Too little, too late.” This was the general reaction of Internet service providers, telecommunications companies and telecommunications analysts last week after the regulator released its discussion document
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The long-running saga of Multi-Links, Telkom’s disastrous Nigerian investment, may finally be drawing to a close. The JSE-listed fixed-line operator has signed an agreement to sell Multi-Links to an affiliate company of Helios Towers
Telkom, SA’s incumbent fixed-line telecommunications operator, must face up to the fact that it has reached an inflection point. It ought to invest tens of billions of rand to take high-speed fibre-optics into millions of homes and businesses before someone else does
SA’s telecommunications industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), will outline the first steps it intends taking to unbundle Telkom’s local loop at a briefing at its offices in Sandton this Wednesday. Icasa will take the wraps
Former Telkom CEO Reuben September’s ghost loomed large over the parastatal this week with the announcement that the fixed-line operator has lost R9,8bn because of its failed investment in Nigerian business Multi-Links. To put this loss into perspective, Telkom’s
Telkom has pulled the plug on a plan to sell the wireless division of its Nigerian subsidiary, Multi-Links, to Visafone for US$52m and will stop funding the operation with immediate effect. Liquidation may follow. The decision to
Telkom announced on Monday that it will offer a variety of converged voice and data packages to consumers under the name Telkom Mix in coming months. The first offering under Telkom Mix brand includes a BlackBerry Curve 8520 with
Local-loop unbundling poses a “major risk” to Telkom, says its group CEO, Nombulelo Moholi. Unbundling will allow rival operators access to Telkom’s last mile of copper-cable infrastructure in businesses and homes. Moholi says
Telkom’s new CEO, Nombulelo Moholi, has called on industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), to review the need for the company to be subject to retail price controls. She argues the market is now
Telkom has grown the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers on its network by 16,1%. At the end of March, it had 751 625 asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) subscribers, up from 647 462 a year earlier. However, the company’s share of