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Trade union Solidarity has claimed a jobs bloodbath is looming at Telkom after the operator on Tuesday briefed it about its restructuring and retrenchment plans. “At an information session in Olifantsfontein today, the telecommunications giant announced
When Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko took the reins at the company in April 2013, it was “almost ready throw in the towel” on its loss-making mobile operation. Maseko made the remarks at the presentation
Microsoft South Africa has introduced its first sub-R1 000 smartphone. The dual-Sim Lumia 430 will cost R999 on prepaid, targeting the largest and fastest-growing segment in the smartphone market
Telkom has denied a suggestion that a new policy, which could lead to downtime for broadband asymmetric digital subscriber line switching Internet service providers, is anticompetitive. This comes after some ISPs warned their customers that
A dramatic restructuring of Telkom’s business is on the cards, company executives made clear on Monday. The changes, to be implemented over no more than five years, will lead to fundamental
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to not to prosecute Johannesburg- and New York-listed electronic payments specialist Net1 UEPS Technologies over allegations that the
With the exception of Cell C, which has shown a small improvement, customer satisfaction with South Africa’s mobile operators has declined since last year, a new research survey has determined
Telkom’s fixed-line voice revenue has plummeted in the past year, falling by more than 13,4%, or almost R1,1bn. In its financial year to 31 March 2015, Telkom reported fixed-line voice usage revenue of less than R6,9bn, down from R7,9bn a year ago
Telkom has a more than a million broadband digital subscriber line users for the first time. The telecommunications operator revealed on Monday that it had cracked this number in its financial year ended 31 March 2015. Telkom introduced DSL in South
In a little over seven weeks, Microsoft will deliver what is set to be the last big version upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system. It will mark the end of an era of packaged operating systems
