A tougher competitive environment and the slowdown in economic activity have added to Telkom’s difficulties in the past year, says analyst group Frost & Sullivan. The telecommunications group has struggled to assert itself since the unbundling of its 50% stake in Vodacom and continues to be beset
Telecommunications group Telkom disconnected 178 000 fixed lines in the past 12 months, dragging down the number of fixed lines in service as a percentage of the country’s population to just 8,7%. Between March 2009 and March 2010, the number of fixed lines in use declined by 4%, from 4,45m to 4,27m as the economic downturn put pressure on
Telecommunications group Telkom will leverage its existing customers, offering mobile products to them as it gears up to launch SA’s fourth mobile operator. The company has finally begun to provide some details of its plans in the mobile space, where it is spending R6bn over five years to build a network to rival those operated by Vodacom, MTN
Telkom’s fixed-line broadband network is getting faster, but so far only for some consumers. The JSE-listed telecommunications company announced on…
Telkom has left its broadband line rental and post-paid call rates unchanged while hiking basic line rental costs by about…
NewsCentral Media is delighted to announce that well-known journalist Candice Jones is joining TechCentral, SA’s fastest-growing technology news website, as deputy editor. Jones, who was most recently telecommunications editor at ITWeb, brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge of the secto
Computers operate better in cold conditions. That’s a good thing, because when TechCentral paid a visit to Fifa’s IT command centre for the 2010 World Cup at Nasrec, outside Soweto, on Wednesday this week, the winter air was arctic. The command centre, located next to the International Broadcast Centre, consists of several dozen engineers and technicians manning computers and keeping a watchful eye on giant images projected onto
Vodacom is introducing a range of low-cost devices, including a US$40 smartphone, in an effort to broaden the market that has access to e-mail and the Web in SA. The smarphone, developed for Vodacom parent Vodafone and meant for use in emerging markets, has a Qwerty keyboard and a basic, 2,2-inch TFT display
JSE-listed cellphone giant Vodacom may abandon plans to bid for wireless broadband spectrum in the 2,6GHz frequency band if the rules of engagement are not changed, TechCentral has learnt exclusively. Group CEO Pieter Uys says the demands on potential bidders made by the Independent Communications
Motion controls and 3D will dominate your gaming experience in the years to come if the major console manufacturers have…
