Telkom will embark on a fresh round of staff reductions to cut costs. The company on Thursday said it will offer voluntary separation and early retirement packages to employees beginning on Friday, 14 September.
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Vodacom has extended its lead at the top of OpenSignal’s latest awards table, winning six out of seven categories and scoring highly in regional speed and latency categories.
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has urged policymakers to “anticipate what the problems will be in 2025” and to look at regulation holistically instead of dealing with each on a standalone basis.
Vodacom is negotiating a wireless network sharing deal with Telkom as a replacement for former partner Cell C, according to people familiar with the matter.
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko on Monday warned that Icasa’s draft regulations on call termination rates could force the operator into a very difficult position, with the potential that it could ultimately withdraw from providing services in rural areas.
On the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about Nvidia’s new ray-tracing GPUs, Telkom’s unhappiness with Icasa, Nikon’s new mirrorless cameras and Apple’s forthcoming keynote.
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos on Friday said communications regulator Icasa needs to make bolder decisions in its call termination regulations to assist smaller operators take on Vodacom and MTN.
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has severely criticised communications regulator Icasa over proposed new call termination rates, saying they could lead to a jobs bloodbath at the company.
Cabinet has approved an amended version of the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, taking South Africa closer to the allocation of radio frequency spectrum to mobile operators.
Cell C is planning a share sale in Johannesburg by the first quarter of 2020 as South Africa’s third largest wireless company seeks funds for acquisitions.