Lockdown leads to data boom in South Africa

Lockdown leads to data boom in South Africa

On the face of it, the Covid-19 lockdown was an inadvertent blessing for South Africa’s telecommunications operators. With people stuck at home for the five weeks of the hard lockdown from 27 March to 1 May, it would have been easy to think that the likes of MTN,...
Telkom Mobile FreeMe packages

Telkom Mobile FreeMe packages

Telkom Mobile have laid the gauntlet down with their new competitive FreeMe package offering which looks to change the entire market. At first glance it looks too good to be true ie: 1st tier: R99 gets you 1GB data, 50 texts per day, free calls on Whatsapp, BBM and...
Neotel acquired by Econet Wireless

Neotel acquired by Econet Wireless

Econet Wireless has acquired Neotel for over R6.5bn. The buyer is partnering with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, which has committed to taking a 30% stake in Neotel, which has committed to taking a 30% stake in Neotel, according to a statement by Mumbai-based Tata...
Smartphone data usage

Smartphone data usage

By 2021, the average smartphone user will plow through 8.9 GB of data per month. Thanks to the rapid expansion of LTE, smartphone users today are blowing through more data than ever before. From watching Netflix videos to streaming Spotify for hours on end, there are...
MTN price increases

MTN price increases

MTN has informed subscribers of significant rate hikes and value reductions across its contract packages. As of 1st August 2016 MTN will be revising their tariff pricing across their packages implementing up to a 40% hike in some cases. Last year they hiked the...