Trainspotter
Cell C Strikes Roaming Deal Across South Africa With MTN
MTN in, Vodacom out!
Looks like Vodacom was the loser here... that doesn't reflect well on its roaming and/or coverage capabilities!
Cell C notes that its 4G coverage will increase significantly as a result of this deal -- from 33% to 80% -- as its Vodacom roaming deal was for 3G only, and that it will be able to offer customers seamless handover as they roam from aCell C site to MTN coverage, something customers were not able to do under the roaming deal with Vodacom.
So, good for MTN. For Vodacom, it needs to take a long look at why it just lost a big deal... its talk of being able to make better use of its spectrum isn't very convincing -- it is losing guaranteed, repeatable income.