Earlier news articles:
Telkom entirely unable to compete in fibre market
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Tue 04 Jun, 2019
Telkom financial results for the year ended 31 March 2019 revealed a massive decline in fixed broadband subscribers – down from 981,176 in March 2018 to 847,650 in March 2019.... Read more
PIC pressured MTN to shake up its board – Report
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Tue 04 Jun, 2019
MTN Group Ltd.’s biggest shareholder is pushing for changes at Africa’s largest mobile-phone company to avoid the regulatory, legal and political disputes that have cut its share price by more than half over the past four years.... Read more
How Telkom’s broadband business has evolved
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Wed 29 May, 2019
Telkom’s broadband business has seen a major evolution over the past few years, and while it may be bleeding legacy fixed-line and ADSL customers, its mobile broadband business is booming.... Read more
SpaceX will launch its first 60 satellites to deliver internet from space
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Tue 07 May, 2019
SpaceX wants to beam cheap broadband internet all over the planet. It's gearing up for the first crucial step toward making that a reality. Elon Musk's rocket company will try to deliver a batch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit, the first for a megaconstellation of satellites that SpaceX is calling Starlink. The launch could happen sometime next week.... Read more
Telkom launches fibre network in Soweto
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Fri 17 May, 2019
Telkom marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations World Telecommunications & information Society Day at Orlando West Secondary School today to celebrate Soweto’s latest accolade as the first South African township to receive fibre to the home.... Read more
Vodacom, Telkom on track for roaming move from MTN
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Wed 15 May, 2019
Vodacom and Telkom will complete the work they need to do for their roaming agreement by the June deadline, Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said this week. Speaking to TechCentral after publication of the group’s annual results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2019, Joosub said the project is on track to be finalised next month.... Read more
Vodacom, MTN head-to-head subscriber race intensifies
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Tue 21 May, 2019
South Africa's two biggest mobile operators, MTN and Vodacom, continue to rake in subscribers and have over 73 million local subscribers between them, and most of their African operations continue to grow.... Read more
Changed your cell number? Your insurer may refuse to pay out if your phone gets stolen
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Tue 21 May, 2019
If you changed your cellphone number, your insurer may refuse to pay out when your phone is later damaged or stolen. This proviso is contained in most cellphone insurance policy documents, but many consumers don’t pick up on it – until it is too late, warns Ayanda Mazwi, senior assistant ombud at the Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance (OSTI). ... Read more
Why Telkom will not yet invest in 5G
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Mon 06 May, 2019
Telkom, the country’s fourth-largest mobile operator, believes 5G data connections for cellphones will cost considerably more than 4G – and it has no immediate plans to add the much-vaunted technology to its network.... Read more
Mobile subscriber numbers in South Africa
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Fri 10 May, 2019
MTN has published its quarterly trading update for the period ended 31 March 2019, outlining its subscriber number changes since the beginning of 2019. The mobile operator saw a service revenue increase of 5.6% year-over-year in South Africa, with data revenue increasing by 3.1%.... Read more
MTN launches 1MB auto-renewing data bundle
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Fri 10 May, 2019
MTN has launched an auto-renewing data bundle similar to Vodacom’s Data Refill service. The mobile network operator has sent a message to subscribers to inform them that they will be automatically subscribed to the service next month... Read more