{"id":72932,"date":"2013-03-12T12:02:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T10:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=72932"},"modified":"2013-03-12T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T10:25:14","slug":"cell-c-network-promise-did-they-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/72932-cell-c-network-promise-did-they-lie.html","title":{"rendered":"Cell C network promise: did they lie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cell C<\/a> ran an extensive advertising campaign in 2012, saying that it has a \u2018highly advanced\u2019 network and that it would cover 98% of South Africa with its 2G, 3G, HSPA+, LTE ready IP network by the end of 2012. But did this happen?<\/p>\n

In 2012 Cell C\u2019s advertisements asked consumers \u201cIs your cellphone network a highly advanced network?\u201d.<\/p>\n

The advertisement went on to say that \u201c\u2026we\u2019ve built a highly advanced 2G, 3G, HSPA+, LTE ready IP network which will cover 98% of South Africa by the end of the year [31 December 2012]\u201d.<\/p>\n

In November 2012 Cell C said that its 2G and 3G network covered approximately 94% of the SA population. Cell C added that its 3G network covers 72% of the South African population.<\/p>\n

Fast forward five months and Cell C is mum on whether it reached its target of covering 98% of South Africa.<\/p>\n

When asked about their network coverage and whether the operator met its target, Cell C did not answer this question.<\/p>\n

\"Cell<\/a>

Cell C print advertisement October 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Outdated information or trying to fool customers?<\/h3>\n

What is particularly curious is that Cell C is making the same promise now than what it did last year.<\/p>\n

\"Cell<\/a>

Cell C website footer<\/p><\/div>\n

The Cell C website currently (12 March 2013) states that \u201cCell C’s market-leading products and services are supported by its highly advanced 2G, 3G, HSPA+ LTE-ready IP network that will cover 98% of South Africa by the end of the year [hence the end of 2013]\u201d.<\/p>\n

In an advertisement on the Cell C network about its network the same promise is made.<\/p>\n

\"Cell<\/a>

Cell C online network promise in March 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

It is not clear whether Cell C is aiming to achieve a coverage of \u201898% of South Africa\u2019 by the end of 2013, or whether it is simply outdated information which is still displayed on its website.<\/p>\n

More Cell C articles<\/h3>\n

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

Cell C has better quality network than Vodacom, MTN: Knott-Craig<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Best and worst cellular operators: scores released<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cell C promised that it would cover 98% of South Africa by the end of 2012, but did this happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":72940,"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":[14],"tags":[355,35],"class_list":["post-72932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-cell-c","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72932"}],"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=72932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72942,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72932\/revisions\/72942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}