{"id":547744,"date":"2006-01-17T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2006-01-17T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/547744-vodacom-reneges-on-hsdpa-launch-promise-again.html"},"modified":"2006-01-17T06:46:10","modified_gmt":"2006-01-17T06:46:10","slug":"vodacom-reneges-on-hsdpa-launch-promise-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/547744-vodacom-reneges-on-hsdpa-launch-promise-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom reneges on HSDPA launch promise, again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prospective 3G broadband users have waited patiently for this exciting offer, but to no avail.<\/font> <\/p>\n

Towards the end of 2005 it was clear that Vodacom had problems keeping their promise as eager users were faced with an uncharacteristic silence from the mobile operator.<\/font> <\/p>\n

Pieter Uys, Vodacom\u2019s Chief Operating Officer, highlighted problems with software issues and data card availability as the reason for the delay.<\/font> <\/p>\n

He pulled the launch date back until mid January 2006.<\/font> <\/p>\n

MyADSL contacted Vodacom again after it became apparent that the \u2018middle of January\u2019 was another meaningless pledge aimed to appease customers.<\/font> <\/p>\n

A Vodacom spokesperson told MyADSL that the HSDPA launch date is now set for the first quarter of 2006. <\/font><\/p>\n

This was about as specific a date as Vodacom are willing to offer with the term \u2018imminent\u2019 used to describe the launch.<\/font> <\/p>\n

When asked why there was a delay in the launch of their HSDPA service, the availability of data cards was bandied about, but no concrete reason was given.<\/font> <\/p>\n

Vodacom has held the prestigious image of being one of the few telecom companies to play open cards with the public.<\/font> <\/p>\n

This latest failure to communicate service delivery problems seriously tarnishes their reputation.<\/font> <\/p>\n

The late launch and their unwillingness to supply valid reasons for the latest delay make them look more and more like their majority shareholder.<\/font> <\/p>\n

Discuss this article<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n

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In May 2005 Vodacom\u2019s Pieter Uys promised South African mobile broadband users that they will be able to experience their 2 Mbps HSDPA service before Christmas 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}