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    Openserve CEO and Telkom veteran Althon Beukes steps down

    Openserve CEO and Telkom veteran Althon Beukes steps down Telkom veteran Althon Beukes has stepped down as CEO of the company's wholesale fixed-line division Openserve. Beukes has worked at the telecoms company for roughly three decades and has been at the helm of Openserve for four and a half...
  2. Jan

    South African fibre networks: Google's massive Equiano cable is good news

    Equiano's landing is good news for South Africa's fibre networks Google's Equiano cable landed in Melkbosstrand in Cape Town on 8 August 2022, and the additional undersea capacity promises several benefits to South African fibre network operators (FNOs) and their customers. MyBroadband asked...
  3. Jan

    Openserve says Equiano capacity upgradable from 12Tbps to 16Tbps

    Openserve gets capacity on Google's monster undersea cable Openserve has confirmed that it will have access to a fibre pair on Google’s Equiano undersea cable system. Each fibre pair offers 12 terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity, and the cable has twelve fibre pairs.
  4. Jan

    Telkom announces date for structural and legal separation of Openserve

    Openserve to separate from Telkom Telkom has announced that it will legally and structurally separate its wholesale and networks division Openserve from the rest of the business on 1 September 2022. Openserve operates Telkom’s over 160,000km national fibre network, and its old copper telephone...
  5. Jan

    Qualifications of top South African telecoms execs compared

    What to study to become a top South African telecoms exec Degrees in accounting, engineering, and commerce are three of the best types of qualifications to pursue if you wish to become a top telecommunications executive in South Africa. We looked at the qualifications of several leading chief...
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    Althon Beukes

    Althon Beukes joined Telkom in 1996 as a Senior Manager in Technology Integration. He became the Executive for Infrastructure and Hosting Services in 2004. Althon has a BSc Degree in Computer Science from the University of the Western Cape and completed an Executive Development Programme in...
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