Behind Telkom’s soaring headline earnings lies a tougher question: can its underlying mobile, fibre and enterprise growth endure?
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Telkom has delivered an impressive set of results for the six months to 30 September 2025.
MVNO challengers are winning over consumers disaffected by poor service from South Africa’s big telecoms operators.
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has denied a report the company is in any form of talks to buy Telkom.
MTN Group is reportedly considering renewing talks to acquire rival Telkom, sending the latter’s share price soaring.
Market consolidation in South Africa’s telecoms sector is “long overdue”, MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has said.
Mobile data and fibre services are booming at Telkom, though its IT services business, BCX, is struggling.
Telkom Group has appointed Beauty Apleni as the new CEO of its Openserve fibre business from 1 July.
Openserve has invested more than R2-billion to modernise its network and drive fibre deployment.
Production is ramping up at the YOA fibre-optic cable factory at Durban’s Dube TradePort, with plans for further expansion.