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[Update] Vodacom users ‘can’t make calls’ in Johannesburg due to network issue

Update: The issue that affected a large number of Vodacom users across Johannesburg has been resolved, the company tweeted. We have resolved the issue…

MTN is the fastest mobile network in South Africa, report reveals

In South Africa, there’s much debate surrounding which of the four mobile networks is fastest, let alone which is the most cost effective to…

Netflix and Africa: no originals, no offices, but is there promise?

I always tend to forget that Netflix hasn’t been in the streaming game all that long. Although the company itself is 20 years old,…

Vodacom’s NB-IoT network is now live in Gauteng

Vodacom’s first commercially available Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network is now live in Gauteng. This announcement is the latest in a string of IoT plays made…

Vodacom’s IoT division now connects ‘three million things’ in South Africa

Hot on the heels of MTN Business’s Internet of Things (IoT) network announcement, Vodacom revealed that its IoT division is now connecting more than…

Weekly Roundup Podcast #120: Nokia 8 in SA, ICOs and more

Welcome to the Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

Vodacom launches ‘video data bundles’ for Showmax and DStv Now

Vodacom has today announced a new set of data bundles for video streaming addicts. Dubbed Video Data Bundles, the company is hoping the deals…

Breaking news: Vodacom SA backs out of Blackberry speed capping

When Vodacom SA announced that it would be throttling the speeds of Blackberry users in South Africa, the company experienced a phenomenal backlash of…

Vodacom SA to throttle Blackberry speeds

South African cellular network Vodacom will now throttle the speeds of Blackberry users in a bid to curb the behaviour of those it claims…

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…

The small screen that killed the traditional advertising model

Vodacom mobile media executive, Jason Probert, believes that traditional advertising is in “steep decline”. He cites a key event in 2009 where internet advertising…

The power of mobile

If anyone needed to be reminded about the power of mobile as a medium, we were given a wake-up call by US-based digital marketing…

SA mobile ad revenue to reach a billion rands by 2012

Predictions from upcoming Mobile Mindblast conference suggest that mobile ad revenues in South Africa totalled approximately R500-million in the last year. Year-on-year growth trends…

Vodacom making huge progress towards losing the war with Cell C

Although Vodacom has won the battle at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), I think that it will lose the war. It’s fascinating how often…

Vodacom launches faster internet

South Africans, always suffering from chronic insufficiency when it comes to internet connectivity have increasingly come to rely upon mobile operators when accessing the…

A step in the right direction for mobile payments

Mobile payments for mobile subscription services are receiving much news of late due to negative consumer sentiment over unsolicited billings. An imminent change in…

Internet on your TV: What’s all the fuss about?

South African mobile operators Vodacom and MTN have just launched competing products that allow you to surf the internet from your TV. Vodacom’s Webbox…

Cell C to MTN and Vodacom: ‘Stop bullying us!’

Cell C said via Facebook on Thursday that it intends to lodge an appeal with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against Wednesday’s ruling over…

iPhone 4: MTN is cheaper, Vodacom already sold out

South Africa’s two largest cellular operators both launched the iPhone 4 at separate events last night. And by 11AM on Day One, Vodacom SMSed…

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…

Will SA’s unbanked masses embrace M-Pesa?

On paper, the argument for embracing M-Pesa, a mobile-phone based money transfer service, is a compelling one. But implementation needs to be perfect if…

iPhone 4 here end September, tweets Vodacom CEO

Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys has confirmed, in what appears to be an off-the-cuff tweet, that the iPhone 4 is to reach South African shores…

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