Telkom street boxes now branded Open Serve?

[airborne]

In the area where I live Telkom did a big network upgrade about 2yrs ago with new junction boxes with Telkom stickers on the boxes, ADSL line speeds also increased, then a month or two ago all the junction boxes had the Telkom stickers removed and replaced with Open Serve.

What could be happening?

 

[grump_grouch]

13 October 2015

Telkom launches redesigned wholesale division

Telkom today launches Openserve, the company’s redesigned wholesale and networks division. Openserve will be a distinct business unit within the Telkom Group

http://openserve.co.za/open/press-releases/

 

[jun_tao]

Openserve is Telkom's wholesale division.

https://techcentral.co.za/telkom-spins-off-wholesale-as-openserve/60510/

 

[Sinbad]

No. Openserve is the infrastructure company. Telkom is now a separate service provider that uses openserve infrastructure amongst others.

 

[RedViking]

Openserve is the new Telkom is Openserve who is Telkom.

 

[dunkyd]

No change. The bakkies still park in Rangeview under the trees, drivers asleep.

 

[airborne]

Thanks guys, never knew that, have seen open serve bakkies all over the place.

So Open Serve now maintains all the Internet access infrastructure(copper and fiber and voice landlines?) and Telkom is supposed to be viewed as just a service provider that sells the bandwidth?

 

[LazyLion]

Been that way for more than a year now...

 

[Smiley_lauf]

I guess there is some truth to the saying "same sh*t, different day"

 

[deesef]

They probably paid McKinsley and Bain R100 million each for the latest "restructuring" exercise and this is their joint recommendation to increase profit margins?