Browsing: Telkom

What happens to the investment that Telkom has made in fibre-optic cables and other hi-tech infrastructure for the 2010 soccer World Cup after the last whistle has been blown in the final game? It’s a question that is worrying a number of executives in SA’s telecommunications industry

Trade union Solidarity has declared a dispute with Telkom, saying the telecommunications provider’s voluntary retrenchment programme may lead to forced…

The decision last week by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to reduce mobile termination rates was not unexpected. What the industry didn’t expect was for the regulator to move as quickly as it has to reduce fixed-line rates

Listed telecommunications group Telkom has offered its management staff the opportunity to apply for voluntary severance and early retirement packages.…

Right, so this whole “uncapped” and “Free the Web” stuff has me a little vexed. Basically I think it is all a bit disingenuous, even bordering on manipulative. While Seacom opened the floodgates last year with falling prices for international bandwidth, the reality is that the Telkom