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So where does Telkom stand? Is Telkom rolling out WiMAX? To what extent will Telkom deploy WiMAX? Will it replace ADSL? Telkom has deployed WiMAX in most of the major metropolitan areas. The purpose is to act as a fill-in for areas that cannot be covered by ADSL. So a big part of the focus is on periurban areas. The WiMAX footprint also focuses on areas where Telkom experiences ... |
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April 2008 |
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Fixed-line operator Neotel has secured access to the landing station for the SAT3/Safe submarine cable, enabling it to carry international voice and data traffic at competitive prices. Local landing rights to the fibreoptic cable were held exclusively by Neotel competitor Telkom until the end of last year. This exclusivity restricted the ability of operators to cut international... |
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April 2008 |
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When the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) licensed four new operators to compete with pay-TV incumbent MultiChoice last year, analysts immediately focused their attention on Telkom Media. With more than R7bn in debt guarantees, it was assumed the company, 66% held by Telkom, would prove the most formidable competitor to MultiChoice's DStv service. A few months ... |
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April 2008 |
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Hellkom, that very important website that regularly updates the lowdown on the sorry state of South African telecoms, recently did an interesting experiment. In January this year Hellkom did what is called a "reverse IP lookup" on the www.enatis.co.za website. A reverse IP domain check takes a domain name or IP address pointing to a web server and searches for other sites... |
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April 2008 |
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The Neotel Telecoms Academy is preparing to train 26 students in its first
official post-graduate course. Speaking at the launch of the academy, National Electronic Media Institute of SA (Nemisa) CEO Peter de Klerk said the initiative had already undergone a one-year pilot programme. “A while back, Neotel came to us to discuss a specialist telecoms training course. We embarked... |
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April 2008 |
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The ability of low-income people to access e-mail through their mobile phones will not hurt the growth of SA`s Internet café market, says mobile phone giant Nokia. Earlier this month, Nokia announced a range of four entry-level handsets which will allow users to access their Web-based e-mail accounts from their mobile phones. Anand Narang, Nokia`s director of entry category... |
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April 2008 |
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Vodacom SA MD Shameel Joosub is vehemently denying that the operator deliberately withheld documentation which the Competition Tribunal says provided the real reasons for its acquisition of Global Telematics. This follows yesterday's release by the tribunal of its reasons for approving the acquisition unconditionally. In the 13-page document, the tribunal explains it approved... |
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April 2008 |
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Unions negotiating for pay increases with Telkom have decided to refer the matter to the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after their hopes of an increased offer were dashed on Thursday. "We did not make any progress. We are going to refer the matter to the CCMA," said Communication Workers Union national treasurer Richard Poulton. Telkom had... |
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April 2008 |
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Neotel says it has gained access to the SAT-3 landing station, allowing it to bring international services to SA users that are not carried over Telkom's national network, at any point. “Access to the landing station means that Neotel can now carry traffic from Johannesburg to London on its own network”, says Neotel CTO Angus Hay. ICT stakeholders have previously noted that ... |
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April 2008 |
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Telkom would consider any takeover offers and would put them to shareholders, after rejecting an informal approach from Oger Telecom, Africa's biggest fixed-line telephone company said yesterday. Telkom had received two non-binding letters from Dubai-based Oger Telecom expressing an interest in acquiring the company, Telkom said. Oger's offer had been evaluated by Telkom's board ... |
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April 2008 |
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Fixed-line operator Telkom will meet with unions tomorrow in a bid to resolve an ongoing wage dispute. The three Telkom unions – the Communications Workers Union, the South African Communications Union and Solidarity – have been locked in a dispute with the operator since September last year. This was after a three-year wage agreement, signed in 2006, was challenged by the union... |
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April 2008 |
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South African fixed-line operator Telkom will consider any firm takeover bids placed on the table, after rejecting an earlier approach by Dubai-based Oger Telecoms, it told shareholders this morning. In a SENS announcement, Telkom says: “Oger Telecoms has submitted two non-binding letters expressing an interest in acquiring Telkom. Both letters clearly state that they… are not ... |
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April 2008 |
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Africa lags behind other regions when it comes to the size of its Internet domain registrations, with the biggest registry being SA`s .za, which has 400 000 registrations, says communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri. Country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries fast-track economic development and social participation of citizens, as they attract more consumers to use ... |
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April 2008 |
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When the police's multimillion-rand emergency call centre went digital six months ago, it was hailed as world class and expected to give officers the edge against criminals. But the R600-million digital radio network, which the police's top brass said would take policing to the "next level", crashed on Friday night. Just as Joburg police's nightshift crew began arriving for... |
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April 2008 |
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The National Lotteries Board (NLB) will no longer take steps against cellular operator Vodacom for what the regulator considered to be an illegal lottery. Sershan Naidoo, spokesman for the NLB, has confirmed that since Vodacom halted its controversial “100 cars in 100 days” competition, the NLB would leave the matter be. This is despite the NLB landing a recent legal victory... |
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