Browsing: Telkom

A new research report by Analysys Mason has provided insight into why mobile users switch networks and the impact of so-called over-the-top services like WhatsApp. The company’s South Africa Connected Consumer Survey

Tariffic, the company that analyses the mobile operators’ tariff plans to offer businesses and consumers the best rates based on their requirements, has conducted an analysis of how much it costs to terminate a contract with South Africa’s major

Allow me to venture a theory… The reason out-of-bundle mobile data rates are (largely) still R2/MB is to help shore up operators’ cratering voice revenue. R2 is an arbitrary number, a relic from over a decade ago, but it’s a stubborn

Telkom has walked away from talks to buy state-owned telecommunications infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco, TechCentral has learnt. According to a…

The cellular industry may soon become the victim of the next wave of disruptive technology, much as this industry virtually destroyed traditional fixed-line telephony in the late 1990s. This may happen sooner than many think

Telkom will merge its enterprise-focused Telkom Business unit into IT group Business Connexion, which it acquired last year for R2,7bn. The merger will create one go-to-market brand and avoid the creation of parallel

In November, I argued that Telkom’s broadband digital subscriber line service had peaked (that was at the half-year mark). Since then, growth has slowed even further and the telecommunications giant is on a knife-edge of