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A competitive market and challenging regulatory environment have contributed to Telkom’s difficulties in the past six months. However, the launch of 8.ta, Telkom’s new mobile service, is expected to retain and expand Telkom’s customer base while growing revenue for the company.
Telkom’s revenues from voice telephony plummeted in the past year, falling by 19,1% to R6,9bn. The fall was only partly offset by a 14,9% increase in data revenues. In the six months to 30 September 2010, Telkom’s overall
In the one month since its launch, Telkom’s new mobile service 8ta has signed up 186 033 new customers, the JSE-listed telecommunications operator said in notes accompanying its interim financial results, published on Monday.
Communications minister Roy Padayachie has withdrawn the controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill pending further consultation, and wants to consider new models for funding the SABC and community media.
SA’s bid to host the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), could bring the country as much as €200m (R1,9bn) a year. This according to an inter-ministerial committee, which is leading SA’s bid for the project.
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) told Siphiwe Nyanda, the former communications minister, in no uncertain terms, that it does not consider it viable to abolish licence fees and fund the debt-plagued SABC using personal income tax.
Open-source specialist Synaq has teamed up with AlwaysOn hotspots and Vox DataPro to allow its customers access to cloud-based mail without paying for the bandwidth to access it. Synaq MD Yossi Hasson says the acceptance
MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has offloaded more than 3,2m shares in the mobile telecommunications group. The shares have netted Nhleko a cool R424m. The sale comes just months before Nhleko is due to leave the group
ANC MP Eric Kholwane is the new chairman of parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, replacing Ismail Vadi, who was named earlier this month as the new MEC for roads and transport in Gauteng.
The Naspers growth story continues apace. The technology and media group said on Thursday that expects core earnings per share to leap by up to 35% in the six months to 30 September 2010. The news sent the group’s share price
