Telkom will open its telecommunications exchanges to Internet service providers using an open-access model in an effort to stimulate demand for fixed-line broadband in South Africa. “To further stimulate access to broadband, we will make making around
Former Telkom chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte was paid R18,8m in the company’s 2015 financial year, despite leaving its employ last August, just five months into 2015 reporting period. In the year ended 31 March 2015, during which time
Executives at Telkom are taking home higher pay, while its lower level employees face job cuts and possible salary freezes. For the financial year to 31 March 2015, CEO Sipho Maseko’s total remuneration jumped to R12,3m from R11,7m in 2014, according to
Just when everyone thought the price war among Internet service providers had petered out, MWeb, one of South Africa’s largest service providers, has chopped the price of five of its capped broadband ADSL products and nine of its fibre-to-the-home
Radically improving MTN’s customer service, aggressively growing the company’s top line – in part by taking market share from bigger rival Vodacom – expanding into business services, and building
Despite union objections, Telkom has announced it is extending voluntary severance and early retirement packages to all employees, including those that belong to trade unions. The decision to offer packages to all staff, included unionised
Telkom has introduced new smartphone plans that bring aggressive new voice and data pricing to consumers. The new plans start at R50, which includes 150 minutes of voice and 150MB of data, and go up to R300 for 900 minutes of voice and 900MB of data
Communications regulator Icasa has asked for written submissions over the proposed acquisition of iBurst and Broadlink parent Wireless Business Solutions by MultiSource, a company that enjoys the backing of former banking executives Michael Jordaan
Full credit has to go to Telkom communications head Jacqui O’Sullivan for coming out swinging to my recent criticism of its enterprise development (ED) initiatives. It is just a pity that her argument didn’t make sense. As a quick rewind, I made
Telkom offers prepaid consumers more high-value plans than any other operator in South Africa, while Vodacom offers the fewest because of its relatively high prices, according to new research by telecommunications pricing firm Tarifica. Using an algorithm
