Telkom’s bosses received huge pay hikes in 2013, despite deepening financial woes at the telecommunications group. Former group CEO Nombulelo Moholi, who left Telkom in March, took home slightly less money than she did in the prior year – a total of R11,6m, from R12,1m before – but this
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Telkom paid the controversial former MD of its international operations and subsidiaries, Motlatsi Nzeku, a R13m “retirement settlement” to leave the telecommunications operator. The figure is contained in Telkom’s 2013 annual report
Telkom Mobile is offering free Wi-Fi-based Internet access to South Africans for free as part of a promotion that ends on 15 December. The free access, of up to an hour a day, is available at 1 500 hotspots around the country and no data caps apply
Telkom’s new initiative to encourage individuals, companies, universities and others to come up with innovative ways it can increase the uptake of fixed-line broadband sends a peculiar message. On one hand, it shows that Telkom acknowledges the importance of increasing broadband
Telkom has issued a challenge to South African organisations and individuals, including universities and start-ups, to help it develop “innovations” that help stimulate broadband penetration and social development. It wants research institutions, universities, nonprofit organisations
JSE-listed telecommunications specialist FoneWorx has renewed a service provider agreement with Telkom on which the company’s fax to e-mail service is based. The contract will run for five years, until August 2018, FoneWorx says in a statement to investors. “This will
Talk of consolidation in the telecommunications industry is rife, with speculation growing that a number of operators are either in play or may soon be. But how might a flurry of mergers and acquisitions play out? At the centre of current speculation is Neotel. Licensed
Communications minister Yunus Carrim intends issuing a new policy direction to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) dealing with the unbundling of Telkom’s local loop of copper-cable infrastructure into homes and businesses. Speaking on a Google Hangout organised by
Telkom Mobile has agreed to amend an advertising campaign for its new, low-cost Sim-Sonke prepaid calling plan after rival Cell C lodged an objection about it at the Advertising Standards Authority. Cell C took objection to the fact that although Telkom Mobile offers
The price war in South Africa’s mobile industry is starting to take its toll, evidenced this week by the declining subscriber numbers at MTN, which conceded that it had been too slow in cutting its rates to match its rivals. But behind the scenes a much more interesting battle is brewing