Interview: Cell C CEO on blogs, social media and the end of cellphone calls

Lars Reichelt, CEO of Cell C, announced some time ago a strong push by the mobile operator into innovation and social media. The smallest…

Noah-gate: Lessons learned from Cell C’s controversial ad campaign

There has already been reams written about the new Cell C campaign, including a whole raft of my own thoughts on the campaign. I…

Cell C is ‘astroturfing.’ What a joke!

Astroturf is stuff that looks like grass but isn’t. Cell C has been astroturfing. In case you missed it, here’s how it happened. Cell…

4 reasons why Cell C’s full-page apology was a masterstroke

On the 28th of July, comedian Trevor Noah posted a skit that poked fun at South African cellphone companies on YouTube. In spite of…

Cell C responds to Facebook, YouTube jibes with full page newspaper ad

Major South African mobile operator Cell C on Sunday took the unprecedented step of issuing a full page apology in various Sunday newspapers in…

Cell C launches PhotoCode application

Cell C, in conjunction with BeeTagg Pro, have announced a major push into usingQuick Response (QR) technology with a new service dubbed Cell C…

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