Author: Duncan McLeod

Len de Villiers, Telkom’s chief information officer, says he enjoys a challenge. He says, too, that he’s a sucker for punishment. He’s certainly taking on a big challenge – and a punishing one – in

South Africa’s newest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), me&you mobile, has gone live, launching services through its website. The company’s head, Brett Howell, said in an e-mail that it’s had

Telkom surprised the telecommunications industry last week, announcing sweeping price cuts to its wholesale broadband services that should lead to real reductions in retail fixed-line Internet prices. The cuts – which are said to go well beyond what

Tower operator Eaton Towers has raised US$350m (about R4,4bn) in new equity funding from existing and new shareholders to fund expansion and acquisitions across Africa, it said on Friday. At the same time, the company has signed

Telkom’s plans to cut wholesale service prices from 1 May should lead to big savings for consumers on their broadband bills, Internet Solutions MD Saki Missaikos predicts. However, it’s still too early to

Telkom’s normalised headline earnings per share are expected to be between 40% and 60% higher in the year ended 31 March 2015 than they were in the 2014 financial year, the company said on

South Africa has not been particularly keen on the mobile virtual network operator model. It’s lagged most developed and some developing markets in launching mobile brands on the back of cellular

In early May, Durban-based Ignition Group will launch South Africa’s newest mobile virtual network operator. The new company, receiving support services from sister company MVN-X – the business that

Telkom’s wholesale services division has announced sweeping cuts of up to 63% across its product range, including fibre broadband access, IP Connect (used by Internet service providers), resell

MTN South Africa has reported “muted” subscriber numbers in the first three months of 2015. Average revenue per user fell by 4,8% to R87. Both the post-paid and prepaid segments showed a slight