Telkom’s share price climbed marginally on the JSE on Tuesday after a report overnight suggested it may be in discussions with an investment group from Southeast Asia that may be prepared to invest up to US$3bn into the operator’s struggling mobile division. According to a
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Tensions are growing in South Africa’s mobile telecommunications industry as the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa gets nearer to publishing final regulations that will govern decreases in wholesale inter-network call charges over the next three years
Cell C acting CEO Jose Dos Santos has accused his counterpart at MTN South Africa, Zunaid Bulbulia, of crying wolf over termination rates. Dos Santos has described claims Bulbulia made in an exclusive interview with TechCentral this week as “exaggerated and misleading
Telkom’s plan to “de-risk” its loss-making mobile business could lead to a transaction with rival MTN. The two operators are in sensitive discussions about a possible deal, two separate and well-placed sources have told TechCentral. It’s not clear what form a deal
Standard and promotional prepaid data tariffs across South Africa’s mobile networks show vast differences in the prices consumers can expect to pay. TechCentral has put together a table showing what the four mobile networks – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom Mobile – offering on standard prepaid data
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has come out in support of an MWeb high court application against Telkom at the high court in Pretoria over the telecommunications operator’s imposition of a “transit fee” on the Internet service provider. TechCentral revealed
Telkom is in talks with a number of parties with regard to finding a solution to its loss-making Telkom Mobile business, group CEO Sipho Maseko said in Pretoria on Monday. Maseko, speaking to media and analysts at Telkom’s 2014 interim results presentation, said
Telkom’s underlying operational earnings remained under pressure despite an increase, the telecommunications giant reported on Monday. “The group’s financial performance indicates a challenging industry environment,” CEO Sipho Maseko said in a statement. The increase in earnings
The iPhone 5s and 5c, the latest iPhone models from Apple, went on sale in South Africa on Friday, with prices starting at R8 499 for the 16GB version of the iPhone 5c at the iStore, the retail chain operated by Apple distributor Core Group. The phones are also available on contract through
Internet service provider MWeb has taken Telkom to court, demanding that a 6c/minute “transit” charge for calls carried from the telecommunications operator’s fixed-line network and onto its mobile network is in breach of an interconnection agreement signed between the parties