Autopage progresses industry exit, migration to start in Feb

South Africa’s last independent service provider Altech Autopage’s move to shed its global systems for mobile communications (GSM) subscriber bases to the respective mobile operators is on track, with the Competition Commission’s recommendation expected within a month. The Allied Electronics (Altron) subsidiary planned to start the migration of its Cell C, MTN and Vodacom subscriber bases in February, following what CEO Boyd Chislett expected would be a positive outcome from the Competition Tribunal in the New Year.