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  1. Jan

    Telkom warns shareholders of huge earnings hit

    Telkom issues major profit warning — headline earnings plummets up to 105% Telkom has warned shareholders that it expects an 85% to 105% decline in headline earnings per share when it reports its results for the 2022/23 financial year next month. This translates to an expected headline...
  2. Jan

    Vodacom, MTN, Liquid, Rain, and Telkom's asks to help them deal with load-shedding

    Network operators ask for diesel rebate and relaxed competition rules over load-shedding South Africa’s mobile network operators have asked government for a diesel rebate and permission to collaborate on sharing power sources and security at their towers. Through their industry association...
  3. Jan

    Mobile voice network quality test results for Cape Town - April 2023

    Best mobile network in Cape Town revealed MyBroadband’s latest mobile voice network quality testing revealed that MTN has the best network performance in Cape Town, while Vodacom and Cell C failed Icasa standards. These results form part of a network quality testing project to determine the...
  4. Jan

    Polokwane mobile voice network quality test results - April 2023

    MTN beats Vodacom in Polokwane MyBroadband’s latest mobile voice network quality testing revealed that MTN has the best network performance in Polokwane, followed by Vodacom, Telkom, and Cell C. These results form part of a network quality testing project to determine the performance of...
  5. Jan

    Mobile network voice quality testing in Nelspruit (April 2023) - MTN wins

    MTN tops network quality in Nelspruit MyBroadband’s latest mobile voice network quality testing revealed that MTN has the best network performance in Nelspruit, while Cell C failed Icasa’s standards in the area. These results form part of a network quality testing project to determine the...
  6. Jan

    Voice quality test results for Durban (tests conducted in April 2023) - Telkom wins, Vodacom loses

    Telkom first, Vodacom last in Durban MyBroadband’s latest mobile voice network quality testing revealed that Telkom and MTN had the best voice networks in Durban, well ahead of Cell C and Vodacom. These results form part of a network quality testing project to determine the performance of...
  7. Yoda Arain

    Telkom! A telecom to avoid

    This is a 5-minute read. I almost became a Telkom customer! Even though I suffered from Cell C's speeds and network unavailability during load-shedding, I still kept going with them because they were affordable (though almost not anymore after the current raise in HCF's plans and competitors...
  8. Jan

    North West mobile network voice quality testing results - May 2023

    Mobile network battle in Rustenburg and Brits MyBroadband’s mobile voice network quality testing revealed that MTN has the best voice network Brits, Vodacom in Rustenburg, and Telkom in the Hartbeespoort area. Vodacom came stone last in Hartbeespoort — behind Cell C. These results form part of...
  9. S

    Telkom strikes again

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  10. Armin Nel

    Thinking about switching from MTN to Telkom LTE ISP.

    Hello everyone, I'm kinda new with this. I am searching for advice, I'm thinking about switching ISPs because my LTE and mobile calling experience with MTN is getting worse by the day, but when I compare that with my friends experience at that moment that is with Telkom his outcome is far more...
  11. Jan

    Capitec says its MVNO's data prices are "arguably" the cheapest on the market

    Capitec Connect says it has the cheapest data on the market — we test its claim Capitec has released its results for the financial year ended 28 February 2023 and claimed in its annual report that its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) “arguably” has the cheapest data on the market. A...
  12. Jan

    Mobile network voice quality test results in Johannesburg - MTN beats Vodacom

    MTN crushes Vodacom in Johannesburg MyBroadband’s latest mobile voice network quality testing revealed that MTN has the best voice network in Johannesburg, followed by Vodacom, Telkom, and Cell C. These results form part of an extensive network quality testing project to determine the...
  13. Jan

    South Africa's big data centre operators - April 2023

    Top data centre providers in South Africa South Africa has seen a boom in data centre investments in recent years, with Africa Data Centres, BCX, Open Access Data Centres (OADC) and Teraco being among the top providers in the country. Data centres provide South African businesses, hosting...
  14. Jan

    Maziv vs Openserve in homes passed, homes connected, and capex

    South Africa's fibre war Vumatel has reported a significant increase in the number of homes connected to its fibre network, once again overtaking Telkom-owned Openserve. Telkom reported higher connection numbers in a voluntary fourth-quarter trading update in February, briefly overtaking...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Former Samsung exec says Telkom needs foreign investment

    Former Samsung exec says Telkom needs foreign investment Telkom requires a global company's investment to unlock its real value and help grow its market share in South Africa to better challenge Vodacom and MTN. That is the view of Telkom board member Sung Hyock Yoon, who recently spoke to...
  16. RedViking

    Do you still make use of Voicemail services? (Poll)

    With the rise of alternative communication channels, such as Whatsapp, Telegram and Text Messages, do you think Voicemail is dead or do you still make use of it?
  17. Jan

    Vumatel and Openserve charge ISPs for downgrades

    These fibre networks punish ISPs when customers downgrade to cheaper packages At least two of South Africa's major fibre network operators (FNOs) penalise Internet service providers (ISPs) when their fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) customers downgrade to slower packages. The issue of fibre downgrade...
  18. Jan

    Vodacom and MTN explain why 5G routers remain expensive

    Why 5G routers are so expensive in South Africa There are only a handful of 5G routers that fixed wireless access subscribers can choose from in South Africa. These devices are still very scarce and expensive because the market for them is still growing, and the parts they are made from are...
  19. Jan

    Telkom taps Bank of America for sale of stake in fiber unit Openserve

    Telkom kicks off sale of Openserve Telkom SA SOC has kicked off the sale of a stake in its fiber business, as it seeks to unlock value for shareholders and boost profit. The South African telecommunications group is working with Bank of America Corp. to gauge interest in the Openserve business...
  20. Jan

    Criminal mobile tower destruction in photos

    "This is a crisis" — Photos of MTN's battle against battery thieves MTN South Africa recently took press to visit cellphone towers that criminals had vandalised. The network operator wanted to show the impact of infrastructure theft and vandalism on its mobile network base stations and the...
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