Telkom

In recent years, South Africans have moved away from phone calls and SMSs and become more inclined to use WhatsApp for communication.

Telkom has begun engaging with unions over its planned retrenchments, with the company planning to cut 3,000 employees in the first phase.

Telkom has called on the Competition Commission to investigate the recently-announced roaming deal between Vodacom and Liquid Telecom.

ISPs are losing money on their Openserve fibre clients and are forced to subsidize these clients using profits from other fibre operators.

Telkom was perfectly positioned to dominate the South African telecommunications industry, but it is now battling to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive market.

Telkom has apologised to subscribers for downtime on Friday with a 500MB data bundle.

Telkom said The Alliance, consisting of Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) and the South African Communication Union (SACU), is the only union it recognises.

Telkom users are reporting that they are unable to connect to the operator's network or use the Internet.

Telkom said because of Vodacom and MTN’s first-mover advantage it is impossible for other players to "play in this space".

We compared the real customer base of Telkom, MTN, Vodacom, and Cell C according to their latest published trading results.

Telkom's cancellation system remains a problem for many customers, with certain users still being incorrectly blacklisted by the company.

MyBroadband spoke to several prominent local ISPs about the country-wide decline in ADSL users.

An internal mail sent to Telkom employees has warned them to be cognizant of their behaviour on social media.

IDC research manager Sabelo Dlamini explains what telecoms companies must do to prepare for the future.

The latest CareerJunction Index (CJI) report showed a strong downward trend in demand for IT professionals in South Africa.