Vodacom has resorted to using diesel generators to prop up some older cellular towers, which are battling with Eskom’s constant outages. We asked the company what plans it hard to mitigate issues the country’s power provider is causing for the network.
Late last year South African mobile service operators Vodacom and MTN were instructed to drop the prices of… well, everything from calls to data. They were given 60 days in order to do so and as of today, those 60 days are up.
Before Monday most South Africans would probably never have heard of competition commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele. But after his scathing attack on the “concentration and duopoly” of Vodacom and MTN as “a bias against the poor” they’ll know who he is.
Light Start – iPhone’s tracking you, more Huawei’s we can’t have, load shedding issues and cop Cybertrucks
Apple rolled out its trade-in programme after the launch of the iPhone 11, which will allow anyone who has an iPhone 7 and up to save some money when they upgrade at the iStore.
The state of mobile networks in South Africa is an… interesting one. With many customers losing trust in most of them over recent years.
No need to start saving up for the new Samsung S10 5G just yet. Because as we know, early 5G smartphone models are expensive and available in limited volumes.
It’s turning into a decent week for Nokia fans. We’ve already taken a look at the Nokia X71 (not a spy-plane) and now we’ve got local details for the Nokia 9 PureView. Specifically its availability and how much it’s going to cost. And it’s surprisingly inexpensive.
Mobile operator Vodacom has launched support for eSIM devices in South Africa along with a new accompanying service, called OneNumber, that allows users to use a single mobile phone number across multiple devices. The first devices the network will launch with eSIM support out of the box are Samsung’s recent 42mm and 46mm Galaxy Watch (the LTE editions).
We asked Vodacom for more information on how its new eSIM offering works and is priced. This is what the operator had to say.