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Telkom has submitted a proposal to resolve salary disparities among employees in two of its divisions, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday. “Employees’ discontentment over the salary disparities has reached boiling point, but Telkom’s new proposal is a clear indication that the company recognises the seriousness of the situation and

AltX-listed Huge Group has posted a strong turnaround in its fortunes in the past six months, converting a R5,9m loss in the six months to 31 August 2009 into a profit for the full year to 28 February of R8,1m on revenues that fell from R608,5m to R573,5m. The group has done this, it says, by improving operational efficiencies and

Cellphone network operator MTN SA says it has spent nearly R450m on network investments directly related to the 2010 soccer World Cup, including the roll-out of dedicated infrastructure at all the stadiums to be used during the tournament

In an extraordinary admission to the telecommunications and broadcasting industries, outgoing Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) chairman Paris Mashile said on Thursday evening that the regulator had “failed” the industry, adding that he would take personal responsibility for its poor performance

DStv operator MultiChoice is upping the ante with its new rival On Digital Media (ODM) and its TopTV service. On Thursday, the incumbent satellite pay-TV operator introduced a cut-price high-definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) decoder that it hopes will drive HD technology to a broader audience

Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s spokesman would not be drawn on Wednesday on a Democratic Alliance complaint that board members of…