Author: Duncan McLeod

Stanlib Asset Management has invested R2.4-billion in the Khudu Pitje family-controlled company to accelerate the roll-out of broadband across the country.

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko was responding to questions about a news report which said MTN had made an approach to buy the company.

As Telkom makes plans to list its masts and towers business, Swiftnet, next year, the unit is actively preparing for the mass deployment of 5G in South Africa.

The number of active fibre-to-the-home connections in Telkom’s network has leapt past the number of legacy copper connections.

Despite a weekend report of an approach by MTN Group, Telkom shares were trading lower on Monday, implying investors don’t believe a deal is imminent or even possible.

MTN Group recently expressed an interest in acquiring Telkom, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources “familiar with the matter”.

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Telkom has launched prepaid fibre, saying consumers who previously couldn’t apply for a broadband fibre line for credit-vetting reasons can now do so.

Less than three years after terminating its roaming agreement with MTN in favour of a similar arrangement with Vodacom, Telkom is back roaming on the MTN network.

MTN Group has reported a 19.1% improvement in service revenue on the back of strong performances in data and mobile money.