Telkom’s April 1st Surprise: Higher Tariffs

Telkom’s April 1st Surprise: Higher Tariffs

Hold onto your wallets, folks —Telkom is rolling out its annual ‘April Fool’s’ joke a bit early this year. Starting 1 April 2025, expect to pay more for your fixed broadband and voice services. Here’s a breakdown of the impending damage: Consumer Fixed Broadband...
Lockdown Leads to Data Boom in South Africa

Lockdown Leads to Data Boom in South Africa

On the face of it, the Covid-19 lockdown was an inadvertent blessing for South Africa’s telecommunications operators. With people stuck at home for the five weeks of the hard lockdown from 27 March to 1 May, it would have been easy to think that the likes of MTN,...
Telkom Mobile FreeMe Packages

Telkom Mobile FreeMe Packages

Telkom Mobile have laid the gauntlet down with their new competitive FreeMe package offering which looks to change the entire market. At first glance it looks too good to be true ie: 1st tier: R99 gets you 1GB data, 50 texts per day, free calls on WhatsApp, BBM and...