It is essential to recognise how pivotal the telecoms sector is to South Africa’s present and future.
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TechCentral had a look at Vodacom and MTN’s capex per customer in South Africa – and it tells an interesting story.
South Africa’s telecoms operators collectively invest more than R25-billion/year in their networks.
MTN South Africa said it plans to adjust data prices in the current quarter as consumer demand spikes.
MTN Group reported an 18.8% decline in its first-quarter service revenue, weighed down by MTN Nigeria.
Vodacom said it is keen to maintain its high capex-to-revenue ratio to maintain a network quality advantage.
Shameel Joosub said planned further cuts to call termination rates will have no real impact on retail prices.
A major network outage was impacting Telkom mobile users in South Africa on Monday.
Avanti has partnered with Q-KON to deliver LEO satellite services via the Eutalsat OneWeb constellation in South Africa.
Vodacom Group on Monday reported a 10.8% fall in full-year earnings, impacted by start-up losses in Ethiopia.