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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodacom has shown increased revenues in its South African operations, despite the market becoming increasingly saturated and witnessing more fierce competition. The company also completed the sale of carrier, Gateway Communications to Asian operator, PCCW, following some below-par performances. The Vodacom Group released interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2012, posting impressive revenue and earnings....

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. and HIGHVELD PARK, South Africa, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Row 44, Inc., provider of the world's leading In-Flight Broadband Entertainment Ecosystem, and its African partner, Wireless G, in association with Mango and Vodacom, launched G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi on Africa's first broadband Internet-enabled flight. The service provides Mango's passengers with full Internet connectivity through their personal WiFi-enabled devices. Services include email, web...

TORONTO, February 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aradial (http://www.aradial.com), a global provider of AAA, billing, customer management and policy control solutions for IP service providers (including WiMAX, Wi-Fi, ADSL, LTE, VoIP, IPTV and mobile data), today announced that AfriConnect Zambia, an Internet Solutions Provider in the Vodacom Group of companies, has deployed the Aradial AAA and Policy Control solution to provide Wimax and future LTE services to the city of Lusaka and...

GERMANTOWN, Md., April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it was selected by Vodacom Group, Ltd., a leading African communications company, to provide its market-leading HN and HX broadband satellite solutions to help propel Vodacom's aggressive expansion of converged service offerings in South Africa and throughout the continent. Most recently, Vodacom purchased the high power...

JOHANNESBURG and VANCOUVER, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Vodacom, South Africa's leading cellular network, together with Tracker and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW), has launched a world first with the introduction of a next generation SIM card for vehicle tracking, based on the inSIM(R) technology from Sierra Wireless. The inSIM(R) embedded SIM component was designed and developed by Wavecom, now part of Sierra Wireless, a leading provider of wireless solutions for M2M...

Companies aim to extend AT&T's global networking reach to Sub-Saharan Africa and boost Telkom's strategy to grow a strong ICT footprint on the continent JOHANNESBURG, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telkom, one of the largest communications services providers on the African continent, and global communications leader AT&T*, have entered into an agreement that will allow both companies to explore ways to provide global seamless communication and technology solutions and services...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's telecom market is in the midst of a dramatic change, as incumbent fixed-network operator Telkom SA faces increasing competition not only from mobile voice and data services but also from competitive fiber network buildouts, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Communications Markets in South Africa offers a precise,...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, December 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodacom Tanzania put the Vodazone service based on the Bercut's i-Cell solution into the revenue service. The unique Vodazone service is available to all 5 million subscribers of Vodacom Tanzania. It enables achieving two goals: network load balancing and increasing ARPU. The service is controlled by the Cell Broadcast service, which is a part of the i-Cell solution. " We are completely satisfied with capabilities of i-Cell...

VODAFONE is preparing to take control of South Africa's biggest mobile phone company Vodacom in a GBP 1.4 billion investment. The deal - not yet finalised - proposes to buy 15 per cent of shares from Telkom, the South African state-controlled company that owns half of Vodacom. It would add to the other half already held by Vodafone. But Telkom has to distribute its remaining 35 per cent of shares to holders - a matter on which the deal rests. It is thought that Vodafone will finance the...

Writethru: Kenya's Safaricom introduces regional top up solution NAIROBI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's leading mobile phone company Safaricom on Tuesday introduced a PrePay roaming top up service in partnership with other leading networks in the East African region. The firm's CEO Michael Joseph said in a statement that the service has been launched in partnership with Vodacom Tanzania and Uganda's mobile phone operators -- MTN and Uganda Telecom (UTL) The top up solution, which is an...