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Telkom makes significant progress in fight against copper and battery theft Telkom has seen a massive decline in incidents of copper cable and battery theft on its network in recent months, despite an increase in cases of site vandalism. The telecoms company has told Sunday Times that its...

How SMS will stay relevant in SA While the use of Short Message Service (SMS) for personal communication has declined, the technology will remain relevant in South Africa. This is the view of Flickswitch MD and founder Kees Snijders, who explained that the key strength of SMS remains that it...

Hi MyBB Community I am toying with the idea of moving my fibre line from Telkom to Afrihost. It seems I still need to serve the 30-day cancellation period on Telkom's end, and thus can only activate the Afrihost service in a minimum of 30 days. My questions: Is this your experience as well...

I took out a contract by Telkom today but I'm not happy with the device. Can I return it tomorrow?

Dear Telkom, I am writing to inquire about the application process for establishing a cellphone tower in Emdeni, Qhobosheane, Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape. The current tower is located at a considerable distance from the majority of households, resulting in consistently poor network signal...

Does VoIP work over Telkom LTE and afrihost Airmobile networks? Meaning do they block VoIP traffic etc…. Sometimes fibre fails and would like to setup a failover with either of the above-mentioned in a 4g device. Would there be a need to change any APN settings?

hi there I have a Telkom contract that has been on month to month for atleast 4 years. For like R85 I get FreeMe 500mb top up deal but it is really like 1GB. Data also lasts 60 days I believe. Sim is actually my mums primary number for receiving calls etc but she doesnt use the data. I...

We got a Openserve fibre installation with a router and supposedly free internet for 1 month but then we subscribed for a faster download we had to pay upfront, which we did. Since paying for our Telkom service, the router does not connect to the internet. We have phoned Telkom over and over to...

Telkom's R6.75-billion tower sale gets shareholder approval Telkom shareholders approved the sale of its masts and towers business to a consortium for an estimated R6.75 billion. The telecom giant announced today that its shareholders unanimously voted to approve the disposal at the company’s...

Good Day I am not sure where to start but I would like to know who can or how can I apply for a tower in my area at Ward 15 Ncombo reserve esikhawini near Ncombo primary school, we having issues with connectivity on our cellphones battling to even make a call due to poor Network. I have also...

Telkom customers getting free Prime Video subs Telkom will start giving free limited-period subscriptions to Amazon's Prime Video and Prime Video Mobile Edition streaming service to many of its contract and prepaid customers. Effective from 28 March 2024, Telkom customers buying a new Telkom...

Buyer for Telkom's towers revealed Private equity firm Actis LLP is in talks to buy Swiftnet, the mast and tower business owned by South Africa’s Telkom SA SOC Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter. The deal would also include a smaller, local partner, according to the people who...

Our copper cables were damaged and we were moved to a LTE system. There isnt any fibre in our area. The package included Smart Voice and a new router. In the 5 months that we've had the system we have not been able to make a call out. Occassionaly we receive a call but cant talk to the person on...

I'm currently using Telkom unrestricted apn and trying to open ports for UDP to no success. TCP ports open just fine but when I try to open UDP ports they seem to stay closed. Am I doing anything wrong here? Has any one else had any problems opening trying to UDP ports on Telkom unrestricted APN?

Afrihost has strongest brand among ISPs in SA Afrihost has extended its lead over Telkom, Mweb, and Cool Ideas as the Internet service provider (ISP) with the strongest brand in South Africa. This was revealed in Analytico’s latest Broadband and ISP Brand research. Analytico is a research...

Why South Africa does not get unlimited voice and data plans like the US and the UK South Africa's heavy reliance on mobile connectivity for Internet access is one of several reasons the country's biggest local cellular networks cannot readily offer uncapped data and voice minutes like...

Hey yall. If anyone has a solution to this i I would greatly appreciate it. I have a business account via telkom and my isp is HomeConnect. Not sure if my inputs are wrong but its not working.

Vodacom vs MTN vs Telkom market caps Vodacom is the most valuable listed telecommunications company in South Africa, with a market cap of R221. MTN closely follows it at R209.8 billion. Market capitalisation figures represent the value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares...

Best sub-R500 smartphone contracts over 2 years South Africans looking to upgrade or replace their smartphone in 2024 without breaking the bank have several options from which to choose. MyBroadband compared some of the best smartphone contracts in South Africa for less than R500 a month from...

How mobile networks' subscriber numbers changed in the past year Vodacom is the only South African mobile network operator (MNO) that recorded healthy growth in subscribers during the first nine months of 2023, an analysis by MyBroadband has shown. Vodacom's biggest rival, MTN, saw its...