Cell C Gauteng launch: all the details
Cell C has finally launched its high-speed mobile broadband network in Gauteng after first switching on the service in Port Elizabeth a little over 10 weeks ago. The company is promising average download speeds
Cell C broadband launch: live blog
TechCentral live-blogged events as they unfolded at the launch of Cell C’s mobile broadband network in Gauteng on 17 November 2010. Below is the full transcript of the event as it happened.
ZTE workers detained in Durban
Sixteen Chinese workers subcontracted to build cellphone company Cell C’s high-speed mobile broadbad network were detained in Durban for allegedly having invalid work permits, the home affairs department said on Sunday.
Cell C broadband arrives in Jo’burg
Cell C will switch on its next-generation broadband mobile network in Johannesburg and Pretoria next week, the network operator has confirmed. It will launch the network next Wednesday, 17 November, in the country’s most populous region.
FibreCo to take on SA telecoms giants
In a development that could change the dynamics of SA’s telecommunications industry, mobile operator Cell C, Dimension Data division Internet Solutions and Andile Ngcaba’s Convergence Partners have teamed up to build a R5bn, 12 000km national fibre-optic network.
Cell C tower-deal billions to pay off debt
It’s a deal that’s been a long time coming. After many months of careful planning and negotiation, Cell C will sell 3 200 of its cellular base stations to US-based American Tower Corp (ATC) for US$430m (R2,9bn). The company will use the money to restructure its balance sheet.
Asymmetry for Cell C ‘not fair’ – MTN
Cell C does not deserve an asymmetrical interconnect rate 10 years after entering the market and the decision to offer the company asymmetry is “unfair”. That’s the view of MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar, who was reacting to the news that the
Cell C heads north
Cell C has made a pit stop in Polokwane in its race to hook up the country’s main towns and cities to its third-generation mobile network. Polokwane, the capital of Limpopo province, will have 67% network coverage for now, slightly lower
Cell C switches on Nelspruit 3G
Cell C is continuing to expand it national third-generation (3G) mobile network, announcing on Tuesday that it has launched high-speed Internet services in Mpumalanga capital Nelspruit. The operator, which is the first to deploy a wide-scale broadband
TalkCentral: Episode 12 – ‘Heita 8ta’
It’s here three days later than usual (thanks to a crazy newsday last Friday), but the latest episode of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is now ready for download. In this week’s packed show, hosted by Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones, we talk about — yup, you guessed it — Telkom’s launch of 8ta, SA’s fourth mobile operator
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