Comments on: Cell C to spend billions on 3G network

By: SUK1R

SUK1R — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:04:48 +0000

At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for cellc to upgrade to 3g all my life (well, most of my life)

By: Mninawa

Mninawa — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:59:53 +0000

Hi Duncan

My eyes nearly popped out to see that Cell C is investing this amount of money on the network infrastructure. Not long ago there was a talk from you about Cell C in debt and shareholders wanting to bail out. Without dwelling much on my previous point, I think this is the greatest thing to have happened because it shows confidence of the share holders to this market and Cell C as the company. Please keep us updated on the progress of this 5billion development.

By: Nebb

Nebb — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:29:15 +0000

I think the first reason its a bad idea for these two Telco’s to join up is that Telkom and Cell C are direct competitors to one another. A second reason…: cellular providers have gained a foothold in the broadband industry simply because Telkom had previously abused their dominance of the industry and instead of pioneering ahead like they were doing so many years ago, their fat cat mentality has caused them to loose ground.

Also, just because Telkom decides to into 3G, doesn’t mean it’ll turn out to be a good investment. If the past is anything to go on, I’d say Telkom are going to loose even more ground once Cell C jump aboard and mobile operators start competing harder for business. Combine that with lower data costs and the new undersea cable that has gone live, Telkom has some major catchup to do and throwing billions at it isn’t going to solve their issues.

By: Mpho Pole

Mpho Pole — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:45:23 +0000

So, Cell C is spending R6bn at the same time Telkom is spending R4bn on building a network. I welcome competition as much as the next guy but I ‘m really confused as to why the two telco’s can’t get together and exploit the opportunity to save money, spectrum and many other scarce resources.