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SA telcos are selling off their towers. Here is why
Telkom last week announced an agreement with a consortium of buyers to sell off its towers subsidiary, Swiftnet, for $356 million. Telkom said that the sale aligns with the company’s strategy to sell off non-core assets to focus on unlocking the intrinsic value of its more core operations. The company becomes the latest telco in
Telcos’ customer complaints spike after Optus outage
Complaints to the telecommunications ombudsman spiked in the direct aftermath of the mass Optus outage, data has revealed, as the Senate prepares for a second hearing into the incident on Friday.The November 8 outage, which was one of the most severe in the nation’s history, affected about 10 million Optus customers and crippled businesses, hospitals
Singapore telcos to let subscribers block international calls in new anti-scam measure
d3sign/Getty ImagesMobile subscribers in Singapore can now instruct their carrier to block all incoming calls from international numbers, as part of the government's efforts to curb the growing volume of online scams targeting the local population. The option is available to customers of the country's four mobile operators: M1, StarHub, Singtel, and Simba, formerly called TPG