Telkom has revealed plans to re-farm half of its spectrum in the 1,8GHz band for 4G/LTE services as it bets on data rather than voice as the big growth driver in mobile services. The company’s CEO, Sipho Maseko
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Your Internet service provider could soon be providing more than just your broadband digital subscriber line service. Telkom has revealed that it will soon offer not only wholesale
Despite reporting a further 6,5% decline in the number of fixed lines in service to just 3,2m, Telkom has declared that it has completed a three-year turnaround strategy and is now ready for growth. This comes as it reports a 15,5% increase in
This is a turn up for the books. Telkom, through its newly formed Openserve wholesale and networks division, has announced it will peer with other operators and service providers through the neutral Internet exchange point, NAPAfrica. NAPAfrica, which is located
The Communication Workers Union has called on the ANC to stop job losses in state-owned enterprises. In a memorandum handed over to an ANC official at the party’s Luthuli House
Telkom has cut a further 1 184 jobs through voluntary retrenchments, representing more than 8% of the company’s workforce, prompting trade union Solidarity to warn of a “massive skills shortage” at
Telkom has sought to play down a report published on Monday that suggested it plans to slash its workforce by more than 40% in the coming months. Bloomberg reported that Telkom wants to cut its workforce to
Trade union Solidarity on Friday said a further 300 jobs are on the line at Telkom as the company continues with a cost-cutting programme that involves reducing the size of the organisation’s employee base. The union said in a statement
By Telkom’s own admission, its “revenue at risk” declined in the six months to 30 September 2015. This “at-risk” portion is effectively any voice usage or interconnection revenue, which currently comprises 22% of the group’s total. It seems rather insignificant
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has succeeded where none of his predecessors could. Reuben September, Jeffrey Hedberg and Pinky Moholi all tried … or at least they talked tough. Since Maseko’s appointment in April 2013, Telkom has shed a third of its permanent employees, with