Cell C is in advanced talks to sell its national network of base stations in a move aimed partly at reducing its crippling long-term debt.
According to a well-placed source, two companies, American Tower Corp (ATC) and Eaton Telecom, have been selected as the leading bidders to buy the mobile operator’s national tower infrastructure.
The idea is [...]
Rumours are circulating that Cell C has sold a portion of its network to help defray the billions of rand in debt on its balance sheet and to help fund a new network roll-out.
The company isn’t commenting — in response to written questions from TechCentral, all its CEO Lars Reichelt (pictured) will say unhelpfully is [...]
SA’s technology industry grabbed more public attention in 2009 than it has in years. In spite of the recession, the news flow has been constant, and not all of it has been bad.
Undoubtedly, the biggest story of the year on the business front was Telkom’s sale and unbundling of its 50% stake in cellular group [...]
Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt has kept a low profile since his appointment in March, declining interviews and not speaking publicly about the company’s strategy. But last week he unveiled plans to spend billions of rand on a wireless broadband network Cell C’s decision to build SA’s most advanced third generation (3G) broadband cellular network is a brave move. The cellular operator, SA’s smallest wit
Cell C is planning to build a broadband wireless network so advanced that, to date, only about 20 operators worldwide have deployed the technology commercially.
The operator, SA’s smallest with about 8m customers, has long been criticised for not having a 3G wireless network to offer its customers high-speed Internet access. This has meant it [...]
SA’s cellphone market is far from mature and there are still plenty of opportunities for growth. That’s the view of Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt, who was talking to journalists at a media event in Sandton on Wednesday.
Reichelt says competition in SA’s cellular market has been “fairly benign”. “We haven’t really had a lot of [...]
SA’s smallest mobile operator, Cell C, plans to spend as much as R5bn in 2010 on new network infrastructure. Much of this money is expected to be used to construct a 3G network capable of delivering broadband at speeds of up to 21Mbit/s.
The company’s move comes at the same time that fixed-line operator Telkom is [...]
SA’s three mobile operators, MTN, Vodacom and Cell C, will cut interconnection rates at the same time — by midnight on 1 March 2010.
Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda caused confusion in the telecommunications industry when he announced in parliament last week that Vodacom and Cell C would cut interconnection rates on 1 February 2010, with MTN [...]
Tensions are rising between SA’s mobile operators over interconnection fees. MTN SA CEO Karel Pienaar has slammed a proposal by his counterpart at Cell C, Lars Reichelt, that Cell C should benefit through the introduction of an asymmetric tariff regime.
Reichelt wants interconnection fees to be skewed in Cell C’s favour so that it pays MTN [...]
Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys has denied accusations that the cellular group colluded with rival MTN to hike interconnection fees months before Cell C began operating in an attempt to stunt the then-new player at the start.
Politicians, including ANC MP Johnny de Lange and Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille, have accused the two incumbent cellular [...]
