My my... Didn't Telkom cry like babies back then..

[TheRoDent]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2001/0104091111.asp

“Right now it looks like Sentech will have the best licence of all of them,” he says. “Their licence devalues the second operator, and it devalues Telkom.”

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Moche describes the three-year period in which the SNO will be allowed to share the Telkom network as a vacation, although the government's Department of Communications justifies it as a measure to help the new player get on its feet.

“In my mind, you are not going to have network growth for at least two years in this situation,” he says, adding that only 90 days is needed to establish an entire national network. “Six months ought to be enough to build the second network. Anything more than that is simply cannibalisation.”

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It's quite sad that they can put up such a whinge-fight about competition, and complain about "unfair" SNO "vacations", yet their users' voices go totally unheard.


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[caroper]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TheRoDent</i>
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Telkom can't even roll out a single ADSL line in 90 Days [][}]
Where did that figre come from. [?]

 

[CrazyMadMan]

Awwwwww for the first time Telkom are ****ting their pants, die you bastards die, Sentech kill these pigs, take them out, i back you 100% Telkom you thought the day would not come but oh, it is here take your ADSL and shove it up your asses, hahaha

Fantasy is what people want, reality is what they need.

 

[mbs]

It's my fervent hope that, as opposed to the traditional 'dog-eat-dog' approach of capitalist marketing in a bid to retain market share and increase profits, that Telkom will ultimately realise that there is much more to be gained in a cooperative approach to telecomms in South Africa. This implies that they should be talking and listening to Sentech, the SNO and Government, in an endeavour to identify and focus their future actions appropriately, to engender a win-win situation for all. I believe that this is in fact an absolute must, as a natural consequence of their public service mandate. It follows that ultimately we, as consumers, would also benefit, and that telcomms in South Africa would eventually be up to par. Tragically, Telkom tends to treat its customers as an unavoidable nuisance, and will not listen to them - their strategic management and operational decision-makers should all be summarily dismissed!

 

[Perdition]

It would be great if Telkom were to follow a cooperative approach however that may be a Utopian wish. I don't believe any of the managers or decision makers know how to run business in any form other than anti-competitively. They live in the old school of business rules where the goal is to crush your opponents rather than work with them to the benefit of all. This approach works wonderfully when you're a protected monopoly however when you are thrown into the contemporary competitive marketplace without your protective doggie collar you will soon get torn apart and I fear Telkom will need to be taken to near death before they wake up and change their ways [V]

 

[mbs]

Ja well - that's the tragedy of it all. Like I said, their strategic management and operational decision-makers should be given the boot, given their apparent inability to appropriately manage the perceived dichotomy between their public service mandate, and the need to increase shareholder value (these are *not* conflicting goals, but could indeed become such, depending upon the approach adopted to realise such goals/objectives). Also says a lot about their approach to governance - I wouldn't be one bit surprised if this is of secondary consideration, with mere lip-service and fancy reports sent up the line being the norm...