Eaton Towers has inked a deal with Telkom Kenya to manage the operator’s 1 000 base stations. Under the 15-year management and leasing deal, Eaton will maintain Telkom Kenya’s existing sites and build new ones. The deal extends Eaton’s partnership with France’s Orange, which controls

The fallout from Telkom’s disastrous Nigeria investment continues. The JSE-listed telecommunications group revealed on Friday in its annual results that it has issued a summons on the listed Blue Label Telecoms, subsidiaries of the company, as well as on a former executive of Telkom claiming an amount

The number of fixed lines in service in South Africa continues to tumble, falling to levels last seen at the advent of democracy in South Africa almost 20 years ago. The figure has fallen to just 3,8m after falling through 4m a year ago, Telkom revealed in its annual results, published on Friday morning. The

Unbundling the local loop would lead to a damaging outcome for Telkom and would cause job losses without radically improving connectivity for most South Africans. That’s the view of Roy Kruger, technical adviser to communications minister Dina Pule, who argues that opening Telkom’s last-mile copper network

The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for communications minister Dina Pule to be suspended pending the outcome of a series of investigations against her. “We are disappointed at the lack of action taken by the president given that the minister’s public office is under investigation for serious allegations

South Africa should be aiming higher than it is with its plans for providing universal broadband access by 2020 and may need to consider new business models. Furthermore, allowing Telkom’s rivals access to its copper network may not solve the nation’s connectivity woes. These are the views of Catherine

International journalists stationed outside the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is believed to be receiving treatment were warned about their equipment on Wednesday by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa). “Some broadcasters had some

The Democratic Alliance will submit an application to roads agency Sanral on Thursday to gain access to all documentation related to the implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng. DA MP Ian Ollis said this would be done under the Promotion of Access to Information Act

Orange is expanding its presence in South Africa after signing a deal with Nashua Mobile in terms of which the French telecommunications giant will establish a brand presence in the independent cellular service provider’s retail stores. The move comes six months after Orange made

Internet billionaire and Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth is engaged in a high-profile court battle with the South African Reserve Bank in an effort to have the country’s exchange control system declared unconstitutional. TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod asked Shuttleworth