South Africa received the cell phone in 1994, and it was initially only available through Vodacom, which was led at the time by Alan Knott-Craig (who later became the CEO of Cell C).
When did cell phones become widely available?
When did cell phones become widely used? Cell phones rose to prominence in the 1990s and early 2000s. As wireless networks improved, particularly between 3G and 4G/4G LTE, cell phones gave way to smartphones. Today, 5G provides greater speed and reliability than ever before.
What was the first phone manufactured in South Africa?
Mara Phones has officially opened South Africa’s first smartphone manufacturing facility in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. A R1 resulted in the manufacturing plant.
Which South African cell phone was manufactured?
Both factories produced the Mara X and Mara Z Android phones, which cost between R3,000 and R4,000.
