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  1. Jan

    Peak mobile speed test results in South Africa - June 2023

    Fastest mobile speeds in South Africa — with one network hitting over 1Gbps The fastest mobile download speed recorded by a MyBroadband Speed Test user in the year to date was over 1Gbps on Vodacom's network. That is according to data analyzed by Analytico using results from the MyBroadband...
  3. Jan

    Telkom drops Post Office as payment channel

    Telkom drops the South African Post Office Telkom has announced that account payment options for their customers will no longer include the South African Post Office. The partially state-owned telecommunications company said dropping the state-owned mail carrier “aims to streamline payment...
  4. Jan

    How Telkom squandered its fixed-line dominance

    How Telkom snatched defeat from the jaws of victory Telkom has squandered its competitive advantage in the fibre-to-the-home market after several strategic blunders which allowed Vumatel to become the premier provider of fibre-to-the-home in South Africa. To understand the significance of...
  5. Jan

    Uncapped 4G price comparison after Rain grandfathers plans in favour of Rain One

    Uncapped 4G showdown — prices from R249 per month The most affordable uncapped 4G plan available to residents in South Africa is MTN's Home Starter package for R249 a month. The playing field has changed somewhat, with one of the country's major fixed-4G providers — Rain — recently dropping...
    • Jan
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  6. Jan

    DSL and FTTH prices in South Africa compared - June 2023

    ADSL vs fibre prices in South Africa — the winner is clear South Africans can save a fair amount each month if they can opt for a home fibre package instead of DSL, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed. Although comparing fibre to DSL on a like-for-like basis can be challenging, it is possible...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) openserve telkom
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. Jan

    Telkom CFO says they are burning through cash unsustainably

    Telkom burning through cash Telkom is burning cash at an unsustainable rate, the company's chief financial officer Dirk Reyneke warned employees in an internal document on Tuesday. "Generally, we have managed our addressable costs reasonably well but the challenging economic and competitive...
  8. Jan

    Little prospect of energy crisis being remedied in near future - Telkom

    Little hope load-shedding will be solved soon, warns Telkom Telkom chief financial officer Dirk Reyneke warned in a presentation to media and investors on Tuesday that they don’t foresee a solution for South Africa’s energy crisis soon. Reyneke said load-shedding had a R700 million impact on...
  9. Jan

    Telkom has around 74,500 DSL customers left

    Telkom fixed-line wipeout Despite rapidly growing its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in South Africa in the past year, Telkom's Openserve division lost over 200,000 fixed-line customers. According to the telecoms company's Abridged Annual Results for 2023, fixed-access lines declined from...
    • Jan
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    • digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) openserve serame taukobong telkom
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Telkom increases mobile capex, records modest mobile growth

    Telkom doubles down on Mobile Telkom increased its investment in its mobile network by 35% between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023, the company's annual results have revealed. Over the same period, the company showed modest growth in mobile service revenue, which increased by 1.8% over the...
  11. Jan

    Telkom reports R10 billion loss, or R346 million profit depending on how you look at it

    Telkom makes R10 billion loss — promises it's once-off Telkom has released its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2023, reporting a R9.97 billion loss. However, South Africa’s partially state-owned telecommunications giant says the loss includes over R10.3 billion in non-cash and...
  12. Jan

    Telkom confirms "unsolicited, exploratory, non-consensual" offer from Sipho Maseko

    Telkom says former CEO Sipho Maseko's offer remains unsolicited, exploratory, and non-consensual Telkom has confirmed receiving an unsolicited, non-binding, indicative offer from a consortium led by former CEO Sipho Maseko for a controlling stake in the company. Its confirmation follows...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Maseko-led consortium's bid for stake in Telkom rejected

    Maseko-led consortium's bid for stake in Telkom rejected A bid led by former Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko to acquire a share in the telecoms company was rejected, Business Times reports. The publication has learnt that Maseko's Afrifund Investments and its partner Madagascar-based Axian Telecom had...
  14. Jan

    Axxess wins Telkom Consumer Award for the best LTE provider

    Axxess named best Telkom LTE provider Axxess has been named the winner of Telkom's Consumer Award for the best LTE provider, marking the third consecutive year the Internet service provider (ISP) has received the accolade. The award designates Axxess as the leading provider of Telkom LTE...
  15. Jan

    MTN SA boss tells shareholders they can keep hiking prices to grow revenue

    MTN promises price increases MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi has assured shareholders that the company could continue implementing inflationary price increases to grow revenue. Molapisi mentioned the price increases during his presentation on the second day of MTN’s Capital Markets Day...
    • Jan
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    • charles molapisi competition commission independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) mtn telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    Comms minister tacitly confirms he is moving South Africa's 2G and 3G sunset dates

    South Africa's 2G and 3G shutdown plans hit a snag South Africa will hopefully know more about the government's intention to shut down 2G and 3G networks in the country in about four months, strongly suggesting that former communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni's deadlines will not be...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    Minister relaxes competition rules on operators, allowing joint procurement of backup power

    Vodacom and MTN get relaxed competition rules to tackle load-shedding South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, has gazetted block exemptions for energy users and suppliers in South Africa to reduce the impact of Eskom load-shedding. The exemptions should...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    Mobile network voice quality testing - Potchefstroom - April 2023

    Big surprise in Potchefstroom mobile voice quality MyBroadband’s latest mobile voice network quality testing revealed that Telkom is the leader in voice calls in Potchefstroom, while MTN and Cell C failed ICASA’s quality standards. These results form part of a network quality testing project...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  19. C

    capped Telkom LTE - crawling speeds and increased ping - evening and weekends

    Anyone?
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sipho Maseko in bid to buy chunk of Telkom

    Sipho Maseko in bid to buy chunk of Telkom Africa’s largest asset manager, the Public Investment Corporation, is backing a possible bid led by the former chief executive of Telkom SA SOC Ltd for a 35% stake in South Africa’s third-biggest mobile phone company, according to people familiar with...
  21. Jan

    Only MTN passed ICASA voice quality standards in PE, Vodacom stone last

    Only one mobile network passed ICASA standards in Port Elizabeth MyBroadband’s mobile voice network quality testing revealed that MTN is the only network that passes the Icasa’s requirements in Port Elizabeth. Icasa gazetted its amendments to the End-user and Subscriber Charter regulations in...
    • Jan
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    • cell c coral-i etsi european telecommunications standards institute independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) keysight mtn telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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