South Africa’s telecoms operators collectively invest more than R25-billion/year in their networks.
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Shameel Joosub said planned further cuts to call termination rates will have no real impact on retail prices.
A major network outage was impacting Telkom mobile users in South Africa on Monday.
A planned new undersea cable called T4 and linking Africa, Indian Ocean islands and Asia, will improve redundancy in the region.
Four high-capacity internet cables were severed in a suspected subsea seismic event near Ivory Coast on 14 March.
To attract new customers in a tough economy, Telkom has launched a new prepaid fibre solution for R99/week.
The Association for Comms & Technology has warned government against rushing operators into switching off legacy networks.
Telkom shareholders will soon vote on a plan to sell the group’s towers and masts to a consortium led by private equity firm Actis.
The Internet Service Providers’ Association has raised concerns about the planned cuts in fixed call termination rates.
Telkom is hiking prices across many of its retail and small business products, including fibre and DSL internet services.