Trade union Solidarity has claimed a jobs bloodbath is looming at Telkom after the operator on Tuesday briefed it about its restructuring and retrenchment plans. “At an information session in Olifantsfontein today, the telecommunications giant announced
Cell C has renegotiated its roaming agreement with Vodacom, extending its access to the latter’s 3G network. “This agreement allows Cell C to provide a seamless experience to our customers, even those in outlying areas where we have limited coverage
When Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko took the reins at the company in April 2013, it was “almost ready throw in the towel” on its loss-making mobile operation. Maseko made the remarks at the presentation
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko says if Vodacom’s bid to buy Neotel is given the green light by regulators, it could make for “formidable” competition. Vodacom, which is South Africa’s largest mobile network with more
Microsoft South Africa has introduced its first sub-R1 000 smartphone. The dual-Sim Lumia 430 will cost R999 on prepaid, targeting the largest and fastest-growing segment in the smartphone market
The recent unveiling by Tesla founder Elon Musk of the low-cost Powerwall storage battery is the latest in a series of exciting advances in battery technologies for electric cars and domestic electricity generation. We have also seen
Telkom has denied a suggestion that a new policy, which could lead to downtime for broadband asymmetric digital subscriber line switching Internet service providers, is anticompetitive. This comes after some ISPs warned their customers that
Altech has added Warner Bros to the content bouquet offered on the Node video-on-demand and home automation set-top box in a move it says “substantially extends its content library of movie and television entertainment”. Despite “lower than
A dramatic restructuring of Telkom’s business is on the cards, company executives made clear on Monday. The changes, to be implemented over no more than five years, will lead to fundamental
A South African government tender to install 250MW of wind-generating capacity has been awarded to a consortium led by an Ireland-based wind and solar company. The award was made under the fourth round of the government’s renewable
