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Telkom has reported stronger revenues but weaker profit after tax, according to its annual results for the period ending 31 March 2015. Telkom’s net revenue increased by 3,1% during the period to R26bn. Group operating revenue increased by 1,2%

South Africa’s integrated communications service provider Telkom is set to release full-year results on Monday, 8 June. The last few years have seen the company’s core fixed-line business trending lower, as growth in infrastructure and in turn increased

Telkom on Thursday announced plans to offer uncapped LTE broadband to consumers in selected suburbs at prices starting at R599/month for early adopters. But there are a few strings attached. The operator says the The SmartBroadband

Telkom has introduced an electronic tender management system, which it said will herald big changes in its procurement processes. All tender processes will be moved onto an electronic portal

It’s been a year since President Jacob Zuma shocked South Africa’s communications technology industry by announced he was splitting the department of communications in two, creating a new department of communications and, reversing the trend of

Telkom’s wholesale price cuts of up to 63% announced last month have so far failed to translate into lower prices for those with broadband digital subscriber lines. Internet service providers (ISPs) that were prepared to comment were not expecting to

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele presented his budget vote speech last week and concealed among the details is a ticking time bomb that’s about to go off on mobile operators, broadcasters and Internet service providers

South Africa’s big three mobile operators have taken a “short-term view to satisfy their shareholders” by increasing the price of their post-paid packages, a decision that could come back to haunt them in the longer term. That’s one of the conclusions

Local mobile operators’ claims that rising input costs are fuelling contract price hikes are not reflected in these companies’ financial statements, says a research body. Research ICT Africa has put together a research brief that asks whether

Telkom has expanded its next-generation LTE-Advanced network to an additional 22 suburbs across South Africa, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Areas that now have coverage are Carlswald, Highveld, Halfway Gardens, Houghton