| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.08.2026 | Telkom’s prepaid growth is running on credit | Telkom’s group CEO, Serame Taukobong
Telkom’s mobile business drove another quarter of top-line growth, but the numbers behind its market-leading prepaid performance show how much of that growth now rests on airtime lending and AI-driven cu... |
| 23.07.2026 | Fat bonuses at Telkom despite group missing own targets | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom missed its own headline financial targets in its 2026 financial year – on revenue, profit and free cash flow – yet most of its top executives took home short-term bonuses that exceeded their on-targe... |
| 20.07.2026 | Openserve hits back in fibre ISP row | Openserve has mounted a defence of its decision to launch its own internet service provider, telling TechCentral that the Telkom-owned wholesale fibre operator is “well below the threshold for dominance” in competition law – and that the bu... |
| 08.07.2026 | Memo to Eskom: Telkom already lost this fight | The gloves are off. Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati says Business Leadership South Africa and Business Unity South Africa – long the loudest critics of political meddling in state-owned enterprises – are themselves guilty of advocating “politica... |
| 30.06.2026 | South Africa’s fibre underdogs are beating the giants | A group of smaller fibre network operators (FNOs) have scored ahead of most of South Africa’s established players in the latest perception survey from the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), the officially recognised representat... |
| 02.06.2026 | Telkom’s data growth story still has years to run: CEO | As voice revenue dwindles into a commodity and the industry braces for data eventually to go the same way, Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong reckons the operator has years of data-driven growth still ahead of it – and a broader definition o... |
| 02.06.2026 | Telkom lifts dividend 66% as it slashes debt | Telkom rewarded shareholders with a sharply bigger dividend in its 2026 financial year after a balance sheet clean-up that nearly halved the group’s debt – though the payout boost came against a poor performance at BCX.
The group declared a... |
| 02.06.2026 | Why Telkom is pouring capital spending into IT | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom customers who want to buy fibre, mobile and a fixed-wireless product in a single purchase still can’t do so easily – a shortcoming group CEO Serame Taukobong has acknowledged is the central problem a... |
| 31.05.2026 | Telkom reports this Tuesday: the real story will be in the detail | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
When Telkom releases its results for the year to end-March this Tuesday, the headline number will look spectacular. The detail beneath it will be more interesting.
The JSE-listed group flagged in a trading ... |
| 14.05.2026 | Telkom recovering after Cape storms disrupt network | Telkom has confirmed that the severe weather that battered the Cape provinces this week disrupted parts of its network, with the impact falling primarily on internet services rather than voice calls.
In a statement, Telkom said the operator... |
| 14.04.2026 | The case for unbundling SuperSport | Inside a SuperSport outside broadcast truck on match day
SportyTV, a streaming-only platform most South Africans have never heard of, this week announced it has secured pay-television rights to all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup. Fo... |
| 14.04.2026 | Telkom launches prepaid fibre for businesses | Telkom’s Lunga Siyo
Telkom Business has launched a prepaid fibre product aimed at small enterprises, start-ups and short-term operations that want reliable connectivity without signing a long-term contract or going through credit vetting.
T... |
| 20.02.2026 | South Africa’s dynamic spectrum breakthrough | The author, Paul Colmer
The digital divide in South Africa just got its most credible solution yet. After years of planning, trials and technical validation, dynamic spectrum sharing has moved from regulatory aspiration to proven reality – ... |
| 16.02.2026 | Telkom tops 25 million mobile subscribers as data growth surges | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom Group’s mobile business has passed 25 million subscribers for the first time, powered by strong data growth that saw mobile data subscribers surge 29.3% to 19.3 million in the third quarter ended 31 ... |
| 10.02.2026 | A million reasons monopolies don’t work | Vumatel has crossed one million fibre subscribers. It’s a hugely significant milestone for the Maziv-owned operator, but the number matters less for what it says about one company than for what it reveals about the transformative power of c... |
| 09.02.2026 | Vumatel tops a million subscribers in South African broadband milestone | Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare
Maziv-owned fibre operator Vumatel has crossed the one million subscriber mark, cementing its position as South Africa’s largest fibre-to-the-home network operator and underscoring the rapid pace at which fibre is dis... |
| 20.01.2026 | South Africa’s new fibre broadband battle | Uncapped fibre internet for R5/day? It’s a reality in parts of South Africa as broadband providers push affordable fibre into communities long underserved by traditional fixed-line networks.
What was once the preserve of affluent suburbs is... |
| 18.01.2026 | Vodacom, Maziv deal rewrites South Africa’s open-access rulebook | The authors, Altman Solon’s Björn Menden and Switala Ventures’ Thomas Switala
When the competition authorities last year finally approved Vodacom’s acquisition of a 30% stake in Maziv – the parent of Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa – they qui... |
| 18.12.2025 | TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2025 | It’s been a banner year for South Africa’s technology industry, one that was defined by major acquisitions, costly legal battles and intense competition.
From telecommunications and broadcasting to intellectual property and platform power, ... |
| 20.11.2025 | Telkom’s turnaround looks real – but is the growth sustainable? | A Telkom communications tower in Pretoria
Telkom released its interim results for the six-month period ending 30 September 2025 on Tuesday. On the surface, the headline number is exceptionally strong: the group’s headline earnings per share... |
| 18.11.2025 | Telkom is sitting pretty | Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom has delivered an impressive set of interim results for the six months to 30 September 2025, underscoring the extent to which the company is outperforming its larger rivals, MTN and Vodacom, in South Africa... |
| 18.11.2025 | Why Telkom is winning in mobile | Telkom Consumer CEO Lunga Siyo
Stringent cost management has been a driver of Telkom Mobile’s success alongside its market-leading value offerings. At R79/GB, Telkom is offering prepaid data at the cheapest rates but still managing to grow ... |
| 16.09.2025 | South Africa’s telecoms sector has a customer sentiment problem | The telecommunications sector scored lowest in customer sentiment compared to other major industries in 2024, according to the PwC South African Telecommunications Sentiment Index, produced in collaboration with DataEQ.
“Sentiment data offe... |
| 05.09.2025 | No talks between MTN and Telkom: Ralph Mupita | MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has denied a report that the pan-African telecommunications operator is in any form of discussion about a potential acquisition of Telkom Group.
Speaking at a media event in Johannesburg on Friday, Mupita said tha... |
| 04.09.2025 | MTN may rekindle talks to buy Telkom | A Telkom communications tower in Pretoria
MTN Group is considering renewing talks, previously abandoned, to acquire rival Telkom, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.
“The two companies co... |
| 19.08.2025 | AOL is shutting down dial-up internet – Telkom beat it by years | America Online (AOL), famous for its aggressive marketing campaigns, will shut down its dial-up internet service at the end of next month.
“AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue dial-up internet,” ... |
| 18.08.2025 | MTN’s Mupita backs Vodacom-Maziv fibre deal | MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has described the competition appeal court’s decision last week to approve the sale of a co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv to Vodacom as “very positive and constructive”.
Afte... |
| 05.08.2025 | Telkom keeps winning – but BCX is still a drag | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom’s strong financial performance in its 2025 financial year has continued into the new year, with the partially state-owned telecommunications group on Tuesday reporting good growth in its mobile and f... |
| 05.08.2025 | Taukobong’s Telkom keeps winning | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom’s strong financial performance in its 2025 financial year has continued into the new year, with the partially state-owned telecommunications group on Tuesday reporting good growth in its mobile and f... |
| 20.07.2025 | Vodacom fibre play pushes Maziv valuation above Telkom’s | Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of a 30% stake in fibre network operator Maziv could value the target company at up to R36-billion after agreeing revised terms on Friday.
That would make Maziv, which owns fibre companies Vumatel and Dark Fib... |
| 12.06.2025 | Beauty Apleni Takes the Helm at Openserve: A New Era for Connectivity | In the fast-paced world of telecommunications, change is the only constant. On July 1, 2025, Beauty Apleni stepped into the role of CEO at Openserve, the fibre business of Telkom Group. This appointment marks a significant shift in leadersh... |
| 12.06.2025 | The New Wave of Connectivity: Beauty Apleni Takes the Helm at Openserve | In the fast-paced world of telecommunications, change is the only constant. On July 1, 2025, Beauty Apleni stepped into the spotlight as the new CEO of Openserve, a subsidiary of Telkom Group. This move signals a new chapter for the company... |
| 10.06.2025 | Beauty Apleni is new CEO at Openserve | Beauty Apleni
Telkom Group has appointed Beauty Apleni as the new CEO of its Openserve fibre business from 1 July.
The announcement was made by Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong at the company’s annual results presentation in Sandton on Tue... |
| 04.03.2025 | MTN poaches top Openserve executive | Pushkar Gokhale
MTN South Africa has appointed senior Openserve executive Pushkar Gokhale as its new chief wholesale officer. He will start in the job in August.
His role will involve ensuring MTN becomes the “network of choice for the whol... |
| 11.02.2025 | Telkom shares at two-year high amid ‘growing momentum’ | Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom’s share price was trading at a near-two-year high on Tuesday after a quarterly trading update suggested the business is outperforming its rivals in mobile services.
The shares touched an intraday high of R... |
| 10.02.2025 | Telkom is eating its rivals’ lunch in mobile | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom on Monday published its financial results for the three months ended 31 December 2024 – and they’re good, especially in the mobile business, which expanded service revenue by almost 10% year on year.... |
| 12.01.2025 | Cell C's Cybersecurity Crisis: A Deep Dive into the Ransomware Attack | In the digital age, data is the new gold. Protecting it is paramount. Recently, Cell C, a prominent mobile operator in South Africa, found itself in the eye of a cybersecurity storm. The company reported a “cybersecurity incident” that expo... |
| 10.01.2025 | Cell C was hit by ransomware gang | A ransomware group called RansomHouse appears to have been responsible for an attack on Cell C that compromised the data of some of its clients, TechCentral has established.
The mobile operator said on Wednesday that it had been impacted by... |
| 08.01.2025 | Maziv hires top executive from rival Openserve | Maziv, the company that owns Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, has hired Phila Dube, the outgoing chief commercial officer at Openserve, into a similar role.
Dube’s appointment as Maziv chief commercial officer comes after a 26-year career at ... |
| 21.12.2024 | South Africa's Tech Landscape: A Year of Change and Challenge | 2024 has been a watershed year for South Africa. The political landscape shifted dramatically, shaking the foundations of the African National Congress (ANC). For the first time since the dawn of democracy, the ANC lost a general election. ... |
| 17.12.2024 | Openserve CEO Althon Beukes steps down after 30 years with Telkom | Openserve CEO Althon Beukes
Openserve CEO Althon Beukes is stepping down from his role at the helm of the Telkom-owned fibre network operator to “seek new career challenges”.
He had been CEO of Openserve for four years, but had worked for T... |
| 18.11.2024 | Telkom withdraws plan to sell Openserve stake | Telkom has suspended plans to sell part of its fibre business, CEO Serame Taukobong said on Monday, as the fixed broadband service helped drive the company’s half-year income.
Shares in Telkom, 40.5% owned by government, were up 5.48% at 3.... |
| 31.10.2024 | ISPs love Octotel, industry survey finds | Octotel has displaced MetroFibre as South Africa’s highest-rated large fibre network operator (FNO), according to a new study by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa).
Every six months, Ispa publishes a ranking of consumer perc... |
| 30.10.2024 | South Africa's Telecom Turmoil: A Missed Opportunity for Connectivity | South Africa's telecommunications landscape is a battlefield. The recent decision by the Competition Tribunal to block Vodacom's acquisition of a stake in Maziv has sent shockwaves through the industry. This deal was more than just a merger... |
| 29.10.2024 | Competition Tribunal blocks Vodacom-Maziv deal | The Competition Tribunal has thrown South Africa’s telecommunications industry into turmoil after it said on Tuesday that it was blocking Vodacom’s acquisition of a co-controlling stake in Vumatel parent Maziv.
The deal had been widely expe... |
| 14.08.2024 | ADSL is at death’s door in South Africa | Telkom’s legacy copper digital subscriber line (DSL) network, once the cornerstone of the company’s internet offerings, will be dead and buried within two years.
This is according to Althon Beukes, CEO of Openserve, a Telkom subsidiary and ... |
| 08.08.2024 | Blocking Maziv fibre deal would ‘harm telecoms sector’ | Africa Analysis MD Dobek Pater
There are growing concerns that should the Competition Tribunal uphold a recommendation by the Competition Commission that Vodacom’s multibillion-rand deal to buy fibre operator Maziv be blocked, it would have... |
| 05.08.2024 | Telkom on a winning ticket as it ditches legacy networks | Telkom CEO Serame Taukobong
Revenue from “next-generation network” (NGN) services, including fibre and LTE, now account for more than four-fifths of Telkom’s group revenue, the telecommunications operator said on Monday.
In a trading update... |
| 30.04.2024 | Severed West African internet cables repaired | The Wacs cable, which was severed off the west coast of Africa in mid-March — along with three other submarine internet cables — is expected to be repaired by today (Tuesday, 30 April 2024).
Wacs and the other cables – Sat-3, Ace and MainOn... |
| 25.04.2024 | South Africa’s fibre network operators rated – by the ISPs | Internet service providers have voiced a growing lack of confidence in upstream fibre network operators, a new survey by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has found.
The survey measures the views of Ispa members, which part... |
| 22.04.2024 | Telkom launches uncapped prepaid fibre at R99/week | To attract new customers in a tough economic economy, Telkom has launched a new prepaid fibre solution for R99/week — but there is a big catch.
Called Telkom Prepaid Compact-Fibre, the offering, which is only available in areas where its wh... |
| 15.03.2024 | Massive Africa internet outage could take weeks to fix | Disruption to internet services for millions of users in Africa could take weeks or even months to fix, following damage to undersea cables off the continent’s west coast.
Eight West African countries were suffering a second day of major co... |
| 14.08.2023 | WATCH: Internet connection could be disrupted this month [VIDEO] | Damage to two major undersea cables in one day means your internet connection could be disrupted this month. Image: Pixabay
NEWS IN A MINUTE: Listen or watch the full versions of the ”Here’s why your internet connection could be slow this m... |
| 14.08.2023 | Here’s why your internet connection could be slow this month | Here’s why your internet connection could be slow this month. Picture: Supplied.
Internet provider, Openserve, has confirmed that the West Africa Cable System (WACS) and South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable number three (SAT-3) were both... |
| 31.07.2023 | Openserve grows homes passed with fibre to 1.1 million | Openserve, the wholesale networks subsidiary of JSE-listed Telkom, has grown the number of homes passed with its own fibre broadband infrastructure to 1.1 million.
This, Telkom said in a quarterly financial update on Monday, means that as o... |
| 31.03.2023 | Telkom hires US bank for sale of Openserve stake | Telkom has kicked off the sale of a stake in its fibre business, as it seeks to unlock value for shareholders and boost profit.
The partially state-owned telecommunications group is working with Bank of America to gauge interest in the Open... |
| 28.02.2023 | Telkom announces big price hikes on DSL, fibre and more | Telkom has become the latest telecommunications operator to announce plans to hike its prices, with mobile, fibre, DSL and voice products all affected by the increases.
Mobile, DSL and voice products will see price hikes from 1 April, with ... |
| 14.02.2023 | Telkom to kick-start sale of Openserve stake | Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Telkom could start the sale of a minority stake in its core fibre business by March, it said on Tuesday, as part of a slew of measures it announced to unlock value and shore up profits.
Telkom, which owns a big chunk ... |
| 13.02.2023 | Big speed boost for Openserve fibre customers | Openserve, the wholesale infrastructure subsidiary of Telkom, said on Monday that it will significantly boost line speeds across its fibre-to-the-home network from 1 April.
The move comes after several other fibre network operators, includi... |
| 11.04.2022 | Openserve connects more SA homes through prepaid | Local network infrastructure wholesale provider Openserve has introduced its Web Connect and Prepaid Connect fibre
FIBRE Contact Mesh Telecom for cost-effective business broadband solutions backed by a business service level agreement.
offe... |
| 18.01.2022 | SA’s small towns were hesitant about fibre – now, as Zoom towns, they’re begging for it | (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)
The coronavirus-induced remote work trend has made small towns, particularly those near the coast, more attractive.
These "Zoom Towns", in the southern Cape and parts of KwaZulu-Natal, are exp... |
| 10.05.2021 | Openserve Enhances The Customer Experience Through New Digital Channels | Openserve
Openserve, SA’s Open Access Service Provider is transforming its customer experience by providing customers with accessible information, additional communication platforms and self-enablement tools through its digital channels and... |
| 10.05.2021 | Openserve Enhances The Customer Experience Through New Digital Channels | Openserve |
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