Telkom fixed line capex R30bn in next 5 yrs

Can just imagine in their portfolio previously.

Why is telkom a good option to invest in?

After years of public relations, we have thoroughly confused the goverment, reporters and general public as to what we really do and offer. Therefore TELKOM is an excellent investment choice because if the customer don't know what their buying is worth, then we can charge whatever we want for it.
 
LOL Just watch Telkom's share price falling! It was down by more than 4% today, but now it's down just under 3%

This was the last bull market for Telkom EVER!

Oh joy!! :D
 
The people pulling the strings for Telkom knows the Telkom Machine is a Sick one, and that if they don't look after it, it will die!... ... DIE ANYWAY
 
Is the 30 billion to roll out infrastructure in poor areas, and to replace the delapidated copper all over the country?

Or is it to foot their legal bills :)
 
More BS , same #### different day , they want to expand they want better adsl penetration , since november paw-paw has done nothing other than mouth along to the same song his former telkom ceo's did . When they realise that the solutions that we have suggested all the time , the simple things that have been suggested to them all this time could actually make themmore money and get a lot more people going to adsl it would have been to late .

The sno and others would have taken most of the market and the will STILL be left trying to "streamline" aka fire more people to make more profits , and STILL be left with a large amount of people waiting for basic services . Too much talk , no doing , and they wonder why they are going to be dropped like a bad habit as soon as it is possible ! Would it not be funny to one day phone telkom with a problem and the person taking your call is named papi . :D
 
Perhaps insignificant but how does this proposed investment in infrastructure compare to their total investment over say the last 5yrs?
 
They never bothered to invest in the infrastructure, now that they've got competition they suddenly wake up and notice that their customers are'nt happy so they want to invest in the infrastructure. Frikken idiots!!

I wouldnt even bother if I were them, people will move over to the SNO just to spite Teklom.
 
Well, they are always whining about trying to recover the costs of their previous investments, so I would be interested to know what it is/wa.
 
Hope for Telkom

IMO the only way Telkom can make up for years of poor service is to first and foremost stop their current practices and implement new, better processes immediately to address the problematic issues:

1) Invest in the infrastructure instead of in excessive bonuses to all the top-honchos. Make sure there is enough hardware and infrastrure to exceed the current demand. Maintain and replace faulty equipment. Upgrade to cater for future demand, not just current ones.
2) Put the customer 1st by actually delivering services without long delays and backlogs - if more staff are needed to get back on track, then employ and train them. As the client base grows, there'll still be plenty of areas to redeploy the extra staff for maintenance and growth.
3) Lower costs in line with International trends. Believe it or not, but there a lot more telcos with much more experience than Telkom - learn from them and start thinking long-term - lower costs, larger client base.
4) Last (but not least) start doing what is the primary nature of your business ... communicate with your customers. Stop leaving faults unresolved for ages / postponing installation orders for months / rely on the customers to repeatedly contact you to find out when things will be working / installed / done! I can hardly believe that a communication company doesn't effectively communicate with it's customers ... and what's worse is that they get away with it! The days of 'feel-good ads' and information-lacking press releases are over. Competition will drive bad and inefficient business practices away. It's only a matter of time, but the longer they wait, the worse it get's for them.

Start doing all of the above, and competition or not, Telkom will have a much better chance of growing revenue into the future.

I wish someone in charge opens their eyes and comes to the same conclusion. Eventually, we consumers, will get the benefit of improved delivery and affordable world-class service. I'd just like it to be sooner rather than later.
 
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maybe they replacing all the expensive to run/maintain equipment ? don't alot of it think it wll be for copper to houses except to perhaps already paying customers ? then again they have to shorten the lengths to exchange if they wanna introduce a plethora of broadband service/media service like triple play etc. You know if only telkom owned a cell operator they could make a huge killing in the current market esp since most calls will be terminated on their own network.
 
This would be achieved, by among other things, aggressively growing data and converged IP services, increasing DSL penetration to 20% of lines by 2010, expanding outside South Africa and by building a leading South African ICT business.
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The SNO can reach the 1 Million mark in a year with good pricing
Beelders said Telkom would focus on countries and businesses where it could add value and identified sub-Saharan Africa as a geographic focus.
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He means countries without competition.
Telkom's key priorities would be customer centricity, revenue retention and growth, upgrading the network to grow new revenue streams and cost management, he said.
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Don't see any price reductions heading our way.
 
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