Telkom Mobile

Telkom
Private (subsidiary of Telkom)
Industry Telecommunications
Founded October 2010 (2010-10)
Headquarters Centurion, South Africa
Area served
 South Africa
Key people
 Amith Maharaj (Managing Executive of Telkom's mobile division)
Products GSM-related products
GSM services
3G/Internet services
Parent Telkom
Website www.telkom.co.za

Telkom (previously known as Telkom Mobile,[1] changing from 8ta in 2013[2][3]) is a South African mobile telecommunications company. Telkom Mobile was launched in October 2010 and is owned by Telkom. Telkom phone numbers use the 0811 to 0819 dialling prefixes.[4] Telkom Mobile's competition in South Africa includes MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Virgin Mobile.

Technology

The Telkom network provides voice and data products and services over a unified 2G / 3G network.[5] Telkom has launched LTE on the 2300 MHz frequency band offering speeds of up to 100Mbit/s.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Telkom drops Telkom Mobile in rebrand". Business Tech. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "8ta brand migrating to Telkom Mobile". IOL. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "8ta brand to become Telkom Mobile". fin42. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dialling prefix 081 for 8ta". 8ta. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  5. ↑ "About 8ta". 8ta. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  6. ↑ "New Telkom Mobile data prices, LTE launched". mybroadband.co.za. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  7. ↑ "Telkom Mobile 100Mbps LTE tested: one word, impressed". mybroadband.co.za. Retrieved 2014-11-05.


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