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Telkom has finally lifted the lid off its plans to increase fixed-line broadband speeds. The company is doing away with its 384kbit/s service and replacing it with a 1Mbit/s product. Customers with 1Mbit/s lines will in future connect at 2Mbit/s. The operator emphasises that these
Telkom’s share price was down by nearly 6% in late afternoon trading on the JSE on Friday after it announced that government would not support its proposed plan to sell 20% of its equity to Korea’s KT Corp under the terms put forward. The share has declined to levels last
The SA Communications Forum (SACF), an industry lobby group whose members include the SABC and the big telecommunications operators, wants a “return path” built into the government-subsidised set-top boxes that will be used for digital terrestrial television, allowing South Africans to surf the
Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone device, the Lumia 900, as well as its lower-end Lumia 610 should be available in SA by the end of this month. The Lumia 900 is Nokia’s top Windows Phone-powered device and the 610 is positioned as the most affordable device
Telkom has been dealt a giant blow by government after cabinet rejected the fixed-line operator’s plan to sell 20% of its equity to Korean telecommunications giant KT Corp. The news will come as a blow to Telkom’s management team and its CEO, Numbulelo Moholi
Trade union Solidarity says a Cell C employee has committed suicide after he received notice of his retrenchment. Solidarity has demanded that the company halt further retrenchments and consult with unions representing members who could be affected by the process. According to media reports
Democratic Alliance MP and shadow deputy communications minister Butch Steyn wants clarity from communications minister Dina Pule about whether or not foreign-made set-top boxes or digital converters for digital terrestrial television can be sold in SA. Steyn has written a letter to Pule
Virgin Mobile SA CEO Steve Bailey, who resigned from the company this month, has been appointed as chief commercial officer at Glo, the second largest mobile operator in Nigeria after MTN with more than 25m subscribers. Bailey says he will take up the new role as soon as he receives the
In the wake of news that a highly complex piece of malicious software, apparently developed by a nation-state government and targeting computers mainly in Iran, information security specialist Symantec warns that the number of malware attacks is soaring across the board. Earlier this week, Iran admitted it
The government is considering introducing an appropriations bill to give Sanral a cash injection to allow it to service its R20bn debt, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Thursday. Failure to meet Sanral’s debt repayments while the legal battle over e-tolling in Gauteng continued would have dire
