Vodacom South Africa
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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has revealed the winners of the first round of its delayed spectrum auction. -
Vodacom shareholders have approved a proposal to buy a controlling 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt for the equivalent of US$2.68 billion.
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South Africa’s telecoms regulator has abandoned its spectrum auction in the face of legal opposition but says it wants to run a new auction by the end of January 2022.
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South Africa is to merge its national connectivity business, Broadband Infraco, with its Sentech broadcast network to create a state-owned broadband infrastructure operator.
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The South Africa regulator has given operators another four months’ use of spectrum that was due to expire on Monday.
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Vodafone is using last year’s acquisition in the internet-of-things (IoT) business to support its plan to help reduce carbon emissions.
Forthcoming events
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Vodacom is to invest heavily in improving broadband services in the South African region of KwaZulu Natal, building fibre networks and 4G base stations.
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Vodafone has started the first commercial trials in Africa of the disaggregated cell site gateway (DCSG) solution that was developed with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
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South Africa’s regulator is about to invite telcos to apply for spectrum to offer 5G services, replacing the temporary spectrum awarded in April.
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Vodacom South Africa has confirmed the names of its new chief officer for strategy and M&A and its new CTO, following the departures of Yolanda Cuba and Andries Delport last year.
