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Pretty Cool – Vodacom Is Giving Reduced Contracts To iPhone 6 Users Who Trade In Their Old iPhones
18 Nov 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
If you’ve been hurting inside as you watch people like me gavotte around town with their beautiful iPhone 6s, don’t fret – it’s more accessible than you think.
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REPORT: Week 1 With The iPhone 6
04 Nov 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
To have no internet at home for the first weekend with your new iPhone 6 (*cough* 128gig *cough*) is something of a travesty, but ADSL aside, the new beast capitalised nicely on some good 4G and LTE Vodacom coverage and we’re smooth sailing now.
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Remember That Big Court Case Between The ‘Please Call Me’ Guy And Vodacom? Here’s The Result
02 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This has been one of those classic cases of the small-fry against the big soul-less corporation: sometimes the small-fry wins and we all have a warm, fuzzy moment, our faith in humanity briefly bolstered…Sometimes!
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Vodacom Might Bring Spotify To Africa
04 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The local lag on so many things from internet speeds to online access to streaming media is beyond frustrating! The good news is that telecommunications companies have noticed and are trying to do something to remedy the situation… This could soon be a reality.
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Thursday Morning Spice
14 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
What does Vodacom/Naspers Partnership mean? Guess who tried to sign Schumacher. Snapchat turn down massive offer. Someone stole Nic Cage’s ‘sex photos.’ Opium cultivation soars to record highs. Hawks investigate ongoing Krejcir-related deaths.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
05 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
AT&T / Vodafone merger – what about Vodacom? Jeff Bezos’ wife slams new book on Amazon about Amazon. Blackberry calls off sale. The return of Ali G. Kendall Jenner turns 18 – gets tons of porn offers. SA dog fighting ring bust. Tesco will scan customers’ faces.
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Vodacom Is Getting Spanked In Court In The “Please Call Me” Invention Court Case
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Vodacom’s attempt to have the Please Call Me court case scrapped has failed. Nkosana Makate is claiming he invented the idea of the Please Call Me and was promised to be rewarded, but that never happened.
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Monday Morning Spice
01 Jul 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Snowden can’t leave Moscow. MTN, Vodacom after Neotel. Massive protests in Egypt. Putin signs anti-gay law. Cirque Du Soleil acrobat dies in performance fall. Formula 1 exploding tyres drama. Gary Player to pose nude. Instagram video hurting Vine.
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The World Finds Our Fake Palm Tree Cellphone Towers Intriguing [GALLERY]
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As global telecoms industries continue to boom, countries need to find innovative ways to make the expanding network of supporting telecoms infrastructure fit into the urban jungle. South African photographer, Dillon Marsh has produced a series of photo’s of South Africa’s tree-style cellphone towers. Marsh said: In certain cases the disguised towers might not be […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
13 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Steve Hofmeyr’s Wikipedia page hacked. Vodacom shares highest ever. Pippa’s book not selling. John McAfee wanted for murder. Windows boss leaves Microsoft. A380 turns back after engine ‘bang and flash.’ Matthew McConaughey unrecognisable.
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Vodacom Office To Get Largest Array Of Solar Panels On A Building In Africa
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Vodacom announced a short while ago that their Century City office would from August boast the largest array of solar panels on a single building in Africa. Nearly 2 000 mono crystalline solar panels will cover the 3 600m² roof of the building, it said.
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4G LTE Networks: Namibia 1 South Africa 0
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Namibia’s MTC (Mobile Telecommunications Company) rolled out Africa’s second 4G LTE network in capital Windhoek today, but don’t fret, South African high-speed data desirers, because our local companies have some good reasons for pause in rolling out 4G locally. Well, so they say…
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Cell C Drops Prepaid Prices To 99c
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It looks like new Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig just made his first big move. The company has just announced that it will slash prepaid call rates by more than 34% with a plan called “99 Cents for Real”. More details inside.
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Mango’s First Wi-Fi Flight Is Happening Today
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today sees the launch of Mango’s first flight featuring in-flight broadband. This is great news for business travelers, or anyone with a laptop or iPad, really. Click “continue reading” to find out what we know, as well as how this whole thing works.
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ICASA Hampers Broadband And Cellphone Development
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In a shocking move from ICASA, the communications regulator in South Africa, a hold has been put on its applications to allocate frequencies to various local cell providers. This all sounds very complicated, but I’m going to attempt to spell it all out for you below, in words you’ll be able to understand.
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Vodacom To Cap Internet Speeds For High-End Blackberry Users
12 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Vodacom has popped a cap in the bandwidth of Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) subscribers who exceed a monthly data limit of 100mb – cutting the speeds from 3G to 2G. Vodacom claims that this should only affect around 5% of the user base, as the rest are all using the service “fairly”.
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Vodacom Is Dropping Data Rates
22 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Vodacom has announced that it will be dropping its data rates by as much as 43% for contract customers and about 39% for those on pre-paid.
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The La Fee Absinthe-Minded Moment Of The Week
01 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all have our lapses of judgment. But some of us make such horrendously poor decisions that one simply has to ask, “What were they on?”. Every week we bring you three contenders in what can only be described as a battle of small wits. So, with great pleasure we present this week’s three La Fee Absinthe-Minded Moment of the Week finalists. Inside we have L’Express Magazine, Newsweek, and Vodacom. But who claims the prize for the most mindbogglingly foolish tomfoolery of the week? Click through to find out!
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Vodacom Signal Failure Unrelated To RICA
01 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Vodacom has assured the thousands of us who experienced the total non-existence of phone signal for hours yesterday, that it had nothing to do with RICA. That puts the mind at ease, doesn’t it? Now, if only everyone had also registered to meet that pesky RICA deadline by midnight, we’d all be laughing.
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Vodacom’s Airtime In Advance
24 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In what I think is a great idea, Vodacom has announced that it will be launching a service called “Airtime Advance” that allows customers to get some desperately needed airtime in advance before they recharge.
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Nandos Ambushes Vodacom, Scratches MTN’s Back
18 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, I see what they’re doing here. They’re creating a social commentary “meme”, which will in turn translate into peaked “sales”. “Kudos” to you guys. Great “activation” there. In all sincerity, keep it up, Nandos. You’re doing well.
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