The leafy Johannesburg suburb of Parkhurst, one of the first in South Africa to get high-speed fibre-to-the-home broadband, now looks set to be the scene of a turf war between two competing fixed-line telecommunications providers. It’s a David vs Goliath battle that could also help decide which
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In this week’s episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about MTN’s aggressive expansion plans in the enterprise IT market, including its plans to make acquisitions. Also in this week’s podcast, your
In the wake of news this week that the first homes in Parkhurst in Johannesburg have been connected to start-up Vumatel’s speedy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, Telkom has begun deploying home fibre infrastructure of its own in the leafy suburb. Ryan Hawthorne, technical adviser to the Parkhurst Residents
The Competition Commission has recommended the approval of MTN’s acquisition of a majority stake in Afrihost. It won’t impose any conditions on its support of the deal, it said on Wednesday. TechCentral reported in early June that the
Investors in fibre telecommunications infrastructure should not expect the sort of returns that South Africa’s big operators have come to enjoy. Instead, they should be satisfied with the returns traditionally enjoyed by providers of
Telkom appears to be moving ahead with plans to move its head office from downtown Pretoria to its campus in Centurion, already the site of its main network operations centre and its mobile division. TechCentral first reported in June that Telkom was giving serious thought to relocating its head office to facilities closer
The ongoing restructuring in the information and communications technology industry puts employees under immense pressure, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. “There have been far more retrenchments this year than in
A senior executive at Vodacom believes so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers such as WhatsApp and Skype should be allowed to “run free” on mobile operators’ networks, but emphasises that there is also “no place” in South Africa
Telkom and Business Connexion (BCX) are still awaiting approvals from four regulators before the telecommunications operator’s R2,7bn acquisition of the JSE-listed IT services company can be consummated. In a statement to shareholders on Tuesday, BCX said the parties are
A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing a Telkom store at the Irene Mall on Friday, Gauteng police said. The man, who was believed to be in his thirties, was part of a group that robbed the store on Friday afternoon, Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba said. “A group of suspects entered the store