Telkom has announced it is spinning off its wholesale division as a separate business with its own brand identity. The new business will be called Openserve and is meant to serve not only Telkom but
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Two years ago, we set out on a journey to transform Telkom, to turn the company around and to place it on a path to long-term growth and sustainability. Very little about the last two years has been easy
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has challenged Telkom’s rivals to follow the operator’s lead in embracing open-access networks. Cwele on Tuesday lauded
On the same day that Telkom announced it is spinning off its wholesale and networks division as a new company called Openserve, one of the company’s fast-growing rivals, fibre-to-the-home provider
Telkom is migrating two of its fixed-line prepaid voice services from copper to a wireless “fixed-line lookalike” service. Customers of its Waya-Waya and PrepaidFone services are affected by the move. The company emphasises that its mobile prepaid users are not affected by
Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel is facing yet more headwinds, even before the case gets heard by the Competition Tribunal in late November. TechCentral has learnt that
More than 200 ex-Telkom staff have been issued with consultation letters at their new employer WNS. In June, Telkom announced a restructuring process in which it planned to offer 4 400 employees voluntary severance or early retirement packages. Telkom further said it planned
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) wants the chief executive officer of Telkom, Sipho Maseko, fired because of an alleged lack of transformation and job cuts at the company. The union accused Telkom
It is hugely encouraging to see South Africa rising up the World Economic Forum’s latest global competitive rankings as a result of the strides the country has made in getting more people onto the Internet
A decision by Telkom on Monday to issue a “cautionary announcement” to shareholders is most likely related to discussions to buy mobile operator Cell C, analysts said on Monday. “Shareholders are advised that Telkom is in discussions