Vodacom to launch ADSL

Guess that answers my question of yesterday.. Still I am curious how/what the eca is allowing. I mean if Vodacom can go over to fixed, can Telkom auto go over to mobile? :confused: I thought there was a difference in licence.
 
krycor said:
Guess that answers my question of yesterday.. Still I am curious how/what the eca is allowing. I mean if Vodacom can go over to fixed, can Telkom auto go over to mobile? :confused: I thought there was a difference in licence.
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I think they are trying to open up the market.
 
So its Telkom releasing new products under the name of Vodacom :rolleyes: No ways will Telkom sell its 50% to Vodafone.
 
What I like about this, is that it would appear as if the private sector is trying to bypass legistation.

Maybe that is what's needed in this country.

I'm all for private companies saying "screw the goverment, let's do it ourselves"
 
Hark, I doubt they are bypassing legislation. At the most they are getting their lawyers to advise them to stretch it out as far as it can go. but they aren't going to open themselves up to the risk of prosecution just to sell some ADSL packages.

Most likely is Telkom rebranding their service under that 50% chunk of stock.
 
We've heard how Vodacom have launched iBurst.
We've heard how Vodacom have launched Pay-TV (Multichoice/DSTV)

So nothing terribly exciting about Vodacom launching ADSL. They will just be reselling Telkom/IS, and no doubt at Telkom/IS prices.

Clearly Vodacom has a powerful distribution arm, which gives it the ability to virtually re-brand existing services.

But there is a very clear line between service provider and service reseller.

What we really need in SA is providers of new services, not new resellers of old services.
 
Gatecrasher said:
What we really need in SA is providers of new services, not new resellers of old services.
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It looks as if they're reselling now because its the only option but ultimately they want to run their own ADSL network.
 
That's what everyone wants to do.

But they never get around to it...cough cough.,...goal.

Syndyre said:
It looks as if they're reselling now because its the only option but ultimately they want to run their own ADSL network.
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Hark3n said:
What I like about this, is that it would appear as if the private sector is trying to bypass legistation.

Maybe that is what's needed in this country.

I'm all for private companies saying "screw the goverment, let's do it ourselves"
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in the words of Branson - "Screw it, lets do it"
:D
 
Given Voda's inability to provide good support for their 3g service, its madness to get DSL from them.
 
Uys said that backhaul capacity is currently one of Vodacom’s biggest restraining factors
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Isn't this what Infraco is upposed to provide, backhaul capacity at cost? Do they not already have an intercity network taken over from Eskom or Transnet which they are expanding at the moment?

LLU, I have read somewhere that this could simply be leasing the line, again at cost, Telkom cost of course, but less greed (from Vodacom?) may just give us lower prices

What happened to the cost of services report Telkom had to deliver to ICASA?
 
You guys are so damn negative, even if it the same company technically, they still going to compete against eachother hence making ADSL cheaper!:rolleyes:
 
cableguy said:
That's what everyone wants to do.

But they never get around to it...cough cough.,...goal.
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Well Goal is a special case. :D Vodacom unfortunately can't do much until LLU is initiated though. I'm just wondering why MTN isn't making any moves like this?
 
Syndyre said:
Well Goal is a special case. :D Vodacom unfortunately can't do much until LLU is initiated though. I'm just wondering why MTN isn't making any moves like this?
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They'll likely be jumping up down and will splurt something out in the press soon. MTN jumped 1st when it came down with its data bundles. Vodacom is kinda jumping the marketing gun on them this time.

Either way its something good if they're willing to throw cash at building their own backbone. And I don't think legislation can hold them down. Just setup another company if need be. With LLU and SAT3 becoming available - Can't any business set up a business model for fixed line/ADSL offerings anyway?
 
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Any business should in theory be able to, but it all comes down to ICASA which is always a problem.
 
risingtide said:
Isn't this what Infraco is upposed to provide, backhaul capacity at cost? Do they not already have an intercity network taken over from Eskom or Transnet which they are expanding at the moment?

LLU, I have read somewhere that this could simply be leasing the line, again at cost, Telkom cost of course, but less greed (from Vodacom?) may just give us lower prices

What happened to the cost of services report Telkom had to deliver to ICASA?
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Vodacom is already struggling to get the current de facto parastatal better known to us as Telkodemonopolies, to provide backhaul capacity & links for Vodacom's 2G & 3G networks, and parastatals the world over are known for general incompetence and wasting of tax payers' money, so I'm not surprised that Vodacom would rather take advantage of its right to build its own fibre backbone and take charge of its own destiny - instead of leaving its future in the hands of incompetent & narcoleptic gauvamint ministers and a telecoms regulator that has an idiot for a leader.
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Well Goal is a special case. :D Vodacom unfortunately can't do much until LLU is initiated though. I'm just wondering why MTN isn't making any moves like this?
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IIRC, MTNNS already does ADSL - even before the official split from MTN.
 
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