Nashua Mobile announced on Thursday it was to offer 8ta’s cellular services and products to its subscriber base countrywide with immediate effect.
Telkom’s newly appointed CEO considers Africa as a growth region and said on Tuesday it will look at acquisitions after two to three years.
Telkom has appointed company veteran Pinky Moholi as its new CEO as it struggles to craft a convincing turnaround strategy.
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/ 17 February 2011
Lazarus Zim will replace Jeff Molobela as chairperson of Telkom with immediate effect for a one-year period.
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/ 10 February 2011
Telkom met unions this week to discuss potential job cuts, as the struggling fixed-line operator seeks to rein in costs, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 21 January 2011
Acting chief executive’s resignation has not thrown the company into turmoil; it was like that before he arrived.
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/ 14 January 2011
Telkom said on Friday its acting CEO will not renew his contract when it expires at the end of March.
Telkom says the deadline for unbundling the local loop, the "last mile" of copper cables that connects consumers to its network, is "unrealistic".
The government on Monday told Telkom to "move swiftly" in dealing with allegations of widespread corruption within the company.
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/ 13 December 2010
Communications Minister Roy Padayachie expressed concern at media reports regarding a dossier that alleges "widespread corruption" at Telkom.
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/ 9 December 2010
Union dossier on corruption in Telkom implicates 16 current and former senior managers and executives.
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/ 29 November 2010
Cell C is "going for Telkom’s jugular with its new rates" and is no longer playing in the same field as South Africa’s other mobile operators.
Telkom’s 8ta grips 186 033 users in its first month, while hoping to encourage other service providers to bring their fixed-line costs down.
Power utility says it will go ahead with its plans even if the government can’t decide where the additional R20-billion will come from.
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/ 12 November 2010
Fight over Telkom could be on the horizon. The new communications minister has warned that government won’t let go so easily.
Telkom warns the launch of mobile operator 8ta and a wage agreement with trade unions will hit earnings in the six months to September 30, 2010.
Telkom’s new mobile business, 8ta, s stepping up the fight with rivals Vodacom, MTN and Cell C with the launch of five contract packages.
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/ 5 November 2010
When Robert Gumede tendered to produce phonecards for Telkom in 2002, he had just come out of a bad break-up with his business partner.
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/ 5 November 2010
The <i>M&G</i> responds to Robert Gumede’s smear campaign against it.
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/ 22 October 2010
Ambassador to Germany and Telkom chairperson have been fingered in ‘illegal’ deal.
As of Monday SA will have a fourth mobile operator and it means business. The new operator, which has been dubbed "8ta", is the mobile arm of Telkom.
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/ 1 September 2010
The Communications Workers Union has expressed its support for the SABC board’s decision to suspend General Chief Executive Officer Solly Mokoetle.
There is hope that under new leadership telecoms giant Telkom will turn the corner.
The acting CEO of Telkom, Jeffrey Hedberg, on Wednesday vowed that the group would become a more transparent organisation.
Resignation comes after the completion of first of two forensic reports on allegations of corruption and fraud involving security companies.
Telkom has appointed Jeffrey Hedberg, head of its struggling Nigerian unit, as acting group chief executive to replace Reuben September.
Telkom chief executive allegedly ignored warnings about irregularities in security contracts.
The company illustrates the poor record of parastatals in black economic empowerment at the ownership level.
Its poor annual results show a R5,2-billion knock from its Nigerian business.
Telkom’s profit plummeted for the year ended on March 31, partially affected by its Nigerian interest Multi-Links which it purchased for $410-million.
Claims of fraud and corruption against Telkom staffers and security companies hired to protect its copper grid are mounting.