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Telkom is continuing to invest in building fibre infrastructure closer to its customers as well as in new broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, but it hasn’t yet decided what sort of line upgrades it will offer to end users. The company

Dimension Data SA chairman Andile Ngcaba, who is a big investor in SA’s telecommunications industry through his company Convergence Partners, expressed frustration on Monday at the slow pace of decision making over the allocation of

FNB Connect, First National Bank’s Internet service provider, is extending its free YouTube offering to its fixed-line broadband users. Customers registered for FNB Connect Surf can now browse the world’s most popular video site

Telkom on Thursday took the wraps off its plans to compete with Vodacom and MTN in the business mobile market and to launch converged fixed and mobile solutions to business customers. TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod spoke to

Telkom has launched its mobile offerings for business, proclaiming it will lead in fixed-mobile convergence and in cloud computing in the business market in SA and saying it is looking forward to be an “attacker” in the mobile space. Brian Armstrong

Telkom has launched its first mobile offerings aimed at the business market and is taking the fight to its rivals with aggressive introductory offers on smartphones and tablets. Telkom Business Mobile – the brand the company is using

SA’s mobile operators must do more to up their game in customer service instead of simply trying to outdo each other on price, says Vitorrio Massone, managing partner in SA at management consulting firm Bain & Company. In the past year, the operators have slashed their

Telkom is still keen to expand its operations elsewhere on the African continent despite the sensational failure of Multi-Links, its Nigerian business, says chairman Lazarus Zim. Zim was speaking at the group’s 2011 annual general meeting of

SA’s incumbent fixed-line operator, Telkom, should be considering a strategic fibre-to-the-home project to ensure customer loyalty and to grow its revenue streams in new areas, says Gartner principal analyst Will Hahn. Hahn, speaking to

BT Group is playing coy over its plans to invest significant capital in fibre-optic network infrastructure in SA, but TechCentral understands an announcement about its plans is imminent. Company executives skirted the issue at a press