Browsing: Sipho Maseko

On the face of it, the Covid-19 lockdown was an inadvertent blessing for South Africa’s telecommunications operators.

Ten years after it launched its first mobile offering in the form of 8ta, Telkom has surpassed Cell C to become South Africa’s third largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers.

Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko has taken a haircut to his remuneration in the 2020 financial year after no short-term incentives were paid to executive directors.

With rumours swirling about potential consolidation in the months ahead, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko said his company is ready for a wave of mergers and acquisitions – should they happen.

Telkom is looking at ways to generate more value from its mobile tower business, including a potential sale or spin-off, CEO Sipho Maseko said.

Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko joins TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod for a podcast discussion on the operator’s new track-and-trace technology solution designed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.

Telkom and the Competition Commission have reached an agreement over concerns the regulatory watchdog had over its wholesale IP Connect product.

Many South African technology companies are allowing their employees to work from home and encouraging them to make use of technology to avoid face-to-face meetings with colleagues and clients.

With a fixed-line business under pressure, an IT services company feeling the pinch and a mobile business facing strong competition, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has a difficult road ahead of him. By Duncan McLeod.

Trade union Solidarity has slammed Telkom over its plan to cut up to 3 000 jobs, or 20% of its 15 000-strong workforce, describing the move as “reckless” and “merciless”.