There is mounting concern in the telecommunications industry that the government is planning to award a R750m broadband project to Telkom to connect 5 000 government facilities in rural areas without first going out on a competitive tender. In an interview on Friday
Telkom and Broadband Infraco are in talks over “possible collaboration” as government moves to minimise duplication between state-owned enterprises. Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele said
President Jacob Zuma has drawn criticism for his failure to deal meaningfully with broadband roll-out in his 2016 state of the nation address delivered in parliament on Thursday evening. Throughout his more than hour-long speech, the
Government says it hasn’t yet selected the “lead agent” for its R740m municipal broadband project, despite indications that Telkom could win the deal. At the 2015 state of the nation address, President Jacob Zuma said
Telkom is reportedly close to securing a deal worth about R750m from government to start the roll-out of broadband infrastructure to several underserviced regions of the country. According to Bloomberg, there have been
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, which is in talks to buy 35% of mobile operator Cell C, looks set to turn in a strong financial performance in the six months ended 30 November 2015. The company
Government’s failure to get to grips with South Africa Connect, the nation’s ambitious broadband roll-out plan that promises to deliver high-speed broadband Internet connectivity everyone in South Africa by 2030, will be apparent to all during the state of the nation address
Telkom’s share price has been knocked sharply lower in the last two trading sessions as investors react negatively to the company’s quarterly trading and operational update for the three months ended 31 December 2015, released on Monday morning. In trading on Tuesday, Telkom’s
Mobile telecommunications helped offset pressures in other areas of Telkom’s business in the third quarter ended 31 December 2015, the company told investors on Monday in a trading and operational update. However, profitability in mobile will take longer
Telkom is moving aggressively to get its copper-based broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) users onto its new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in the areas where it’s already deployed fibre infrastructure. On Monday, the company launched an offer to
