Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has called on telecommunications operators to work more closely together to reduce costs in an environment where input costs continue to rise but where prices for telecoms services continue to decline. Joosub says one
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Broadband Infraco appears to be in limbo. After national treasury made no mention of the state-owned telecommunications company in its latest budget vote allocations, an Infraco spokesman has downplayed industry talk that it will soon be put up for sale. “Broadband
The announcement by President Jacob Zuma in his state of the nation address that Telkom will be the “lead agency” for the roll-out of broadband in underserviced parts of South Africa has ignited a political firestorm
If you’d invested R40 000 in the shares of Durban-based technology company Adapt IT five years ago, you’d be a millionaire today. Adapt IT’s shares have risen by a spectacular 2 400% in the past five years, making it the best performing technology counter on the JSE
Telkom “trusts” that the Financial Services Board and the JSE will “respond as necessary” in the wake of an allegation by Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Tuesday that “those on the inside track” about government’s plan to name the company as its “lead
Cell C and Telkom have emerged as the winners in new research into which of South Africa’s operators offer the best contract plans for four pre-defined and distinct customer types. Tariffic, which
Any doubt that lower wholesale call termination rates have led to a sharp decline in retail mobile tariffs in South Africa should be put to rest, new research shows. South Africans have benefited directly from a reduction in termination rates – the fees telecommunications
Telkom and Cell C both face significant upheaval in the short term, much more so than their rivals MTN and Vodacom. How the two companies adapt to the changing market will have a dramatic impact on South Africa’s telecoms sector and, ultimately, on the services that
Signal jamming in parliament, Cell C gaining market share, GCHQ hacking Gemalto, restructuring at Telkom. It’s all in this week’s packed episode of TalkCentral. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the week’s biggest
Western Cape premier Helen Zille on Friday accused President Jacob Zuma of “shielding Telkom from open competition” in naming the company as the “lead agency” to roll out broadband in underserviced parts