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In November, at the half-year stage, I highlighted that Telkom was facing crises on a few fronts and that only one part of its business – mobile – was firing on all cylinders. With full-year numbers available, certain trends are clearer

Telkom’s group chief information officer, Len de Villiers, has retired. He will step down from the telecommunications operator on Thursday after four years with the group. In an e-mail to staff, group

Telkom is giving serious thought to switching off its 2G network to focus on 3G and 4G/LTE – and later 5G – in the process freeing up spectrum for data-led mobile offerings. That’s the word from CEO Sipho Maseko, who was

The number of fixed lines in service at Telkom has continued to decline, falling by a sharp 9.3% in the 2018 financial year to just 2.68m at the end of March 2018, from 2.95m a year ago. That’s the lowest it’s been in decades

Telkom had a tough 2018 financial year, with group revenue flat compared to 2017 and headline earnings per share sinking by 18.4%. Mobile services were a highlight, while pressure on the fixed-line business and IT services

Telkom’s headline and basic earnings per share will decline by between 15% and 25% for the year ended 31 March 2018 as a result of an increased tax bill and higher employee costs, the partially state-owned