With the imminent launch of its first commercial fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) offerings, Telkom is planning to shake up the way Internet service providers sell broadband on its fixed-line network as well as the way consumers buy fixed broadband services
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The Sat-3/Wasc/Safe cable is being given a substantial upgrade. The system, which runs from Europe to South Africa via West Africa and from South Africa to Southeast Asia, has been upgraded from 420Gbit/s to 920Gbit/s in the northern segments
Telkom wants to deploy fibre to 25 000 homes by the end of March 2015, its group CEO, Sipho Maseko, said in Port Elizabeth on Monday. Speaking at Telkom’s annual Satnac technology conference, Maseko said the company’s fibre-to-the-home
Parliamentary meetings should only be held in-camera in exceptional circumstances and this should not become the norm, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. “I have asked the chief whip of the DA to raise the issue of in-camera use
Standard Bank has apologised to its clients for technical glitches that lasted several hours on Monday. “The bank regrets any inconvenience caused,” Standard Bank chief executive in personal and business banking Funeka Montjane said
Personal financial management service 22seven is ditching its monthly subscription fee. Effective 1 September, the company, which was acquired by Old Mutual in January 2013, is offering its services completely free of charge
Mobile network operator MTN and trade union Solidarity would meet over the company’s plans to retrench managerial staff in South Africa, Solidarity said on Friday. “This comes after the mobile network operator initially failed to duly
E-tolling is the only effective funding model to improve Gauteng’s road infrastructure, Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) said on Thursday. “The only pragmatic way of retaining funding for the Gauteng freeway was through
MTN South Africa has conducted a trial of what it’s describing as the “fastest and most intelligent” optical network, offering the company speeds on its fibre backbone of up to 2,4Tbit/s using wavelength-division multiplexing
Telkom’s chairman, Jabu Mabuza, has used the telecommunications operator’s annual general meeting to defend the board’s handling of the suspension and exit of its former chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte. Schindehütte retired from the