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2026
Telkom announces plans for new Indonesian data centers
Telkom said it was acquiring land for new data centers in Indonesia and that the facilities would be operated by Telkomsigma. Construction was planned to begin the following year, and the reported investment value was 1 trillion rupiah.
2022
Telkom launches Telkom Pay mPOS app
Telkom Financial Services launched the Telkom Pay Mobile Point-of-Sale app, enabling small, micro, and medium business owners to make and receive payments through their mobile phones.
2021
Telkom announces Black Friday deals
Telkom announced Black Friday Monate deals on smartphones, laptops and data packages, including up to 150GB of free data with a smartphone purchase.
2021
Telkom launches Summer 2021 data and postpaid promotions
Telkom launched new postpaid promotional deals and prepaid LTE deals, including discounted data bundles and FreeMe subscriptions.
2021
Telkom launched the izwe.ai AI platform
Telkom launched izwe.ai, an artificial intelligence platform developed in collaboration with Enlabeler that translates speech into text from English and local languages.
2021
Telkom announces new 1.5GB + 1.5GB data bundle
Telkom announced the introduction of a new 1.5GB + 1.5GB All networks data bundle at R89. The article says the bundles would initially be available through the *180# USSD menu, with access through other channels from 20 September 2021.
2021
Telkom appoints Serame Taukobong as CEO designate
Telkom announced the appointment of consumer business head Serame Taukobong as group CEO designate, with the appointment to take effect on October 1. He is to replace Sipho Maseko, who will step down at the end of June next year.
2021
Telkom reports quarterly earnings growth
Telkom reported a 3.5% increase in revenue and a 7.3% increase in group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the quarter.
2021
Telkom launches Telkom Music
Telkom launched Telkom Music, a music-streaming platform offered in partnership with JOOX and available through Huawei AppGallery and Google Play Store.
2021
Telkom launches virtual card for WhatsApp payments
Telkom launched a Mastercard virtual card for use on WhatsApp, adding e-commerce payment functionality to Telkom Pay. The launch involved collaboration with Mastercard, Nedbank and Ukheshe Technologies.
2021
Telkom unveils whistleblowing platform
Telkom unveiled a multi-channel platform for reporting actual or suspected fraud, corruption and irregular conduct within the organisation. The article says users could report incidents through Telkom's hotline from 1 May 2021.
2021
Telkom names Dirk Reyneke CFO
Telkom named Dirk Reyneke as its new CFO, replacing Tsholofelo Molefe, who resigned in December 2020.
2020
Telkom challenges Icasa’s spectrum auction in court
Telkom launched a legal challenge against South Africa’s communications regulator Icasa over its plans to auction radio-frequency spectrum for 4G and 5G networks. Telkom asked the court to require Icasa and the government to migrate broadcasters out of the 700MHz and 800MHz bands.
2020
Telkom and SABC partner to launch TelkomONE streaming channel
Telkom and SABC entered a five-year partnership to launch TelkomONE, a streaming channel that will carry SABC radio and television content.
2020
Telkom announces two director retirements
Telkom announced that directors Santie Botha and Khanyisile Kweyama would retire from its board, effective 25 September and 31 December 2020, respectively.
2020
Telkom introduces Lightbulb Education learning platform
Telkom announced an online education solution for learners through the Lightbulb Education platform, which combines learning materials and is offered free to Telkom customers with zero-rated data.
2020
Telkom announces lower prices for Unlimited Home bundles
Telkom said it would reduce prices for its existing Unlimited Home bundles, which include a voice calling plan and mobile data, and offer the product to new and existing customers with higher speeds.
2020
Telkom reduces prices on uncapped DSL broadband
Telkom reduced prices and removed data caps on its copper-based DSL broadband portfolio for new customers. Promotional prices started at R199 for an initial six-month period. The company also said it would reduce prices for existing Unlimited Home bundles and map customers on capped DSL services to Unlimited Home services.
2020
Telkom zero-rates data for educational materials
Telkom said it was zero-rating data costs for accessing learning material for universities and public schools to enable learning and teaching to continue.
2020
Telkom announces planned job cuts
Telkom notified unions that it plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs, citing declining performance in fixed voice and fixed data services.