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  1. Jan

    We're doing a national mobile network quality test - including calls and data speeds

    South Africa's biggest-ever mobile network quality test kicks off MyBroadband has partnered with Analytico, Afristay, and Keysight distributor Coral-i to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom's networks across South Africa. Mobile network quality is a key consideration...
    • Jan
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  3. Jan

    Mvuleni Geoffrey Qhena is Telkom's new chairman

    Telkom announces board chair Telkom has announced the appointment of Mvuleni Geoffrey Qhena as a non-executive director and chairman of its board. Qhena’s appointment as director is effective from 27 March 2023, while his duties as chair begin on 1 April.
    • Jan
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  4. Jan

    Arc keeps 20.65% Rain stake at R3.635 billion valuation

    Rain's R18 billion valuation African Rainbow Capital (Arc) Investments has released its half-year financial results and announced that it had maintained its 20.25% shareholding of Rain at a R3.635 billion valuation. Dividing the valuation by Arc’s shareholding shows that the company believes...
    • Jan
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  5. Jan

    Fastest mobile data speed tests in South Africa at the start of 2023

    Impressive mobile data speeds in South Africa The latest research by Analytico shows that top mobile speed tests in South Africa are approaching gigabit speeds. Analytico found the three fastest tests done on each mobile network in South Africa using both Android and iOS devices.
    • Jan
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  6. Jan

    Best-selling smartphones in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's top-selling smartphone models revealed Samsung's Galaxy A series budget and mid-range smartphones dominate device sales at two of South Africa's major mobile networks and a large general goods retailer. MyBroadband asked the country's four biggest mobile networks and several...
    • Jan
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  7. Jan

    Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa meets with network bosses

    Minister of Electricity meets with Vodacom and MTN South Africa’s newly-minted Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, met with mobile network operators on Thursday. “This morning I met with mobile network operators to understand their energy needs, as it relates to the protections of...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 38
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  8. Jan

    Top neighbourhoods for mobile broadband - March 2023

    Load-shedding crushes data speeds in South Africa's top mobile broadband neighbourhoods Analytico’s latest research shows that Bryanston, Century City and Garsfontein had the fastest mobile Internet in South Africa at the start of 2023. The results are based on 267,853 tests done on the...
    • Jan
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  9. Jan

    Vodacom finally fixes disappearing data problem on LTE — Cell C doesn't

    Data worth thousands disappearing from Cell C An investigation by Analytico has revealed that data disappears from Cell C SIMs connected to a 4G network even when mobile data is disabled. Analytico performed separate tests for disappearing airtime and data with SIMs from all four major network...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 3
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  10. Jan

    Power cuts a huge problem for 5G - WAPA

    Eskom load-shedding is killing 5G in South Africa Although 5G is more power efficient, cellular towers using the technology consume more electricity than LTE because it supports much higher speeds. “One of the selling points of 5G is that it’s more ‘eco-friendly’ than LTE,” said Wireless...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 17
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  11. Jan

    Best-rated ISPs in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's top ISPs at the start of 2023 Analytico's latest South African ISP rankings revealed that Afrihost is South Africa's top-rated Internet service provider (ISP), followed by Axxess and Mweb. It is the first report that used Analytico's new rating methodology, which considers more...
    • Jan
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  12. Jan

    IHS Towers considers buying Telkom's tower unit

    MTN-owned company considers buying Telkom's cellular towers New York-listed IHS Holding Ltd. is weighing a bid for South Africa’s Telkom SA SOC’s tower unit, according to people familiar with the matter. Deliberations are focused on the structure of the potential deal, although Telkom remains...
  13. Jan

    Telkom announces mobile, DSL, FTTH, and voice price increases

    Telkom hikes prices Telkom has announced it will hike its mobile, DSL, and voice product prices from 1 April 2023 and increase fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) prices on 1 May 2023. The telecoms company said South Africa's high inflation rate meant that price increases were "necessary and unavoidable"...
    • Jan
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    • digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) lunga siyo openserve telkom
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. B

    Force Telkom SIM to only use Roaming networks

    Hi everyone I'm trying to figure out a way to force my telkom sim to only use the roaming networks(655-03 and 655-05). (I have a Samsung S10E), my current solution is to use the advanced band selection and disable the LTE Bands that telkom uses. This works but the problem then is I only end up...
  15. Jan

    Vodacom, MTN, Telkom can't say much about tower batteries for fear of syndicates

    Criminal syndicates targeting South Africa's cellphone towers South Africa's mobile operators are reluctant to reveal the providers and brands of the batteries they use to keep their networks online during load-shedding due to the risk of being targeted by criminals. Criminal syndicates seek...
  16. Jan

    Openserve network problem - 20 February 2023

    Openserve network problems Some Openserve customers in the Gauteng region may be experiencing downtime or degraded performance due to a problem on the network. Internet service provider Supersonic informed subscribers about the issue in an SMS message on Monday.
  17. Jan

    CWU will fight Telkom's plan to retrench 15% of workforce

    Telkom's plan to cut 2,000 employees "outrageous" — Union Communications Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Aubrey Tshabalala said they would fight Telkom’s plan to retrench 15% of its workforce. The CWU, together with the South African Communication Union (SACU), jointly represent the...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    Telkom exploring sale of minority stake in Openserve

    Telkom wants to sell part of fibre giant Openserve Telkom says “various initiatives are underway” to sell a minority stake in Openserve, its wholesale and network division. This follows the legal separation of Openserve to a stand-alone entity on 1 September 2022.
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 17
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  19. Jan

    Telkom announces Section 189 process affecting 15% of staff

    Telkom announces retrenchments Telkom has announced that it will begin formal proceedings to restructure the company in terms of section 189 of the Labour Relations Act. Section 189 (S189) governs how South African companies should conduct layoffs.
  20. Jan

    Telkom announces plan to raise R1 billion by selling “qualifying device receivables” to financial institutions

    Telkom plans raising R1 billion amid dwindling profits Telkom plans to raise R1 billion by selling “qualifying device receivables” to financial institutions. The partially state-owned company announced the plan in a quarterly trading update published on Tuesday.
  21. GatekeeperTD

    Still no stock of iPhone 14s in SA.

    Does anyone have any idea when the iPhone 14 shortage of stock is going to end? I am trying to upgrade to the iPhone 14 Pro Max 128GB, and upon phoning Telkom and iStore, I have been advised there is no stock in the country - anywhere. So my question is this... Why do the companies whom offer...
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