Author: Duncan McLeod

In episode 101 of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about the untimely passing of Business Connexion CEO Benjamin Mophatlane. Duncan and Regardt also chat about Telkom’s fibre-to-the-home plans and Wi-Fi in South Africa’s

Telkom is giving serious thought to relocating its head office from downtown Pretoria to facilities closer to Johannesburg – at its campus in Highveld in Centurion – in a move designed mainly to cut costs, according to its group CEO, Sipho Maseko. Nothing is confirmed at this stage, but it’s understood

Although many people say the future of the Internet in South Africa is mobile, new research from networking equipment manufacturer Cisco suggests it’s fixed lines and Wi-Fi hotspots that are going to drive demand the real demand for data. Fixed-line and Wi-Fi traffic made up 51% of total Internet protocol traffic in

Telkom wants to cut its ratio of staff expenses to revenue to 25% in the next five years, its acting chief financial officer Deon Fredericks has revealed. In the 2014 financial year ended 31 March, the ratio was 28,6%, down from 29,8% in 2013, a decline of 3,7%. The telecommunications operator

Telecommunications provider BitCo has reached an agreement with Chatz Connect to sell its home broadband product, which competes with Telkom’s fixed-line ADSL offerings, through Chatz’s network of retail stores. Chatz Connect, the largest of Vodacom’s independent dealers, is a big player in South Africa’s

MTN will not get access to Telkom’s valuable chunk of 4G/LTE radio frequency spectrum in the 2,3GHz band. The negotiations between the two companies, in which it is proposed that MTN takes over the financial and operational management of Telkom’s radio access network, specifically excludes

Vodacom should be required to separate itself into distinct retail and wholesale arms, similar to the way Telkom has been required to structure itself, if the mobile operator’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel is allowed by regulators to go ahead. That’s the view of the

Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions is acquiring disaster recovery specialist ContinuitySA for an undisclosed sum. The deal means Internet Solutions will be able to meet demand from clients for full data recovery and business continuity services from a single provider, it said in a statement. “There are

Telkom has “really narrowed down the options” when it comes to video-on-demand (VOD) services and intends reissuing a tender for the supply of a solution that will allow the telecommunications operator to offer VOD on its fixed-line broadband access network. Last month, Telkom pulled the plug on

Telkom’s share price has risen sharply in the past year on optimism that the new leadership team under CEO Sipho Maseko has what it takes to turn the lumbering telecommunications giant around. Since last June, the share price has gained more than 150%. And since its low point in May last year, it has