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TELKOM’S 8ta has introduced per-second billing for all new prepaid customers. Under its new cost structure, calls to 8ta customers and users of other mobile networks will be charged at R2,75/minute at peak times and R1,12/minute off-peak, with per-second billing applicable from the first second of the call. Calls from 8ta to Telkom landline numbers on its new per-second billing plan will cost 65c/minute, also billed per second.
By comparison, MTN charges R2,89/minute to all networks during peak times. MTN’s off-peak rate is R1,19/minute and Vodacom’s basic prepaid charge is R2,58/minute for on-network peak-time calls and R1,12/minute off-peak.
GOOGLE launched its full Android Marketplace application store – including paid-for applications – in South Africa and 98 other markets worldwide last week. Users in SA could only download free applications on their Android-powered smartphones before. Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria were also included in the rollout. Android is Google’s popular mobile operating system and its Android Marketplace has become a direct rival to Apple’s App Store.
Swedish telecommunications infrastructure company ERICSSON and the CITY OF JOHANNESBURG have launched an initiative to build a next-generation fibre optic network to bring better broadband Internet connectivity to the city. The Johannesburg Broadband Network Project will use Ericsson’s multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) to deliver municipal broadband services. Scheduled for completion in 2013, the network will cover the whole of Johannesburg.
Network operator NEOTEL has launched a new consumer telephony service with per-second billing designed to compete against Telkom’s landlines for residential customers. To use the service a phone must be bought for R400 that uses Neotel’s wireless CDMA network. Calls are charged at a peak rate of R1,37/minute from Neotel to mobile operators.
By comparison, MTN charges R2,89/minute to all networks during peak times. MTN’s off-peak rate is R1,19/minute and Vodacom’s basic prepaid charge is R2,58/minute for on-network peak-time calls and R1,12/minute off-peak.
GOOGLE launched its full Android Marketplace application store – including paid-for applications – in South Africa and 98 other markets worldwide last week. Users in SA could only download free applications on their Android-powered smartphones before. Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria were also included in the rollout. Android is Google’s popular mobile operating system and its Android Marketplace has become a direct rival to Apple’s App Store.
Swedish telecommunications infrastructure company ERICSSON and the CITY OF JOHANNESBURG have launched an initiative to build a next-generation fibre optic network to bring better broadband Internet connectivity to the city. The Johannesburg Broadband Network Project will use Ericsson’s multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) to deliver municipal broadband services. Scheduled for completion in 2013, the network will cover the whole of Johannesburg.
Network operator NEOTEL has launched a new consumer telephony service with per-second billing designed to compete against Telkom’s landlines for residential customers. To use the service a phone must be bought for R400 that uses Neotel’s wireless CDMA network. Calls are charged at a peak rate of R1,37/minute from Neotel to mobile operators.
