Browsing: Telkom

The first step towards unbundling Telkom’s local loop of copper cables into homes and businesses, is meant to happen in November. But given the terms agreed between the fixed-line operator and the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), it’s not clear whether this deadline will be met. With

Telkom said on Friday it would extend its limited trial of 20Mbit/s and 40Mbit/s fixed-line broadband to Internet service providers (ISPs) other than its own TelkomInternet. The expanded scope of the trial won’t only benefit consumers and ISPs, but is good for the operator itself because of the nature

Telkom has agreed to allow rival Internet service providers to participate in trials to test its speedier broadband fixed-line network. This followed criticism from the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), an industry body, in which it suggested that the operator’s decision to restrict the tests to its own

Following the ANC’s fourth national policy conference in June, the ruling party has released a recommendations document, the communications section of which has failed to tackle many of the important issues that that were supposed to be on the agenda for discussion. One eye-catching suggestion the party

Communications minister Dina Pule on Wednesday told journalists that cabinet will finalise its decision regarding the future of Telkom either this week or by the “beginning of October”. Pule, who was speaking at the Classic FM Business

TechCentral founder editor Duncan McLeod and Finweek contributor and ZA Tech Show host Simon Dingle have jointly won the information and communications technology category of the 2012 Classic FM Business Journalist of the Year awards. The awards, which are

Brian Armstrong is the second highest paid member of Telkom’s executive committee after CEO Nombulelo Moholi. Armstrong, who heads Telkom Business, took home R10,5m in the 2012 financial year, of which R2,8m was in the form of a guaranteed package and R6,7m was in fringe and other benefits

Telkom spent more than R200m repairing and replacing damaged and stolen copper-cable infrastructure in the financial year ended 31 March 2012. It spent a further R150m on security to protect the network from opportunistic thieves and criminal syndicates. The company says in its 2012 group integrated

Telkom CEO Nombulelo Moholi has rejected speculation that she intends resigning next month, when Telkom chairman Lazarus Zim leaves, Business Report reported on Tuesday. “There’s nothing like that. Have you ever heard a quote from me saying that? All I can give you is I’m denying the rumour,” Moholi, who

Uncertainty continues to surround Telkom after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday where the company’s future was meant to be debated. Communications minister Dina Pule said last week that she would present three options for the company’s future to cabinet, which is government’s highest-level