Telkom invests in 3G, CDMA, BPL, iBurst

How about they invest in some more copper wire to replace the damn stolen wire fault in my area that's been in effect for over a month already?..
 
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By the time they look at replacing copper - that would be 2009, by then Neotel, MTN and VC would have rolled out fibre all over this wasteland...
 
fragtion_ said:
How about they invest in some more copper wire to replace the damn stolen wire fault in my area that's been in effect for over a month already?
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Try no infrastructure for 6 months! Yay Telkom! Actually I'm glad I don't have to use them!
 
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wouldn't fixing the current crap first make better sense?
 
I put it to vote Telkom should not be in the news....we should say nothing about them good or bad. Totally ignore them like they don't exist at all.

All in favor say ay.........
 
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By the time they look at replacing copper - that would be 2009, by then Neotel, MTN and VC would have rolled out fibre all over this wasteland...
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And CMDA (when we see Neotel on ground level that is), which should take last mile copper out of business.
Are they being copy-cats??
 
be nice if Telkom could set-up affordable broadband here too - wonder if we could find out what they are charging and what the cap (if any1 is
 
Telkom as confetti gambler - one of those dudes who, at every turn, manically scatter their chips all around the roulette table. Until the chips are eventually whittled away by statistical inevitability...
 
To research and/or offer affordable broadband... Somebody got to teach those mofos at telkom HQ the definition of the word broadband first...
 
http://africaonline.com/infinet_kenya/get_it.html

http://africaonline.com/infinet_kenya/package.html

Looks like there are a few packages, the entry level gives un-metered access (I would imagine with-out cap) during a call-more time, for R 499,00 a month and a un-metered all the time for just over R 900,00 a month - then a 256K un-metered for R 2 896,00 a month - not exactly what I would call " Africa Online head John Josephs said that Telkom and Africa Online are pioneering affordable broadband technology (InfiNet) in Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania " and " You will be surprised to pay a fraction of what your dial-up or DSL service costs you for comparable bandwidth access "

Anyone feel like double checking the facts and figures to see if they are right

InfiNet Lite
Features:
Up to 128 Kbps speeds (Max)
2 Free mailboxes
Interactive Anti Spam
Anti Virus for emails
24 hrs help desk service
Unlimited email 24/7
Unlimited Internet Access from 7pm to 7am during weekdays and 24/7 during weekends and gazetted public holidays
Monthly Charge of KES 3,447 + VAT
(KES 3,999 VAT INCLUSIVE)

If the below rates are correct that works out to R499,00


1.00 KES = 0.124703 ZAR
Kenya Shillings South Africa Rand
1 KES = 0.124703 ZAR 1 ZAR = 8.01904 KES


http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi



And of course Kenya has been in the news with a dodgy election result and a very suspect Telcoms IPO Listing as reported which was reported here http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=111995

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/7318238.stm

Friday, 28 March 2008, 14:20 GMT

The Kenyan government has launched a share flotation of Safaricom, the country's largest mobile phone network

While the government insists it currently owns 60% of Safaricom with the other 40% in the hands of UK giant Vodafone, opposition groups say another firm called Mobitelea also has an interest. Registered in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, Mobitelea's owners remain unknown.

"They [the government] should have told this country who Mobitelea is, and whether they acquird the shares procedurally," opposition MP William Ruto told the BBC.

But wait there's more:

http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pages/stories/vodafone/index.php

10% of Telkom (K) Ltd shares in Safaricom were irregularly transferred to Mobitelea Ventures without the consent of Treasury and that of the parent ministry according to the Fifteenth Report of the Public Investments Committee on the accounts of State Corporations 2007. The explosive Parliamentary Committee Report on Public Investments wants the Director of KACC to immediately institute investigations on the circumstances and manner in which the shares were transferred to Mobitelea with a view to taking appropriate action against any persons found culpable. The PIC also wants the Director of KACC, to include a progress report on the investigation in the Commissions quarterly report to the House for the next immediate period

So who are these Mobitelea people anyway

http://guernseyblogger.blogspot.com/2007/06/plagiarism-at-press.html

Mobitelea’s real owners are hidden behind two nominee firms, Guernsey-registered Mercator Nominees Ltd and Mercator Trustees Ltd. The directors are named as Anson Ltd and Cabot Ltd, based in Anguilla and Antigua.

The companies are the creation of the Mercator Group, a family of businesses led by Mr David Preston, a chartered accountant who once worked for Deloitte and Touche in London and Guernsey. The group specialises in creating and running international dummy companies, offshore trusts and other services.


http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=120120

Safaricom made 46 per cent of what all banks operating in Kenya realised the whole of last year — in just nine months. But when the 12-month results are ready, it may turn out that the mobile telephony firm made an equivalent of 60 per cent of the total banking industry profit.

Even if they do not manage that incredible feat, they have so far made more money than Barclays, Standard Chartered, and Co-operative Bank together. Last year was the best for all banks, which made Sh33 billion, but appears to have been better for the seven-year-old teleco
 
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