Cell C, MTN, Vodacom showdown - 4G network claims

[jes]

Cell C, MTN, Vodacom showdown - 4G network claims

Vodacom and MTN lay complaints with ASA over Cell C’s use of the term 4Gs to describe its network

[Zyzzyva]

Well its a good thing.

[darkangel]

False advertising, Cell C don't stand a chance.

[Antonf]

Well, one of the complainants still advertise its service as "broadband" while ASA ordered them on 10 August to stop using the term as its service is NOT broadband... Advertising something you don't have - C for yourself...

[jboyx989]

Thats it MTN and Vodacom, get ANGRY with Cell C! Angry enough to undercut their prices!

[Shayd]

Thats it MTN and Vodacom, get ANGRY! Angry enough to undercut their prices!

Yup, I don't give a crap about semantics just give me better prices!

[Na-iem]

Sore losers, much?

Admittedly, I'm not in favour of them using the term 4G even if they slap a minute "s" onto it. However, if the only companies this is affecting in a detrimental way are those that have been raping the public for years, then I'm not too upset about it (especially with the agreeably priced HSDPA+ packages Cell C recently launched).

Basically, what I'm saying is that the tears of "Proudly (raping) South African(s)"-companies means nothing to me.

[drukkie]

FFS they can call it 5G for all i care....at those prices i'm going baby....

[jannievanzyl]

As the article pointed, 4G as a technology framework is well defined by the ITU, formally called "ITU-Advanced"

What's not that well known is the definition of 'mobility' in the spec.

"High Mobility" (which must be at least 100Mb/s) is defined as speeds up to 350Km/h!

"Low Mobility" (which must be at least 1Gb/s) is defined as up to walking speeds.

Today, no real-world technology is available that can achieve this, though 6 submissions have been made to the ITU on technologies that can be developed to their ITU-Advanced spec. These all boil down to either LTE-Advanced or 802.16m.

Even with the fast pace of development, we're probably at least 2 to 3 years away.

[Zyzzyva]

What i find interesting is that in all the months that sprint in the US has been advertising their 4G network (which it isn't), and HTC selling the EVO4G and the Epic 4G, i have never read a single complaint anywhere.

So what does that mean, are south africans better informed/pedantic or something?

For the record, i don't quite like cell c spreading disinformation like they are.

[Zyzzyva]

With that being said, bring on the cheap gigs so we can enjoy the start of the revolution!!!

[superskully]

Its a marketing ploy.
CellC are just using the term to keep MTN and VC thinking about 'definitions'.
Whats the worst that could happen, Cell just has to take the 4gs name off.
While MTN and VC think they have won, they have actually lost cos all the boradband customers will have moved to CellC.

[Synaesthesia]

What i find interesting is that in all the months that sprint in the US has been advertising their 4G network (which it isn't), and HTC selling the EVO4G and the Epic 4G, i have never read a single complaint anywhere.

So what does that mean, are south africans better informed/pedantic or something?

For the record, i don't quite like cell c spreading disinformation like they are.

The 3G speed is fine with me, I mean 21Mbps, how much faster do you want. Plus it works with existing technology which is a plus. The crucial thing is the data cap/allowance, with which Cell C is clearly the best ATM.

[ocleroux]

I think some networks are confusing LTE with 4G.

[Dyl106]

I don't care if it's 4G or not ... as long as the prices are good I sitting happy!