Lower MTRs cut into Vodacom revenue
ICASA’s 50% cut in mobile termination rates (MTRs) reduced Vodacom’s service revenue by almost R1-billion in the six months ended September 2014. According to the group’s interim results released today, Vodacom’s South African service revenue declined by 1,3%, mainly...Joburg’s network progress slow
Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm – Johannesburg ranks 29th out of 40 cities studied for the 2014 Networked Society Cities Index. Despite the relatively poor showing in the Index, Johannesburg has seen increased ICT maturity...IBM’s festive shopping season forecast
IBM has forecast another strong shopping season, with online sales projected to increase 15% over the five-day period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. This is among the predictions for the 2014 holiday shopping season based on billions of online and in-store...Africa takes to WhatsApp for messaging
WhatsApp is the leading third-party messaging application in Africa, according to new research from Sandvine, and accounts for 7% of total traffic on mobile networks. In North American and European markets, WhatsApp accounts for less than 2% of total traffic. This is...