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
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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
Supply chain company Barloworld Logistics has denied claims by trade union Solidarity that it plans retrenching ex-Telkom staff. On Wednesday, Solidarity said former Telkom employees who had been transferred to Barloworld Logistics earlier this year as part of a section 197 process are again
The CEO of South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, said on Wednesday that the company is profitable. Little is known about Cell C’s financial status owing to the company being
Telkom’s Internet service provider, Telkom Internet, is stepping up the battle with rivals, announcing on Wednesday that it will double subscribers’ data allocation between October 2015 and March 2016. The promotion means that Telkom Internet’s data
One of Johannesburg’s largest suburbs will soon get fibre broadband. This is after Telkom announced plans to connect 12 000 homes in Bryanston. The sprawling suburb will be
Telkom has announced it will launch fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband in 25 additional areas by the end of the month. It claims to have the largest “open access” home fibre network in the country, with FTTH coming to additional suburbs in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban
The South African economy may be teetering on the brink of a recession, but that isn’t keeping the country’s telecommunications operators from ramping up their capital spending. Telkom, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C, along with a host of smaller players, are all gearing up to make
Vodacom is in the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband race against equally well-funded rivals to win it, not to come second, chief officer Vuyani Jarana said on Wednesday. Jarana, who heads Vodacom Business
Despite scepticism in some quarters that Telkom’s plan to deploy fibre broadband past a million homes in South Africa by March 2018 – just two-and-a-half years from now – is too ambitious, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has said he is confident the company will not only meet