Independent fibre broadband companies’ approach of targeting homeowners’ associations to install their networks took Telkom by surprise, says an official. Fibre broadband providers are moving into suburbs such as Johannesburg to lay high-speed Internet networks that offer faster connectivity than
Browsing: Alphonzo Samuels
Telkom has announced it is spinning off its wholesale division as a separate business with its own brand identity. The new business will be called Openserve and is meant to serve not only Telkom but
One of Johannesburg’s largest suburbs will soon get fibre broadband. This is after Telkom announced plans to connect 12 000 homes in Bryanston. The sprawling suburb will be
The South African economy may be teetering on the brink of a recession, but that isn’t keeping the country’s telecommunications operators from ramping up their capital spending. Telkom, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C, along with a host of smaller players, are all gearing up to make
With the imminent launch of its first commercial fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) offerings, Telkom is planning to shake up the way Internet service providers sell broadband on its fixed-line network as well as the way consumers buy fixed broadband services
Hefty price cuts to retail broadband prices are likely imminent, at least for the speediest fixed-line products, after Telkom this week took an axe to wholesale prices, reducing fees by up to 37%. In an effort to spur demand for higher speed broadband services based on
Telkom has appointed Alphonzo Samuels as its new chief technology officer. The CTO role is a newly created position in the top management layer at the fixed-line operator. Samuels joined the company in January 1984. During his 30-year