Telkom’s group CEO, Sipho Maseko, met with trade union representatives on Monday to discuss the company’s future and turnaround plans. A union official present at the meeting says Maseko told them that how the company behaves over the next couple of years will determine its future
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Having kick-started the only real price war in the South African cellular market, the “little network that could”, Cell C, is in a tough place. Alan Knott-Craig’s Hail Mary pass to capture his stated intention of 25% of the market appears to be working – at MTN’s expense – for the time being. The recent results from
Telkom is removing the enormous pink ball from Johannesburg’s landmark Hillbrow Tower. Although the telecommunications operator is only obliged to remove the fibreglass structure at the end of the year, it’s doing so now before Johannesburg’s summer thunderstorms render the removal
Trade union Solidarity will not blindly back Telkom’s opposition to local-loop unbundling (LLU), which it has done in the past. It will now instead remain neutral on the issue and monitor how the process unfolds, spokesman Marius Croucamp says. Solidarity is the second largest union
Telkom and its former subsidiary, Nigeria’s Multi-Links, have won a high court order setting aside arbitration proceedings with Blue Label Telecoms and paving the way for a bruising court battle in which Telkom is seeking $528m in damages from Blue Label. Telkom is
South Africa’s hard-working new communications minister, Yunus Carrim, is tackling the challenges in his portfolio with such gusto that he appears to have taken many industry players by surprise. I had the opportunity twice this past week to watch Carrim in action
In a surprise development, Telkom’s MD of wholesale and networks, Bashier Sallie, is quitting the telecommunications group. Sallie was leading the modernisation of Telkom’s network, which involves a multibillion-rand project to improve fixed-line broadband speeds for consumers
Solidarity has called for renewed wage talks with telecommunications giant Telkom, the trade union said on Thursday. The request for another round of negotiations came after claims that Telkom gave its top management “exorbitant salary increases”, spokesman Marius Croucamp said in a statement. “Top management received
Telkom’s general executive for regulatory affairs has resigned. Staff were informed on Monday that Andrew Barendse was leaving the telecommunications group. Barendse’s resignation comes just weeks after TechCentral revealed that newly appointed Telkom group CEO Sipho Maseko
Internet service providers (ISPs) and their customers can look forward to reduced broadband data prices in coming months because Telkom is set to reduce its IP Connect (IPC) fees by 8% next month, the first of three reductions that form part of the terms of the settlement reached between