Telkom seeks to reverse Vodacom-Rain deal
Rain has a lease agreement for using Vodacom’s network towers, while Vodacom has a roaming agreement to use Rain’s 4G network
14 October 2020 - 14:08
Telkom has asked antitrust authorities to relook at business arrangements between Vodacom and a Michael Jordaan-backed mobile data start-up, a move that threatens to unravel an important radio frequencies sharing agreement.
Vodacom and Rain, which also counts Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital as an investor, struck a deal in 2018 allowing the former to ease congestion on its network as SA took its time to auction new spectrum by leasing unused radio frequencies from Rain...
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