Telkom has finally provided details about its planned cuts in local call rates. The company published its annual tariff filing last week, announcing that local call rates were coming down, but didn’t provide details of by how much they would
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Greenpeace activists dumped three trucks of coal in front of the headquarters of Eskom on Monday to protest what they called its lack of commitment to green energy. Activists from the global environmental organisation paraded in front of the five tonnes of
One of SA’s largest listed IT companies, Gijima, on Monday withdrew a cautionary statement that it was involved in discussions that could have had an effect on its share price. All discussions have been “terminated”. Rumours have circulated in recent weeks that
MultiChoice, which operates the DStv satellite television service, grew revenues by 19% to R21bn in the past financial year, despite the introduction of competition in SA’s pay-TV market. In the year to 31 March 2011, MultiChoice added almost 1m subscribers
Telkom is cutting the line rental cost of its mid-tier, 1Mbit/s fixed-line broadband product by 11,3% to R289/month on 1 July, from R326/month previously. Broadband line rental for 384kbit/s and 4Mbit/s users remains unchanged, the company says. At the same
Solidarity on Friday declared a wage dispute with telecommunications company Telkom, the trade union’s spokesman said. “Telkom indicated during [Friday’s] round that it will impose a two-year moratorium on retrenchments, provided that trade unions will
Telkom has announced a tariff reduction of 1,7% on basic voice and data services, including an 11,3% decrease in the rental cost of its 1Mbit/s fixed-line broadband service. The new tariffs take effect on 1 August, and must be approved by the Independent Communications
Intel Capital, chip maker Intel’s investment business, on Thursday said it would invest US$5m in JSE-listed technology group Altech in a move it is describing as a way of tapping into the broadband boom taking place in Africa
Social media tools and the Internet will play little role in overthrowing repressive governments in Southern Africa. That’s the view of veteran newspaper editor Mathatha Tsedu, who was speaking to a gathering of African journalists in
Correctional services is considering electronically tagging some inmates to reduce the prison population, the department’s national commissioner said on Thursday. “By the end of the year we will present a programme