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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Telkom's Taukobong silencing the sceptics

    Telkom's Taukobong silencing the ckeptics Since his appointment as Telkom Group CEO in 2021, Serame Taukobong has silenced the sceptics by improving the company's finances and making it attractive to investors, a rarity for state-owned firms. Taukobong was born in Soweto on 23 May 1970 and...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    The man fought to stop Telkom from dominating South African Internet

    The man fought to stop Telkom from dominating South African Internet Before emigrating to the U.S. and becoming a venture capitalist, David Frankel played a pivotal role in building South Africa’s Internet service provider industry — and fought to keep it out of Telkom’s monopolistic grip...
  4. oros

    Telkom tap 2 win nonsense

    Hi, who noticed the tap to win when you dial *180#? What nonsense. Do you even win? Doesn't even work!
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Telkom dividend drought ends

    Telkom dividend drought ends Telkom declared its first dividend in four years after reporting an impressive set of results for its 2024/2025 financial year, including a profit increase of 299% from about R1.9 billion to R7.5 billion. A substantial part of the increase can be attributed to the...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Vodacom and MTN explain why they cannot offer affordable uncapped mobile data plans

    Vodacom and MTN explain why they cannot offer affordable uncapped mobile data plans South Africa's two biggest mobile networks prefer to offer full-speed capped products over throttled uncapped mobile data plans due to local user preferences and potential capacity overloads. In developed...
  7. K

    Vox Speed Issues Since Price Increase

    Ever since Vox added a few hundred rand to our bill, our internet speed has been terrible. This past week has been the worst. We are only getting 8 megabytes per second on a 100 megabyte line, both upload and download. The upload speed test does not even work. It fails every time.
  8. A

    Telkom prepaid sim with unused unexpired LTE bundle stops with OOB message

    I bought a new prepaid sim in December to test Telkom LTE. I loaded a 60 GByte LTE bundle (valid 61 days). Worked great. I used it in my ZTE mifi every other day or so. I have some 50 GByte left until 20 Feb. I popped it into my Huawei B618-65d yesterday (31st Jan). I got a OOB message saying I...
  9. Blade_Runner

    Need to identify this

    Trying to fix up this building and found this. Someone said this is a Telkom junction box? Is this correct? Any ideas how I can get it removed or repaired?
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    5G expansion going strong in South Africa

    5G expansion going strong in South Africa South Africa's major telecoms companies radically expanded their mobile 5G connectivity and performance in 2024. While the Covid-19 pandemic and load-shedding challenges limited 5G rollouts for the first few years of the technology's availability, the...
  11. UID

    Issue with Telkom SIM on Nokia 106: "SIM Rejected"

    Hello everyone, I'm wondering if any of you can help me with this. I purchased a Nokia 106 (2018) so I could receive SMSs on that phone, but for some reason, when I insert the Telkom SIM it says "SIM Rejected." The SIM card works fine, as I use it every day. When I inserted a new Telkom SIM...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    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...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom and Telkom — A tale of two dying monopolies

    Eskom and Telkom — A tale of two dying monopolies Eskom’s attempt to overhaul its electricity tariff structure is reminiscent of Telkom’s complaints nearly fifteen years ago that it was losing money on every phone line it supplied in the country. The power utility has submitted its updated...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Telkom's tower sale gets Icasa approval

    Telkom's tower sale gets Icasa approval Telkom has cleared the last major regulatory hurdle in disposing of its masts and towers business, housed in its Swiftnet subsidiary. The telecoms company announced it had obtained approval from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Best South African telecoms investment in 2024 — Vodacom vs MTN vs Telkom vs Blue Label

    Best South African telecoms investment in 2024 — Vodacom vs MTN vs Telkom vs Blue Label A R1,000 investment in Cell C's largest shareholder in early 2024 was worth substantially more at the end of the year than the same investments in Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom. Blue Label, which owns 49.5% of...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    3G smartphones not going away soon

    3G smartphones not going away soon People with 3G-only devices in South Africa will be able to continue using them for the next several years. However, continued imports of devices that support only 2G and 3G connectivity are hindering South Africa's plan to shut down these legacy network...
  17. Jan

    Telkom executes search and seizure court order on company that allegedly stole customer data

    Telkom raids company for stealing customer data Telkom said it executed a search and seizure court order obtained from the Gauteng High Court against a third-party company that was alleged to have fraudulently accessed client data in September. The search and seizure operation was carried out...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Telkom makes significant progress in fight against copper and battery theft

    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...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    How SMS will stay relevant in SA

    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...
  20. B

    Migrating from Telkom to Afrihost

    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...
  21. Beenie16

    Telkom return policy

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