Telkom is in talks to sell 20% of its equity to Korea Telecom, the JSE-listed telecommunications group told shareholders on Friday. “Shareholders of Telkom are advised that Telkom and [Korea Telecom] have entered into discussions regarding a potential
The growing portion of total consumer spending that Telkom extracts from fixed-line subscribers for broadband access is “not sustainable”, is “not right” and needs to change, says Internet Solutions (IS) MD Derek Wilcocks. Speaking to TechCentral
Telkom was combative in its presentation at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (Icasa’s) public hearings on local-loop unbundling on Wednesday. The company argued that unbundling wouldn’t necessarily help SA achieve its “developmental
In recent weeks, it’s been almost impossible not to miss M-Net’s criticism of everything that makes for SA’s broadcast digital migration programme, writes Muzi Makhaye. M-Net’s calls for a cheap “converter box” to replace set-top boxes in the migration are as absurd as
Virgin Mobile SA and Cell C will compensate local BlackBerry users for the service problems experienced this week. Jonathan Newman, chief strategy and marketing officer at Virgin Mobile, says the compensation only applies to SA customers and that all
Building a next-generation network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology is a “no-brainer” for telecommunications company iBurst and its parent Wireless Business Solutions, says WBS CEO Thami Mtshali. He explains the company already has
BlackBerry users affected by the recent outage should seek recourse from the National Consumer Commission, Business Day reported on Thursday. Commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala said consumers would find protection under sections 55, 56 and 61
All BlackBerry services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as India, have been operating with “significant improvement”, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said on Thursday morning. “We continue to monitor the situation 24×7 to
Discussions between Telkom and the Independent Communications Authority SA (Icasa) ground to a temporary halt in Sandton on Wednesday after the telecommunications operator adopted an aggressive stance regarding local loop unbundling and
The problems facing smartphone maker Research in Motion intensified on Wednesday as service disruptions to its popular BlackBerry service spread from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India to the US and South America. Disgruntled users, cut off from the mobile