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2015-12-11 | Only three Telkom Unlimited Movie Marathon contestants remain in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt

Clarissa Schoeman is the latest Telkom Movie Marathon contestant to be disqualified, when she fell asleep at 12:25 on Friday afternoon. This leaves only three contestants who are still in the race...

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2015-12-10 | Only six Telkom Unlimited Movie Marathon contestants remain in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt

Another contestant has been disqualified in the race to set a new record, certified by Guinness World Records, for the longest time spent watching movies. Buhlebethu Hlatswayo fell asleep...

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2015-12-10 | The force is strong this summer with Telkom and The Walt Disney Company Africa

Today two well-known brands joined forces to bring South Africans one of the most loved franchises in the world….. Star WarsTM...

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2015-12-09 | Four Telkom Unlimited Movie Marathon contestants drop out of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt

Only seven contestants remain in the race to set a new record, certified by Guinness World Records, for the longest time spent watching movies...

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2015-12-08 | Telkom and ShowMax provide customers with zero-rated data for streaming content

ShowMax, Naspers' recently launched subscription video-on-demand service, and Telkom have entered into a partnership to provide users with zero-rated data for streaming content...

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2015-12-07 | GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ contestants gear up for Telkom Unlimited Movie Marathon

Telkom's 11 contestants are making final preparations today before they attempt to beat the clock – and each other – to set a new record, certified by Guinness World Records...

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2015-12-01 | Next Phase of Telkom’s Uncapped High Speed Wireless Broadband Packages Kicks Off

Telkom today announced that it will be extending its SmartBroadband Uncapped High Speed Wireless packages focusing on select LTE base stations across 520 sites in the...

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2015-11-30 | Telkom fibre put to the test in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt

Telkom will be putting its fibre technology to the test in the Telkom Unlimited Movie Marathon GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt...

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2015-11-26 | Telkom Foundation facilitates job-hunting training for unemployed youth in Mamelodi

The Telkom Foundation today offered training to thousands of young people in Mamelodi, to assist in giving them the basic skills they need in order to access job opportunities...

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2015-11-22 | Telkom Announces Partnership with Olympic Sprinter Usain Bolt

Telkom today announced that that it has teamed up with Olympic sprinter, Usain Bolt in a media partnership to promote fibre technology..

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2015-11-19 | Telkom withdraws cautionary announcement

By mutual agreement Telkom and Oger Telecoms have today ended all discussions related to the potential purchase of Cell C by Telkom....

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2015-11-16 | Telkom Mobile Revenue and cost efficiencies Spurs Half-Year Earnings

Telkom SA SOC Limited today published its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. Key highlights are...

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2015-10-27 | Openserve Announces Fibre Rollout to 10 000 homes in Pretoria

Openserve, the wholesale division of Telkom, today announced that more than 10 000 Pretoria East homes, including Faerie Glen and Garsfontein, will have access to fibre technology by end December 2015...

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2015-10-20 | Telkom and Old Mutual partner to offer added value to customers

Telkom and Old Mutual today announced a co-operation agreement to offer innovative new solutions to their customers. The first of these will see Telkom’s prepaid customers receive loyalty funeral cover - underwritten by Old Mutual - valued at R10 000 at no additional cost...

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2015-10-13 | Telkom launches redesigned wholesale division

Telkom today launches Openserve, the company's redesigned wholesale and networks division. Openserve will be a distinct business unit within the Telkom Group, which is formed as part of the company's ongoing efforts to strengthen...

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2015-10-07 | Telkom Waya-Waya and PrepaidFone customers to receive wireless service

Telkom is upgrading two of its fixed line prepaid voice services, Waya-Waya and PrepaidFone, from copper to a wireless Fixed-Line-Look-Alike (FLLA) service...

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2015-10-01 | Telkom offers SMBS customers digital boost

Telkom’s Small and Medium Business (SMBS) customers have been given the opportunity to develop the digital end of their business with Telkom’s offer to double their data allocation for free...

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2015-09-23 | Telkom doubles data for Summer

All Telkom customers are set to receive double their Telkom Internet data allocation for free from 01 October 2015 to 31 March 2016...

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2015-09-22 | Telkom Announces Largest Fibre Open Access Suburb to Date with Bryanston Fibre Rollout

Telkom today announced that more than 12 000 Bryanston homes will have access to fibre technology by March 2016...

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2015-09-15 | Telkom fibre expanded to include more communities

Telkom today announced that its open access fibre broadband network would include more than 25 additional areas, suburbs and communities by the end of September 2015...

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2015-09-07 | TELKOM ANNOUNCES 1 MILLION FIBRE CONNECTIONS BY 2018

Hermanus, 7 September 2015 – Telkom today announced a significant milestone in its broadband rollout with 38 000 homes having been given access to fibre by the end of August 2015 and 1 317 LTE sites...

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2015-09-04 | Telkom to migrate LTE and LTE-A customers to higher value plans

Telkom today announced that it will be automatically migrating Home and Business LTE and LTE-A plans (table below refers) to the recently introduced higher value SmartBroadband Wireless (LTE)...

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2015-09-04 | Telkom Announces Second Phase of Market First Uncapped High Speed Wireless Broadband Packages

Telkom today announced that it will be rolling out the second phase of SmartBroadband Uncapped High Speed Wireless packages to more than 200 additional areas in Gauteng...

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2015-08-28 | Telkom, Google and Bango introduce Direct Carrier Billing for Google Play

In a South African first, customers can now securely and conveniently purchase apps and content from Google Play™ using their devices and charge it directly to their Telkom mobile bill or airtime...

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2015-08-17 | Competition Commission Recommendation

The Competition Commission today informed Telkom and MTN South Africa that it has not recommended the approval of the proposed transaction...

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2015-08-07 | SATNAC 2015: “Africa – The Future Communications Galaxy”

SATNAC, the annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, will again be hosted by Telkom in partnership with sponsors from the...

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2015-08-04 | Telkom and BCX welcom competition tribunal’s decision

Telkom and Business Connexion (BCX) today welcomed the Competition Tribunal’s decision to approve the transaction between the two companies...

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2015-07-22 | Telkom announces new SmartPhone plans

On the back of Telkom’s recent introduction of a range of mobile voice bundles, Telkom today announced four new SmartPhone plans...

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2015-07-13 | Telkom announces next steps in its turnaround strategy

Telkom today announced the next steps in its strategy to position the company for a more competitive environment and to ensure its...

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2015-07-01 | Telkom reduces Fixed DSL and FTTH data bundle prices

Telkom today announced price adjustments to a range of its current data products, including Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH)...

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2015-06-29 | Telkom Foundation facilitates job seeking training for unemployed youth

The Telkom Foundation today implemented job seeking training for Sebokeng youth to give them the basic skills they need in order to access job applications...

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2015-06-26 | Telkom’s Voice bundles introduce affordable flexibility

Telkom today introduced a range of mobile voice bundles aimed at offering customers greater flexibility in managing their fluctuating business...

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2015-06-23 | Telkom responds to Solidarity’s misleading and inflammatory racial statements

In its notice issued to the unions in terms of section 189 of the LRA, Telkom proposed that “LIFO (Last in First Out)...

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2015-06-22 | Telkom enhances its mobile pre-paid data bundles

From Monday 22 June, Telkom is delivering greater value to its customers as it enhances its pre-paid data offering by consolidating both its Telkom Mobile bundle...

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2015-06-19 | Free WiFi - Telkom simplifies access for off net users

Telkom today announced enhancements to its free WiFi offering that will make access to Internet and the management of time online...

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2015-06-19 | Telkom update on consultation process with organised labour

Telkom announced that organised labour today have declared a formal dispute with Telkom...

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2015-06-08 | Telkom's turnaround strategy is still on track

Telkom SA SOC Limited today published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2015, recording a normalised profit after tax of...

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2015-06-04 | Telkom announces market first uncapped high speed wireless broadband packages

Telkom today announced that it will be rolling out the first phase of SmartBroadband Uncapped High Speed Wireless packages to select areas in Gauteng...

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2015-06-02 | Telkom introduces electronic tender management system

Telkom today announced major changes to its procurement process with all tender processes being moved onto an electronic portal ...

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2015-06-01 | Telkom - First in South Africa to Offer 50GB Broadband Bundles for R699 on Latest High Speed Networks

Telkom announced today that it will be the first broadband provider in South Africa to offer 50GB broadband bundles for R699 across four broadband technologies. The broadband bundles will be available to retail customers over ...

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2015-05-20 | Telkom warns public of continuing recruitment scam

A recruitment scam offering paid “Telkom internships” at the Company upon payment of a “booking fee” of R90 is currently in operation...

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2015-05-19 | Telkom announces expansion of LTE Advanced network

Telkom today announced it has expanded its LTE Advanced (LTE-A) network to an additional 22 suburbs...

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2015-05-18 | Telkom service fully restored

Telkom’s Centurion data centre experienced a network switch failure early this morning which had an impact on a number...

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2015-05-18 | Network failure affects Telkom customers

Telkom’s Centurion data centre experienced a network switch failure early this morning which is currently impacting on services to customers...

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2015-05-14 | Telkom welcomes Competition Commission SA recommendation to approve BCX acquisition

Telkom welcomes Competition Commission SA recommendation to approve BCX acquisition ...

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2015-05-07 | Telkom launches FutureMakers – driving ICT innovation and growth

Telkom today announced an investment of over R100 million in enterprise and supplier development with the launch of its FutureMakers programme...

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2015-04-23 | Telkom Wholesale: reducing costs to increase broadband access

Telkom Wholesale Services today announced wholesale unit price reductions of up to 63% across its product range including Wholesale Fibre Broadband Access...

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2015-03-31 | Discussions deadlocked – Telkom offers CWU affected members VSP and VERP options

Telkom has offered Voluntary Severance and Voluntary Early Retirement Packages to Communication Workers Union members affected by the Section 197 process currently underway...

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2015-03-26 | Telkom Foundation facilitates job-hunting training for unemployed youth

The Telkom Foundation today implemented job hunting training for Tembisa youth to give them the basic skills they need in order to access job applications...

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2015-03-23 | Telkom to proceed with Section 197 process

Telkom will proceed with the automatic transfer of staff from its call centre, supply chain and IT environments to new employers on 31 March after unions failed...

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2015-03-05 | Telkom and organised labour initiate engagement on outsourcing process

Telkom has been engaging with organised labour on the outsourcing of various business elements, as announced in February...

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2015-02-25 | ICTU misrepresents Order by the Labour Court of South Africa

It is disappointing that the Information Communication and Technology Union (ICTU) have chosen to completely misrepresent the facts contained within...

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2015-02-16 | Telkom announces next steps in organisational restructure

Telkom today announced its next steps to unlock further cost efficiencies within four areas of the business, namely, certain Telkom’s Direct Stores...

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2015-02-03 | Telkom and BCX deal on track – license transfer application no longer required

Both Telkom and BCG (Business Connexion Group Limited) remain entirely committed to the transaction with BCG and the transaction will proceed, pending final approval by The South African Competition Tribunal...

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2015-02-03 | Telkom warns public of recruitment scam

Telkom has been made aware of a recruitment scam promising successful candidates a paid "Telkom Internship" at the Company upon payment of a “learnership fee” of R90...

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2015-01-16 | Telkom ramps up SME focus

The delivery of accessible and value-adding ICT functionality specifically tailored to South Africans growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) is a key priority for Telkom in 2015...

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