Tag: Vodacom
Vodacom earnings drop by 19.4% drop, blames currency depreciation
Vodacom Group has announced a 19.4% decline in its half-year earnings, attributing the downturn to losses from its Ethiopia venture and the impact of...
Sim card insanity in South Africa
South Africa’s mobile network operators produce an estimated 180 million SIM cards each year, around three times the country’s population.
This figure—from a well-placed industry...
Vodacom fires 631 workers and contractors over fraud
Vodacom dismissed 631 workers and contractors for fraud in the year to end-March 2024 after investigating more than 8,000 cases.
“These cases were reported and...
Vodacom drags regulator to court over ‘secret’ spectrum deals with MTN
Vodacom has filed an application at the high court in Pretoria seeking an urgent interdict to stop rival MTN from using “spectrum pooling” arrangements that...
Orange and Vodacom cosy up to reduce costs in Africa
Vodacom Group is in discussions with France’s Orange about a strategic partnership in Africa to explore infrastructure deals to help keep down costs on...
MTN still the most valuable brand in South Africa
The latest Brand Africa Report from Brand Finance indicates MTN retained its top position as the most valuable brand from last year despite seeing...
Vodacom price hikes announced
Vodacom South Africa is hiking the price of its post-paid contracts and its fibre broadband services, beginning on 1 April.
The telecommunications operator said the average adjustments amount...
MTN and Vodacom, who owns “please call me” service?
Do you remember “please call me”? The service that allowed you to send a message to another person asking them to call you back...
Vodacom fined $52,666 in SA for fleecing customers
Leading telco in South Africa, Vodacom has been slapped with a R1 million ($52,666) administrative fine by the National Consumer Tribunal.
Vodacom was found guilty...
MTN, Vodacom want Netflix, others to pay fair rates for internet...
South Africa’s biggest mobile operators, Vodacom and MTN, want streamers like Netflix and other big internet companies to pay them for carrying often-huge volumes of...