Local-loop unbundling, the regulatory intervention whereby third parties get access to Telkom’s physical infrastructure, is often regarded as the best solution for reducing broadband prices and growing penetration. But one Internet service provider has
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In what was clearly a very carefully worded speech delivered at the annual Satnac conference on Monday, Telkom Group CEO Nombulelo Moholi hinted there could be a solution to delivering broadband to all South Africans on a “sustainable basis” for the
A request from the Financial Services Board (FSB) has placed Rockland Investment Management, an investment firm into which Telkom’s retirement fund (TRF) put R60m, under provisional curatorship. The TRF invested about R60m with
South Africans tend to view the rest of Africa in a “very arrogant way”, taking for granted the oft-repeated statement that it is the leading economy and is therefore entitled to be the gateway for business to the continent
3MFuture Africa, a Cape Town-based technology firm that has been embroiled in a patent battle with MTN and Standard Bank over its payment card security technology, has received a ruling in its favour from the patent court in Pretoria. 3MFuture says
Communications minister Dina Pule has appointed a new board for the controversy-plagued Universal Service & Access Agency of SA (Usaasa), the state-owned agency that is charged with ensuring all South Africans have access to communications
JSE-listed telecommunications operator Telkom has begun rolling out fixed broadband connections offering speeds of up to 40Mbit/s on a trial basis in selected areas in Gauteng, Durban and Cape Town. The pilot, which will run until
Democratic Alliance MP and shadow communications minister Marian Shinn has reiterated her call for the public protector to investigate allegations surrounding the ICT Indaba held earlier this year and alleged conflicts of interest involving
SA as the major location for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope changes the character of Africa, minister of science & technology Naledi Pandor said on Friday. “Who comes to Africa to actually do their best research? People come here to examine us, to find out
Telkom has decided it will appeal against the judgment imposed on it earlier this month by the Competition Tribunal. The tribunal found Telkom guilty of anticompetitive behaviour and stifling opposition between 1999 and 2004 and fined the company R449m. Telkom announced its attention to appeal