Vodacom vs Telkom

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Interesting post from macleodd

Vodacom vs Telkom

Is cellphone group Vodacom preparing an all-out assault on 50% shareholder Telkom? It looks that way. Relations between the two companies have never been good. Now Vodacom Group CEO Alan Knott-Craig is hiring away Telkom’s top talent.

Vodacom has hired two of Telkom’s top executives in the past couple of weeks. Former Telkom chief sales & marketing officer Wally Beelders has been appointed commercial director of a new Vodacom business that will house its Internet service provider (ISP), virtual private networking and WiMax wireless networking interests; and former Telkom chief technical officer Thami Msimango has been appointed chief operating officer of the new business. The appointments come just months after Vodacom hired former Telkom managing executive Minnie Maharaj to manage international wholesale services.
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Eish... Wally and Thami??? Other than the irritation factor to Telkom, I don't see how this is a good thing for Vodacom.
 
Now if Voacom starts buying up telkom shares, then I'll really crack myself up
 
Ag please man.... Vodacom, Telkom, same frikken thing. This is more BS just for show to the concerned public. Vodacom can't take Telkom on even if it had Chuck Norris on board!!!
 
Yes yes, thats right Vodacom and Telkom, fight amongst eachother untill there are nothing left of you both. ;)
 
Vodacom, Telkom they are both ***kendom!

These are two hogs, who cares who wins as long as they both get slaughtered.
 
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
 
I agree with the article on this one. Whilst Telkom own 50% of Vodacom the other 50% is owned by Vodafone who are losing market share in Europe right now and understand how much money can be made from data and convergence in sub saharan Africa.

Telkom should sit up and take notice, they have lost a lot of the voice market and they are about to have the data market swiped from under them as well.

What is even better is that NeoTel will also have to take notice and will now have to compete with more than just Telkom in this market...

Good news for a Thursday
 
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