Why 25 million retail clients and a trusted billing relationship may matter more than owning fibre in the ground.
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Nearly a quarter of Telkom’s prepaid recharges are now funded by airtime credit, the operator’s latest results show.
Telkom fell short of its own bonus targets in FY2026 – yet most executives earned above-target payouts anyway.
Following industry criticism, Openserve has mounted a defence of its decision to launch its own ISP.
Telkom’s Openserve subsidiary is now selling fibre directly to consumers, competing with the ISPs that resell its network.
Telkom fought to keep its network and South Africa lost a decade. Eskom risks making the same mistake.
ISPs rate the networks they buy from, and the up-and-comers are increasingly impressing them.
A multi-year OSS/BSS overhaul at Telkom is aimed at enabling converged selling and lifting average revenue per user.
Mobile strength and a debt pile reduced by the sale of Swiftness have funded a 66% dividend hike, even as BCX shrinks.
Telkom has guided to a 45-55% earnings jump when it reports this week, but base effects complicate the picture.