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Articles tagged with: Telkom and Landline
Vodacom Seeking Expansion Opportunities in Africa
Vodafone is expected to use Vodacom as its vehicle to expand into developing markets in Africa now that it has secured control of the company. Vodacom CEO, Pieter Uys said that the company is looking to take advantage of falling prices to increase its footprint. more
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Telkom Refutes MTN Claims of Network Problems
South Africa's dominant landline operator, telkom has rejected the claims made last week by MTN's Managing Director, Tim Lowry, where he blamed telkom - in part - for the mobile network operators quality of service difficulties. more
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Vodafone's Vodacom Investment Thrown Into Doubt
South Africa's telecoms regulator has unexpectedly reversed an earlier decision and will no long wave through Vodafone's acquisition of a majority stake in Vodacom. The regulator cited court action by the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) as the main reason for its decision to delay approval. more
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Competition Commission approves Vodacom/Vodafone merger
South Africa's Competition Commission has recommended the approval of the proposed merger between Vodafone Group and local mobile operator, Vodacom Group and has referred the transaction to the Competition Tribunal for approval. more
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France Telecom Hits it Off with Ugandan Discussions
France Telecom has taken over the national GSM license held by Hits Telecom Uganda and said that it plans to launch a new joint venture company operating under the Orange brand in the coming months. more
Related Tags: orange, wi-fi, wimax, mtn, alcatel-lucent, reliance-communications, zain, cdma, reliance, gsm-license, uganda-communications-commission, i-tel, Uganda
Telkom South Africa Breaks off Talks with Mvelaphanda Consortium
telkom South Africa has said in a statement that it has suspended talks with the consortium lead by Mvelaphanda Holdings regarding a possible sale of the landline division to the group. Other talks with Vodafone regarding its holding in mobile operator, Vodacom are still continuing. more
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Orange Launches Mobile Services in Kenya
France Telecom has launched its Orange brand in Kenya today - replacing the telkom Kenya, the countryÃ's historical operator, following France TelecomÃ's acquisition of 51% of its capital in December 2007. more
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New Suitor Emerges for South Africa's Vodacom
Nigeria's Globacom has emerged as a surprise possible bidder for the 50% stake in South Africa based Vodacom owned by the dominant landline telco, telkom. Vodafone, which is the other partner in the company has long coveted taking a majority control of Vodacom and has been in talks with telkom and other investors to boost its holding. A person familiar with the matter said that Vodafone is interested in an additional 12.5% stake in Vodacom, which would give it control with a total 62.5% interest. more
Related Tags: vodafone, vodacom, backhaul, oger-telecom, submarine, South Africa
MTN South Africa Plans $185 Million Fibre Spend
MTN South Africa says that it plans to build its own fibre backbone to reduce its operational costs and cut its reliance on the increasingly unreliable landline operator, telkom SA. With a expenditure of some R1.4 billion (US$185 million) on a 5000km fibre optic cable network in major metropolitan areas, the company aims to save some R6.3 billion (US$835 million) in operational costs over the next ten years. more
Related Tags: capex, mtn, reliance, fibre-optic, South Africa
Telkom Says Talks Still Ongoing on Vodacom Sale to Vodafone
South Africa's landline operator, telkom has issued a statement confirming that talks are still ongoing regarding a possible sale to Mvelaphanda Holdings and the disposal of its stake in mobile operator, Vodacom. The consortium is lead by the Mvelaphanda Group, US based private equity firm, Och-Ziff and other strategic investors. The Mvelaphanda Group is headed by former presidential hopeful Tokyo Sexwale. more
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