Vodacom, Cell C declare war

[w1z4rd]

Looks like Vodacom and Telkom are playing DIRTY!

[Cape Town | ITWeb, 19 May 2006] - Vodacom, the country's largest cellular network operator, today vented its wrath at the smallest, Cell C, blaming it for causing its service to be disrupted for an hour nation wide.

However, Cell C lashed back, saying Vodacom's allegations were “baseless and without foundation”, and that Vodacom's actions have contravened their commercial agreement.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2006/0605191900.asp?S=Cellular&A=CEL&O=FRGN

Matters came to a head after Vodacom accused Cell C of sending it “technically illegal data and causing its own network failure that left its 20 million subscribers stranded. Vodacom has since terminated the interconnection links with the small network operator.

Cell C's three million subscribers have also been disconnected from the Telkom network, meaning that calls from a landline to one of its subscribers cannot be made and vice versa.

The NB bit I had to quote due to ITWeb Lameness

technically illegal data

Oh common....paaaaleeeeeze.

I had got a Vodacom contract, Ive just phoned them and asked them to cancel. When the woman asked, I said I refuse to do business with a company as DISGUSTING and DIRTY as this.

 

[dominic]

very interesting - would expect urgent court proceedings shortly

 

[hj2k_x]

Yes. How can virginmobile want to use cell c's network when they clearly rely on vodacom's network so much??

 

[Xarog]

What's to say they wouldn't develop Cell C to the point that it can stand on its own?

 

[Skip]

I thought Cell C already had it's own network in cities and only relied on Vodacom in rural areas. Well seeing they're going to start a war why not start a PRICE WAR.

 

[stoke]

Cos a price war would hurt their profits. So they're opting for a free publicity war instead ... lets see who can milk the most publicity out of this.

 

[Gladiator]

lets have a thumb war

 

[skydog]

Cos a price war would hurt their profits. So they're opting for a free publicity war instead ... lets see who can milk the most publicity out of this.

probably MTN

rather go with a network that is "stable" and doesn't crash the ENTIRE network when some "technically illegal data" is sent to it

 

[Sneeky]

What does "technically illegal data" mean exactly and how does this data differ from what has traditionally been the norm? Vodacom pls explain.