Telkom South Africa bets on AI to boost telecom efficiency

Serame Taukobong, CEO of Telkom Group, believes that telecoms companies should be at the forefront of adopting artificial intelligence technologies to increase efficiencies. Taukobong spoke to ITWeb Africa this week on the sidelines of the annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) in Drakensberg, South Africa. Telkom marked SATNAC’s 25th anniversary with a...

Telkom taps Cell C’s Simo Mkhize as CCO

Telkom has appointed former Cell C executive Simo Mkhize as chief commercial officer (CCO) of the group. Mkhize is a seasoned ICT professional, whose career spans more than 25 years, with experience in the telecoms industry acrossAfrica and Europe, including serving at local operators Vodacom and MTN SA. Most recently, he worked as CCO of...

South Africa’s Telkom hoping for third time lucky with merger

Could it be sunshine after Rain and MTN for the state-controlled operator? South Africa’s incumbent operator, Telkom SA, has another potential suitor. This time it’s from a consortium, led by its former CEO Sipho Maseko. The consortium pan-African group Axian Telecom and South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, managed by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). The offer to...

Telkom readies to offload masts and towers business

South Africa’s third largest mobile operator Telkom is close to offloading its masts and towers business, Swiftnet. The company today reported performance for the year ended March, revealing the disposal of Swiftnet is imminent. Telkom’s plan to unbundle Swiftnet was first announced in September 2021, when then-CEO Sipho Maseko, said the unit’s value was not fairly reflected...

South Africa: Telkom moves to stem cash drain

Telkom plans to raise R1-billion by the end of its financial year — 31 March 2023 — through the sale to external financial institutions of “qualifying receivables” related to upfront handset and device sales. This comes as the telecommunications operator’s free cash flow comes under severe pressure due to the impact of “front-loaded investment in working...

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