Big questions about Cell C's finances
Cell C will release its latest financial results next week, and investors will take a keen interest because of the impact on Blue Label Telecoms.
On 24 August 2020, Blue Label Telecoms informed shareholders that Cell C’s recapitalisation process had been...
MTN crushes Vodacom and Telkom in customer satisfaction
New research by Analytico revealed that MTN's customer satisfaction rating among mobile data users is much higher than Vodacom and Telkom.
Analytico is a research company that provides reports, network intelligence, and marketing insights...
eSIM support in South Africa — A sad affair of limited options
Despite the technology growing increasingly popular abroad, embedded SIMs (eSIMs) are still very limited in South Africa.
More mid-range smartphones are getting eSIMs, after initially only being offered in flagship models from...
Cell C chief financial officer resigns
Cell C has announced that chief financial officer Zaf Mahomed is leaving the company. Lerato Pule will replace him as Cell C’s CFO from tomorrow, 1 September 2022.
“Pule joined the leadership team earlier this year to ensure a smooth handover and will...
Former Vodashop owner says online platforms are killing stores
Vodacom and Telkom have seen growth in both their online and in-store sales. However, former Vodashop owner Bennie Roux believes there is no future for brick-and-mortar cellphone shops.
While both operators found online sales had...
South Africa's biggest network operators all made this billion-rand mistake
South Africa’s largest telecommunications operators — Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom — have all launched unsuccessful video streaming services that cost them large amounts of money.
What makes these investments...
Cell C suffers R2.4 billion loss
Cell C made a loss of R2,448,510,000 between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022, Blue Label Telecoms has reported in its annual results.
Blue Label’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The Prepaid Company, acquired a 45% stake in Cell C on 2 August 2017 for R5.5 billion.
Cell C rescue transaction delayed again
Major Cell C shareholder Blue Label Telecoms says that a recapitalisation transaction to save the troubled network operator has been pushed back again.
The announcement came in a JSE news service announcement on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday's release of...
Blue Label bet big on Cell C — and lost big
Blue Label Telecoms’ decision to buy Cell C has destroyed billions in shareholder value, but it has not deterred the company from pumping more money into the mobile operator.
Blue Label’s journey with Cell C started in August 2017 when its...
Icasa gears up to release more spectrum for South Africa's mobile networks
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published an information memorandum regarding licensing additional radio frequency spectrum for mobile networks.
Icasa said it intends to release...
MTN has a commanding network quality lead over Vodacom and Telkom
Analytico's 2022 South African Mobile Data Market Report shows that MTN has built a commanding lead in mobile data network performance over Vodacom, Telkom, Rain, and Cell C.
Analytico is a research company that provides...
This is how you can unlock a network-locked smartphone in SA
South Africans who have bought a network-locked smartphone can unlock their device in different ways, depending on the mobile operator.
Many consumers still have the mistaken impression that network-locking is prohibited in South Africa.
South African network operators and minister launch the Association of Communications and Technology
Nomvuyiso Batyi, in partnership with various executives from South Africa's telecommunications industry, launched the Association of Communications and Technologies (ACT) on Thursday, 11 August...
Cell C launches free load-shedding data bundles
Cell C is providing its prepaid customers with free streaming and social data bundles to make up for the allocations they might not have consumed due to load-shedding.
The operator acknowledged that load-shedding limited customers' network...
Cell C launching wholesale fixed LTE product with e-RICA — source
Cell C plans to relaunch wholesale fixed LTE services this month, MyBroadband has learned.
The operator’s wholesale division is marketing a promotional deal to resellers like Internet service providers (ISPs).
Hi, I'm hoping someone could help me with this because cell c are ****.
Basically I have two cell c SIM cards. One is contract and one is prepaid. Whenever loadshedding happens I lose complete service on both my Sims but my contract sim roams on Vodacom network while the prepaid one doesn't...
The ANC's plan to shut down South Africa's 2G and 3G networks
The ANC wants South Africa to start working on an official timeline to shut down 2G and 3G connectivity to modernise the country's mobile networks.
That is according to Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, ANC member and South Africa's...
Transaction to save Cell C delayed
Blue Label Telecoms has notified shareholders that the finalisation of Cell C's recapitalisation has been delayed.
"Certain of the binding long form agreements are not yet in final execution form and are in the process of finalisation," Blue Label said.
Hi guys
My 6 month Cell C bundle expired.
So I am looking around before buying another.
I get the bundle as the data is more than enough for my phone as I have fibre and I also don't have to worry about it for 6 months.
Is there anything cheaper on prepaid that has a long duration?
Thanks
Hi guys
My 6 month Cell C bundle expired. So I am looking around before buying another.
I get the bundle as the data is more than enough for my phone as I have fibre and I also don't have to worry about it for 6 months.
Is there anything cheaper on prepaid that has a long duration?
Thanks