Telkom dominates the latest instalment of TechCentral’s TalkCentral podcast. We look at what’s really going on at the fixed-line operator, what the dossiers mean, and what the group’s prospects are for 2011 and beyond
Month: December 2010
The Democratic Alliance has called on home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to release two investigative reports about its controversial, multibillion-rand IT project, “Who Am I Online”. The project, which was
SA has taken a step into the space age with yesterday’s launch of the SA National Space Agency. Science and technology minister Naledi Pandor says the launch of the agency forms the first phase in a plan to develop
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Telkom has been plunged into crisis following the release of damaging dossiers that accuse top management of poor decision-making and even corrupt and irregular dealings
Telkom has been thrown into crisis by allegations of widespread corruption at the fixed-line operator’s most senior levels that have been sent to cabinet ministers and parliament as well as state and industry watchdog bodies
When Google offers to buy your two-year-old website for as much as US$6bn, you’d have to be crazy to refuse, right? But that’s what Groupon did. A surge of rumours last week had Google opening its offer
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Telecommunications operators say the Universal Service Fund should be used exclusively for telecommunications services in underserviced areas and should not be tapped by broadcasters for digital set-top box
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