{"id":117687,"date":"2015-01-28T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=117687"},"modified":"2015-01-28T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T11:59:24","slug":"cell-cs-r2-4-billion-network-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/117687-cell-cs-r2-4-billion-network-plans.html","title":{"rendered":"Cell C’s R2.4 billion network plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cell C announced that it is investing more than R2.4 billion in it infrastructure rollout over the next 12 months. This investment, Cell C said, will partly be used to upgrade its data network.<\/p>\n

Business Day reported that<\/strong><\/a> Cell C\u2019s investment is in preparation for its commercial LTE launch.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband asked Cell C about its LTE plans, but the company said it cannot share exact details of its LTE strategy.<\/p>\n

Many Cell C subscribers have been complaining<\/strong><\/a> about poor network quality, and this investment may help to alleviate some of these problems.<\/p>\n

The network investment news follows a City Press report that Saudi Telecom had written off a R1.2 billion investment in Oger Telecom, attributing the impairment to its investment in Cell C.<\/p>\n

Cell C CEO Jose dos Santos remains optimistic about the company\u2019s future, despite the headwinds it is facing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir (Saudi Telecom) results are their results, but for us it doesn\u2019t affect us at all,\u201d dos Santos said.<\/p>\n

More on Cell C’s network<\/h3>\n

Cell C network problems<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cell C network quality improvement update<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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