Telkom in a sentence

We asked the teller why we were able to purchase a Telkom SIM at a PEP even when the systems were offline at a Telkom shop, and were told that it was likely because of the delay between PEP and Telkom’s systems.

Some Telkom customers reported that their inbound Telkom emails were delayed, with outbound emails still working as normal.

The airtime balance on the Telkom SIM did not change throughout the test, as Telkom automatically blocks out-of-bundle billing for prepaid customers by default.

It reportedly asked Telkom for permission to install fibre in its ducts in the estate, but Telkom said it was not obligated to share its infrastructure.

Axian’s bid for Telkom was proposed to its board in early March, and it faces some resistance from its board members.

Daily Investor asked Telkom why the R13 billion impairment loss was not included in the consolidated statement of profit or loss.

During its half-year results released in November, Telkom reported that it had 11,788 employees across the group.

In October, MTN discontinued talks to buy Telkom — a deal that would have created South Africa’s largest mobile-phone operator.

It opened the door for MTN to engage in discussions with Telkom again, but it is not clear whether MTN is keen.

Its four major businesses – Openserve, Gyro, Business Connexion Group (BCX) and Telkom Consumer – are together worth north of R50 billion.

Mobile network operator Telkom has said it will begin a formal retrenchment process that will see it layoff as much as 15% of its workforce as it casts a sharp focus on cost savings initiatives.

Telkom expects to continue facing network challenges due to load-shedding, and infrastructure theft and vandalism in the coming year.

Telkom’s market cap dropped to well below R15 billion, significantly less than much smaller operators like Rain and Vumatel.

When these are removed from the equation, Telkom says it made a R346 million profit for the year.

Telkom confirmed the temporary outage, with the telco gifting affected customers a 1GB data token valid for two days.

The Telkom Towers building was purchased in 2015 for R645m, according to the department of public works.

As the data usage across all SIMs was similar, it means that even if we were charged for out-of-bundle data on the MTN and Cell C SIMs, Vodacom and Telkom allowed the same levels of trace background data usage without depleting our airtime balance.

Designed to help your business thrive, Telkom’s new BizExpander solutions combine the best of both worlds for businesses.

Early in 2020, Telkom said it would have to cut jobs partly as a result of investments in new technologies and revenue streams, particularly in its mobile business, which have taken their toll on profitability.

Excluding the impact of national roaming (both Cell C and Telkom), MTN South Africa would have recorded service revenue growth of 2.3%; including an acceleration in growth in the second quarter to 4.3%,” it said.