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2010-12-23 | Apology for interupted internet services

Telkom apologises to all customers who may have been inconvenienced by the recent disruption of Telkom Internet services, which have now been restored.

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2010-12-09 | Telkom Board's audit committee takes decisive action

Telkom is aware that a series of memoranda containing a wide range of unsubstantiated statements relating to the alleged lack of corporate governance in Telkom are being circulated to the media and various parties.

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2010-12-03 | Telkom sets the record straight

A recent report by a daily newspaper concerning a document which makes several allegations about Telkom is erroneous in several respects.

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2010-11-22 | Telkom looks to the future

Telkom's Acting Group CEO Jeffrey Hedberg has defined a plan to stabilise South Africa's leading telecommunications provider following today's release of the Group's interim results.

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2010-11-08 | The Contract is out!

After the successful launch of pre-paid mobile products and services last month, 8ta today launched its highly competitive contract and top-up offers.

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2010-11-05 | Cloud computing transforms the way IT is delivered

Cloud computing has undoubtedly changed the way information technology is delivered and South Africa's companies are slowly but surely embracing it.

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2010-11-01 | Re-programme PABXs to activate dialling prefix 081 for 8ta

8ta, as part of its spectacular launch and intensive awareness campaign announced that mobile numbers with the 081 dialling prefix will be allocated to customers who purchase 8ta sim cards.

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2010-10-14 | SA Mobile Landscape Changes

South Africa's mobile landscape changed dramatically today with the launch of 8ta, the country's fourth cellular network operator.

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2010-10-11 | Telkom Knockout launch and draw

For the fifth consecutive year, Telkom – Africa's telecommunications giant – will ignite the passion of football fans in the Telkom Knockout.

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2010-08-31 | Impressive speakers lead the way at SATNAC

SATNAC 2010 – Africa's leading ICT conference which will be...

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2010-08-25 | Premier ICT conference looks to the future

Africa's top ICT conference, the annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks...

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2010-08-13 | Telkom unveils higher speed ADSL

INTERNET users are in for big benefits from Telkom's latest network upgrade...

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2010-08-01 | Telkom's value-added offering

TELKOM continues to make access to the Internet increasingly affordable with the announcement of new data packages that will provide customers with much more data at no additional cost.

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2010-07-08 | Information sheet on Telkom's role and involvement in the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Did you know that Telkom's world class technology has ensured flawless delivery of the Preliminary Draw, the Confederations Cup and the 2010 World Cup Final Draw without a moment's downtime from an ICT perspective. We are now ensuring flawless delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

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2010-06-21 | Industry trends justify Telkom's re-positioning and new strategic direction

Describing Telkom's 2010 financial year as being "tough with muted revenue growth", Group CEO Reuben September, emphasised that the impact of competition and the weaker economic environment were evident in the Telkom Group's financial results for the year ended 31 March 2010.

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2010-06-18 | Telkom tariff adjustments filed with ICASA today

Telkom's monthly DSL (Digital Symmetrical Line) and Do Broadband subscriptions, monthly Internet subscription charges, post-paid local and long-distance calls, outgoing mobile calls and monthly subscription for Closer 2,3,4 and 5 will all remain unchanged while data tariffs will drop by...

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2010-06-04 | Telkom Group CEO to retire

Telkom and the Group Chief Executive Officer today announced that Reuben September will retire from his position and resign his directorship at the expiry of his contract in November 2010.

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2010-04-16 | Telkom's efficiencies drive voluntary severance package offer to its managers

Telkom's management staff will be afforded the opportunity of applying for voluntary severance (VSPs) and early retirement packages (VERPs) from 28 April until 2 July 2010.

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2010-04-14 | Telkom Mobile well on its way

Telkom SA and MTN SA are pleased to announce that they have successfully concluded a national roaming agreement, which will see Telkom entering the mobile voice and data market in South Africa.

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2010-03-31 | Telkom blooms with enterprise development

From an 18-year old assistant florist to a thriving businesswoman. That's the phenomenal success story of MaDelta Tefu (62), whose industry and perseverance – coupled with Telkom's support and promotion of enterprise development – culminated in the grand opening of her florist outlet at Telkom's Pretoria campus today.

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2010-03-18 | Telkom clarifies speculation about roaming agreement

Speculation in certain sections of the media regarding Telkom and a roaming agreement with MTN has reference.

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2010-03-17 | Telkom-supported artists to feature in Artists of Africa Exhibition

A 2010 FIFA World Cup host-city event, an Artists of Africa exhibition – which was launched today – is bound to become a major off-field attraction for the hordes of football fans and tourists who are expected to throng to South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ between 11 June and 11 July.

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2010-02-16 | Telkom to pass through 100% interconnect rate reduction to customers

Following notification from mobile cellular operators Vodacom and MTN in respect of a reduction of their Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) as from 1 March 2010, Telkom has decided to give a 100% pass-through of this reduction to the Company's retail customers for fixed-to-mobile calls.

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2010-02-12 | The EASSy has landed!

IThe East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) – one of the nine undersea telecommunications cables that will connect various parts of Sub-Saharan Africa to the rest of the world by 2011- - will land at Mtunzini....

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2010-02-01 | Telkom's Cybernest announces senior appointments

Cybernest, Telkom's Data Centre Operations which was launched in November last year, has appointed Grant Morgan and Althon Beukes as Managing Executives in the business unit.

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2010-02-01 | Telkom SA announces senior appointment for Enterprise Division

Nombulelo Moholi, Managing Director of Telkom SA, today announced the appointment of Dr Brian Armstrong as senior Managing Executive for Enterprise Markets, effective from 1 March 2010.

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2010-02-01 | Gas confirmed as cause of Yeoville explosion as Telkom expedites service restoration

An independent forensic investigation into the cause of the explosion that caused severe damage to the Telkom exchange building in Yeoville, Johannesburg, commenced on Saturday, 30 January 2010.

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2010-01-27 | Gas leakage responsible for Yeoville explosion

An underground gas leakage in the Yeoville, Johannesburg, area was responsible for this morning's explosion which damaged Telkom's exchange as well as adjacent buildings.

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2010-01-27 | Media Statement: Yeoville Incident

A municipal transformer at Telkom's exchange in Yeoville, Johannesburg, exploded earlier this morning. Two injuries can be confirmed at this time.

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