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South Africa: Nashua Mobile closes its doors

Nashua Mobile announced on Monday that the company will be shutting its doors in South Africa as a third-party mobile operator, and that their existing subscriber base will be sold off to mobile operators MTN and Vodacom. “Nashua Mobile has...

Movement into Africa on the cards for Orange, Nashua

Following the announcement of a partnership targeting travellers between Europe, Africa and South Africa, French telecommunications services provider’s Orange Horizons and South African mobile operator Nashua Mobile do have plans to service other key regions in Africa. At the launch...

Procrastination, not price, hampers telecoms uptake

Universal access to the internet in South Africa is no longer being held back by high prices or a lack of education, but by government and regulatory inefficiency. Smartphones and mobile computing devices are getting cheaper and broadband far...

2012: the year of the smartphone

South Africa’s telecommunications industry has lived through yet another year of growth, change and upheaval, touching lows like the worrying upheaval at Telkom and reaching highs such as the launch of the country’s first commercial long-term evolution (LTE) networks. The...

Cell price war gives LCR a new lease on life

A fierce price war among South Africa’s mobile operators is giving least-cost routing (LCR) a new lease on life by offering businesses of all sizes a range of opportunities to slice national and international call costs. That’s according to Mark...

LTE in Africa – call it like it is

Long Term Evolution (LTE) has moved from concept stage to actual rollout, globally, and in Africa. It does exist. It is an advancement on previous wireless technology standards including GSM/EDGE, HSDPA and HSDPA+, and has been developed and rolled out...

What LTE means for Africa in the long term

October 2012 has been a momentous month for South Africa’s mobile industry – or that is what management and staff at local mobile and telecommunication service provider Vodacom are likely feeling. The company has officially launched its Long Term Evolution (LTE)...

SA – Nashua Mobile’s Mark Taylor talks strategy

Mark Taylor, former Managing Executive responsible for Supply Chain at Vodacare, Online, and the financial services area within Vodacom, has re-taken the reins at Nashua Mobile as CEO. From the company’s head office in Midrand, Gauteng, Taylor explains why the...
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