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In South Africa, the bundle is the new battleground

eriinfo.com1 month ago011 mins

The most important thing Amazon launched in South Africa this week was not Prime. It was the bundle. When Amazon switched on Prime locally on Tuesday, the obvious headline was the price: R59/month, or R399/year if you pay upfront. That is less than the R79 Amazon used to charge for Prime Video on its own….

How a WhatsApp bundle exposed a fault line in SA mobile

eriinfo.com4 months ago09 mins

Telkom has spent years operating in the shadow of Vodacom and MTN. That is changing. South Africa’s third-largest mobile network operator by subscribers has built a prepaid offering that is pulling customers away from its bigger rivals at a rate that is now showing up in their financial results — and forcing them to respond….