Telkom said on Friday it was in talks about selling 20% of its equity to Korea’s telecommunications giant KT Corp (formerly Korea Telecom). But what is KT Corp? KT is Korea’s largest provider of fixed and mobile telephone services, and high-speed broadband fibre-to-the-home services
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Telkom is in talks to sell 20% of its equity to Korea Telecom, the JSE-listed telecommunications group told shareholders on Friday. “Shareholders of Telkom are advised that Telkom and [Korea Telecom] have entered into discussions regarding a potential
The growing portion of total consumer spending that Telkom extracts from fixed-line subscribers for broadband access is “not sustainable”, is “not right” and needs to change, says Internet Solutions (IS) MD Derek Wilcocks. Speaking to TechCentral
Telkom was combative in its presentation at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (Icasa’s) public hearings on local-loop unbundling on Wednesday. The company argued that unbundling wouldn’t necessarily help SA achieve its “developmental
Discussions between Telkom and the Independent Communications Authority SA (Icasa) ground to a temporary halt in Sandton on Wednesday after the telecommunications operator adopted an aggressive stance regarding local loop unbundling and
The country’s mobile operators should also be subjected to local-loop unbundling and not only Telkom and its “last-mile” copper access network, MWeb CEO Rudi Jansen told public hearings on the process at the Independent Communications
Unbundling the local loop — introducing greater competition and regulating wholesale pricing in telecommunications access networks — is the “single most important regulatory intervention” available to lower the cost of broadband in SA. That’s
Competitors seeking access to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper cables into homes and businesses should be able to choose the model they want to use to gain access to the infrastructure. That’s the view of cellular network operator Vodacom, which
The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices
Neotel has won a contract to run the primary network operating centre, or NOC, for the West Africa Cable System (Wacs), the new, high-capacity submarine system running between Cape Town and London. Wacs is due to be ready for commercial service early next