Media Centre
2005 Media Releases
December
2005-12-29 | Telkom decides not to bid for Nitel.
Prior to the deadline for submitting a proposal to bid for Nitel, the Nigerian operator, Telkom's Board of Directors decided not to pursue the opportunity...
2005-12-19 | Telkom ADSL to reach 120 000 subscribers.
In the short few years that ADSL has been available in South Africa, Telkom as chalked up over...
2005-12-15 | Telkom Cares - Customers get free Netcare911 Services.
Telkom is turning your telephone into a lifeline by offering free Netcare911 emergency services to all customers...
2005-12-15 | Top Management Changes.
To further strengthen the Company's leadership capabilities and to give impetus to Telkom's drive to fulfill its strategic objectives, Telkom CEO, Papi Molotsane, today announced a number of appointments in top management positions...
2005-12-06 | TELKOM LAUNCHES ICT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2005
Telkom today launched its sixth ICT Journalist of the Year Awards with a call for entries from journalists covering developments in South Africa's Information and Communication Technology Sector...
2005-12-06 | Telkom introduces "Contact Me" - an innovative message service. And it is free!
Telkom has launched its "Contact Me" message service to enable people to get in touch with their loved ones even when they do not have money to make a call...
2005-12-06 | The appointment of Wally Beelders as Chief Marketing and Sales Executive and Charlotte Mokoena as the Group Executive Human Resources.
Telkom CEO, Papi Molotsane has announced the appointment of Wally Beelders as Chief Marketing and Sales Executive and Charlotte Mokoena as the Group Executive Human Resources...
2005-12-01 | Telkom celebrate life on World AIDS Day
Telkom is hosting various events countrywide to show its support for World AIDS Day and to celebrate the achievements of its Employee Wellness Programme after its...
2005-12-01 | Telkom's NNOC celebrates 5th year anniversary
Telkom's technological nerve centre, the National Network Operations Centre (NNOC) near Centurion, reaches a milestone today by celebrating its...
2005-12-01 | Telkom Foundation reaches out beyond the mountains
The Telkom Foundation has touched a small village nestled in the hills of the Eastern Cape by introducing them to...
November
2005-11-28 | Telkom Charity Cup 2005 :MEDIA AND INCENTIVE AWARDS
The media's role in the success or failure of events cannot be disregarded. The Telkom Charity Cup enjoys overwhelming support from all sectors of the media and it shows in the capacity crowds that support the event year after year...
October
2005-10-27 | Interdict brought by Dotco: Telkom sets the record straight
It is with great concern that Telkom has noted inaccurate media reports around the Dotco interdict, currently with the Cape Town High Court. Telkom would like to set the record straight by providing the correct factual information regarding this matter...
2005-10-20 | PC Bundles extended to Home Office
Setting up an office has just become easier and more affordable as TelkomInternet extends its PC Bundles to suit the home office environment...
2005-10-20 | "Last mile" is where spectrum is needed the most
In the telecommunications arena, the "last mile" is where radio frequency spectrum is needed the most - and where inadequate or inappropriate spectrum allocation could prove a stumbling block to the convergence agenda...
2005-10-17 | 3000th PC bundle customer wins laptop
Telkom's low-cost Internet PC bundles hit the market with a thrilling success, selling more than 3000 PC's since the launch in July this year...
2005-10-14 | Telkom short-listed for BMF Award
Telkom has made the list of top five companies short-listed by the Black Management Forum (BMF) in the category of the Progressive Company of the Year Award...
2005-10-14 | Telecommunications Pricing
As a key role player in the telecommunications industry, Telkom remains supportive of the Government's call for greater investment for socio-economic development purposes and agrees that it is important to interrogate the challenges of reduction of cost of doing business...
2005-10-04 | Telkom helps USALs to break communication barriers
Telkom is helping telecommunication operators break the barriers of communication in remote areas by supporting USALs to provide communication services in the under services areas...
September
2005-09-28 | Telkom and Wits in conversation with artists
The untold stories behind the work and lives of 14 South African artists have been researched and recorded for the first time as part of a joint project between Telkom and the University of the Witwatersrand...
2005-09-27 | Fraudster on the loose in Bronkhorstpruit
It has come to Telkom's attention that a man posing as a Director at Telkom has been swindling the community in the Bronkhorstpruit area...
2005-09-20 | Telkom Work/Life Balance Boosts Productivity and Employee Relations.
Telkom is taking innovative steps to encourage higher levels of productivity and employee satisfaction among its employees...
2005-09-12 | South Africa's Premier Telecommunications Conference gets underway today.
SATNAC 2005, the annual Southern African Telecommunications Network and Applications Conference hosted by Telkom, gets underway in KwaZulu-Natal today...
2005-09-08 | Chief Technical Officer appointed
Telkom CEO, Mr Papi Molotsane, has announced the appointment of Mr Thami Msimango as the new Telkom Chief Technical Officer (CTO), effective 6 September 2005...
2005-09-07 | Telkom's position on local loop unbundling.
While local loop unbundling will contribute to increased broadband penetration and competition we do not believe that it will contribute to an increase of investment in infrastructure...
August
2005-08-29 | ICT experts to tackle three convergence topics at SATNAC
Convergence, as it pertains to networks, broadband technologies, applications and services, will be the focal point of discussion at the Southern African Telecommunications Network and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2005) in the Drakensberg from 12 -14 September 2005...
2005-08-17 | New CEO for Telkom
Telkom today announced the appointment of Leapeetswe Rapula Radiala (Papi) Molotsane as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 September 2005...
2005-08-16 | Telkom's ADSL products top SA's broadband ratings
"Love them or hate them, Telkom's ADSL is currently the best solution for broadband in South Africa," the SA Computer Magazine (SACM) has found...
2005-08-15 | Telkom sells 1000 PC's with Internet connectivity in 10 days
Affordability and convenience are fuelling the adoption of the new TelkomInternet PC bundles, with 1000 desktop computers packed with up to 1800 surfing minutes being sold in the first 10 days...
2005-08-11 | Science and Technology Minister to officially open SATNAC 2005
Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena will open the Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) annually hosted by Telkom in the Drakensberg on...
2005-08-04 | Old Mutual and Nedbank sign R1.8 billion ($265 million) network outsourcing agreement with CSC and Telkom
Telkom SA Limited (NYSE and JSE: TKG) and Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced that the two companies have been awarded a R1.8 billion ($265 million) five-year network outsourcing contract with Old Mutual (LSE and JSE: OML),...
July
2005-07-29 | Telkom debuts low-cost TelkomInternet PC bundle to stimulate Internet usage
Telkom will launch 12 PC bundles on 1 August 2005 in a bid to increase the penetration of personal computers per household and grow South Africa's Internet usage base...
2005-07-25 | Entertainment at Telkom Charity Cup a celebration of 20 Spectacular years
Telkom, the sponsor behind Africa's most popular one-day sporting event, is set to present the best of SA soccer at the 2005 Telkom Charity Cup (TCC), with riveting entertainment lined up to...
2005-07-25 | Fans ring their clubs into 2005 Telkom Charity Cup
The public response to the vote line has once again been phenomenal as a record breaking 829 118 votes were received over the 5 week period that the vote line was operating...
2005-07-22 | Telkom proposes price changes to ICASA
Telkom has filed an overall price decrease of 3% for its basket services with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)...
2005-07-20 | Soccer teams in final push to play in the Telkom Charity Cup
South Africa's top soccer teams vying to play in the 2005 Telkom Charity Cup will be burning the midnight oil tomorrow ahead of Friday's cut-off date for voting...
2005-07-07 | Telkom calls for patience as traffic congests after London blasts
Telkom experienced significant congestion on the routes from South Africa to the United Kingdom following this morning's blasts in London...
2005-07-06 | Telkom warns of cable theft in the Cape peninsula
Telkom is appealing to the greater Cape Town public to assist its investigators trace cable thieves whose actions are disrupting telecommunication services in the area...
June
2005-06-25 | Black business honours Telkom CEO with a corporate leadership award.
Telkom CEO Sizwe Nxasana was last night declared the winner of the 2005 Black Management Forum's Presidential Award for Business Leadership at a corporate gala dinner in Midrand...
2005-06-16 | Quick action sees Telkom restore international services in two hours.
Telkom moved swiftly to restore services working over two of its international cable routes after a cable break occurred just after 14:00 on 15 June 2005...
2005-06-13 | Here is to 20 spectacular years of the Telkom Charity Cup.
Today sees the launch of the 2005 Telkom Charity Cup, the eagerly awaited one-day soccer competition where the team participation is entirely decided by the most important of football stakeholders, the fans...
2005-06-13 | Telkom Foundation launches its first Letsema Village in rural Limpopo
In one of the biggest ICT investments in Limpopo yet, Telkom's Godfrey Ntoele launched the Telkom Foundation's first Letsema Village at the Manyangana High School in Dixie Village today...
2005-06-10 | Employees benefit from Telkom's strong performance
As part of its long term agreement with Telkom in 2003, recognised unions, including Communication Workers Union and Alliance of Telkom Unions have agreed to a fixed amount to be paid to Telkom bargaining unit employees, based upon the...
2005-06-10 | Telkom announces Nkenke Kekana's resignation
Telkom today announced the resignation of Nkenke Kekana, Group Executive for Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy...
2005-06-06 | Telkom invests R402 million to empower its employees
Telkom accelerated its drive to empower its employees to be competitive in the fast-changing technology landscape by spending R402 million in the year ended March 31, 2005 to meet their training and development needs...
2005-06-06 | Telkom puts care back into customer service
Despite facing short-term service-related challenges in its fixed-line business in the first quarter of 2005, Telkom managed to reduce the overall installation, fault and repair rates...
2005-06-06 | Telkom ups its BEE spend to R5.2 billion a year
South Africa's black business benefited handsomely from Telkom's empowerment programme, with the company directing R5.2 billion to BEE suppliers in the year ended March 31, 2005...
2005-06-06 | Telkom's balanced business approach delivers solid financial results
Telkom today announced its group annual results, with strong performance lifting both operating revenue and profit in the year ended March 31, 2005...
2005-06-06 | Telkom wins gold award at the Pietermaritzburg Royal Show
Telkom stole the show at the annual Royal Show in Pietermaritzburg this week by scooping a gold award for its lively exhibition stand...
2005-06-02 | Telkom drops ADSL and data prices further
Telkom today delivered on its promise to reduce ADSL and data prices even further, with the entry-level high-speed Internet access product down to R270 per month...
May
2005-05-31 | Telkom lights up Jozi's night skyline
Johannesburg today took a bold step to becoming Africa's techno capital, with the Hillbrow Tower - situated in the heart of South Africa's economic powerhouse - being renamed the Telkom Joburg Tower...
2005-05-20 | Telkom CEO gets a business excellence award in New York.
A body of South African business people living in the US last night honoured Telkom CEO Sizwe Nxasana with a Business Excellence Award...
2005-05-18 | Effective use of technology fuels small business growth, says Telkom.
South African businesses are missing out on opportunities to realize profits and efficiencies because they are under-utilizing solutions offered by technology, costing them dearly...
2005-05-18 | Information security a 24x7 job - let Telkom manage this critical task.
Telkom has highlighted the value of companies investing in reliable information security services to prevent their networks from Internet-based attacks...
2005-05-17 | Telkom joins Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance.
Telkom was today named as one of 8 leading telecommunications operators to join the Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA), with 240 million customers standing to benefit from the...
2005-05-17 | Telkom stand at Futurex conference focuses on digital office and home.
Telkom's display at the Futurex conference is targeting small business and home office owners, featuring digital office and home...
2005-05-17 | Telkom ADSL and ISP services offer choices that suit one's pocket
Telkom is aggressively marketing its ADSL services as the most reliable and speedy way for residential and business customers to access the Internet, with more broadband offerings in the pipeline...
2005-05-04 | Telkom video technology beams British futurist live at Futurex conference
A top British futurologist will waltz into the main auditorium at the Futurex 2005 conference in Sandton next Thursday from London through a video conferencing link powered by Telkom's ISDN technology...
2005-05-04 | Telkom official rescues Cape Town school from academic descent
Telkom's procurement head Motlatsi Nzeku visited the Western Cape today to lend a hand to a worthy cause - that of donating 20 Internet-connected computers to a Cape Town school in a bid to improve its falling matric results...
2005-05-03 | Telkom's Mandla Ngcobo gives farm school Internet power.
A farm school nestled in the opulent suburbs of Cornwall Hill in Centurion shrugged off its Cinderella status when its learners took to the Internet space for the first time today...
April
2005-04-26 | Telkom-union reach agreement
An agreement was formally concluded between Telkom and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) earlier today, ending the industrial dispute between...
2005-04-25 | Artists in Conversation Exhibition.
An "Artists in Conversation" exhibition will be launched on 17 May 2005 at the Wits Art Gallery as part of this year's World Telecommunications Day celebration...
2005-04-25 | Telkom Board announces that Sizwe Nxasana, CEO, will not be renewing his service contract
Nomazizi Mtshotshisa, Chairman of Telkom SA Limited, announces that the Board has accepted Sizwe Nxasana's intention not to renew his service contract which expires on 31 December 2005...
2005-04-22 | Telkom warns of clip-on fraud after discovering two bodies in a manhole.
Telkom has sounded a stern warning against those bent on stealing its customers' airtime by making illegal telephone calls in our manholes...
2005-04-13 | Telkom's ADSL reaches a 60 000 subscriber mark.
Increasing demand for speedy and always-available Internet access in South Africa has seen Telkom's ADSL's subscriber base surging from 50 000 to...
2005-04-07 | Telkom gives draft ICT BEE Charter a thumbs-up.
Telkom welcomes the draft ICT Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Charter released today, saying it would stimulate the growth of the telecommunications sector and contribute to job creation...
March
2005-03-31 | Telkom urges customers to be patient as it tackles system problem.
Telkom has urged its customers to be patient as it works flat out to tackle a system problem that has seen some call centres not responding promptly to their calls...
2005-03-23 | Telkom intensifies drive to boost education in the Eastern Cape.
A Port Elizabeth township school which has been re-located four times in the past ten years - including being burnt down - was finally recognised for its steadfast willpower to exist today...
2005-03-11 | Limpopo educators steal the show at maths and science teacher awards.
The education community came out to honour the country's three outstanding teachers at the Aggrey Klaaste Maths, Science and Technology Educator of the Year Awards in Johannesburg last night...
2005-03-01 | Telkom boosts education in the Eastern Cape.
Two top Telkom officials will adopt three schools, including a training college, in the Eastern Cape today and tomorrow to accelerate learning at these institutions...
February
2005-02-25 | And the 2004 Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year is...
Patricia McCracken of Caxton Magazines' Bona title is the overall winner of the Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year Awards for 2004...
2005-02-24 | Telkom warns network fraudsters to stay away from customers' lines
Telkom has welcomed today's conviction of Kabamba Musasa and Emmanuel Buba-Kiboko in the Johannesburg Magistrate Court on charges of using a stolen telephone line to make illegal international calls...
2005-02-24 | Telkom drops ADSL prices in a bold broadband move
Telkom is to reduce its ADSL prices on 1 March 2005 to give customers value for money as part of new broadband initiatives unveiled by CEO Sizwe Nxasana today...
2005-02-22 | Khulisa shareholders to reap good investment rewards
More than 50 000 Khulisa investors are set to receive an estimated R98 million in loyalty bonuses next Friday for holding on to their shares in Telkom since...
2005-02-21 | R2.6m windfall for charity groups as NSL/Telkom Charity Soccer Cup pays out
A record R2.6 million is being paid out to 50 charity organisations today from the proceeds of the 2004 Telkom Charity Cup, Africa's most popular one-day soccer showpiece...
2005-02-15 | ADSL will remain dominant, says Telkom executive
ADSL will continue to dominate the broadband communications market in urban areas in the near future, but is likely to be challenged by fixed wireless systems as bandwidth requirement increases...
2005-02-14 | City of Johannesburg and Telkom sign techno-hub agreement.
14 February 2005, Johannesburg - The City of Johannesburg and Telkom today signed a co-operative agreement, setting the metropolis on the path to realise its 2030 vision - to become Africa's techno hub...
2005-02-13 | All three Telkom unions endorse company's headcount strategy.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Friday signed a headcount management agreement with Telkom, enabling the company to offer enhanced voluntary severance packages to all staff...
2005-02-09 | Telkom CEO puts rural school on WWW by satellite in Limpopo.
Telkom has set a farm school in rural Limpopo on a path to the "knowledge economy" by donating a computer centre with Internet access by satellite...
2005-02-09 | Telkom enables ten disadvantaged KZN students to further their studies.
The doors of further education have swung open for ten first-year KwaZulu-Natal students from disadvantaged areas, thanks to bursaries from Telkom...
2005-02-03 | Telkom and ATU sign a headcount agreement.
Telkom and union officials today put pen to paper to seal a headcount management deal, paving the way for the company to offer enhanced voluntary severance packages to all staff...
2005-02-03 | There is no substitute for training in business, says a Telkom leader.
A top Telkom official championing training as an enabling tool for successful businesses has urged business leaders to adapt to their changing environments, and use training and development to contribute to sustainable enterprises...
2005-02-02 | Telkom supports Bambanani Aids Community Project.
The poor and the marginalized of Soshanguve outside Pretoria today received a helping hand from Telkom...
January
2005-01-31 | Labour embraces Telkom's proposals to avoid forceful retrenchments
Telkom today reached an agreement with the Alliance of Telkom Unions on its headcount management strategy, allowing the company to offer voluntary separation packages to all employees...
2005-01-27 | Telkom catapults students to third year at Tuks.
Two bright students will waltz into the University of Pretoria for their third year of Bcom studies next week, thanks to Telkom...
2005-01-27 | Managers need a mind shift to become successful leaders, says Telkom leader.
Telkom Foundation CEO Nkhetheleng Vokwana has challenged managers scaling the leadership heights to make a mind shift if they hope to become successful leaders...
2005-01-24 | Standard Bank in a landmark broadband VSAT solution from Telkom.
Standard Bank has signed an agreement with Telkom for the supply of 400 IP-based broadband satellites terminals to power Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in remote areas...
2005-01-12 | Telkom upgrades capacity to restore telephone services.
Telkom has mobilised all its available technicians to fix customer faults following severe storms, which have compounded service restoration especially in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and the Cape...
2005-01-11 | Telkom kicks off WiMAX trials in Pretoria.
A select group of Telkom customers is enjoying the full experience of next-generation WiMAX broadband wireless connectivity as part of trials that could connect many to the Internet for the first time...
