Telkom plans mobile assault by year end

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 5 April 2009

South African consumers can expect to see the launch of Telkom’s very own cellular or cellphone service by the end of the year. We will be able to buy Telkom-branded cellphones and airtime from Telkom shops.

Direct competition…

Telkom’s planned cellphone service will compete directly with the likes of Cell C, MTN and Vodacom. This should come as great news to The Average Joes in South Africa, because it will certainly force the existing cellular operators to step up their game and offer us bigger, better and cheaper cellular services. It must be stressed however that Telkom doesn’t plan to build a national wireless network. They will rather focus on high-density areas where it will be financially feasible to build wireless networks of their own.

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