Telkom has taken a bold step by introducing soft caps – a replacement to their free local data bundle which capped ADSL clients could use after their blended cap allowance was reached. With soft caps, once Telkom capped ADSL users hit their monthly cap, they will still be able to access international sites and will ...

Telkom today unveiled a free iOS and Android App that was designed and developed as part of a wide-ranging drive to “improve customer experience by offering convenience and ease of use”. Residential and business customers can log a service fault and track the progress to restoration 24/7 via the App, it also allows users to find the exact ...

Local mobile operator 8ta has unveiled its “game changing” promotion which offers customers unlimited voice calls to any national mobile network as well as any national fixed line network at any time of the day/night, the offer is a first for South Africa. “Mobile voice services have fast become the communication medium of choice for ...

Local mobile operator 8ta has announced plans to offer a free Long Term Evolution (LTE) trail to 8ta customers who live across the Gauteng region, the trial will run from 1 November 2012 until 31 March 2013. Those who wish to take part in the trial will need to confirm if there is LTE coverage ...

Telkom have launched a pilot programme to begin testing their high speed 20Mbps and 40Mbps broadband offerings. Telkom has deployed a “new generation access network kits” in five areas of three provinces in South Africa – Benmore Gardens, Fourways and Waterkloof in Gauteng; Durban North in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Durbanville in the Western Cape. The ...

Telkom‘s much anticipated ADSL line upgrades are well underway with the new upgrade schedule which now sets ADSL line speed upgrading from 24 August through till 1 October 2012. According to the upgrade schedule: The Up to 1024 kbps will be upgraded to Up 2048 kbps from the 24th of August 2012 and will continue ...

Local internet service provider Afrihost has slashed pricing on their bundled (line rental + uncapped data) 10Mbps Uncapped ADSL to under R900 per month, the company also took the opportunity to launch their new 2Mbps Bundled Uncapped product. The price on Afrihost’s 10Mbps Uncapped Data Only account was also reduced to under R800 per month ...

Local mobile operator 8ta has announced their new prepaid rewards system called – 8ta More, the offering rewards customers instantly with free airtime every time they recharge with R10 or more. The free airtime reward can be used for calls, data, SMS and MMS anytime and to any South African network. “We are excited to ...

Many broadband users have been patiently waiting for their ADSL speed upgrades which was set for 1st August 2012, well Telkom has announced their new upgrade schedule which now sets ADSL line speed upgrading from 24 August through till 1 October 2012. The new scheduled is quite a change from the previous upgrade time-frame of ...

Telkom has confirmed that they will be increasing the price of their ADSL products which include line rental and ADSL service, the price hike will be effective from 1 August 2012. The ADSL price increase forms part of Telkom’s 2012 annual tariff adjustment which they claimed to be “below the Consumer Price Index” and revealed ...

Local mobile operator 8ta has announced that they have extended their popular 10GIG, 3GIG and 120GIG data promotions till the end of March 2013. The 10GIG 24 month contract promotion is available at a cost of R199 per month for a 10GB data bundle with the option of an additional 10GB Night Surfer add-on bundle ...

Local internet service provider Axxess have announced price-cuts for their 384Kbps and 1Mbps data-only justUncapped packages, the price-cuts come as other ISP’s announced price-cuts and data cap boost last week as a result of wholesale ADSL price reductions from the 30 percent saving ISP’s received from Telkom’s IP Connect (IPC) fees. “We have just updated ...