Telkom Rings Up Offer For Business Connexion

South Africa's fixed line market is likely to see some 4.9mn users by end 2006, according to BMI. The country's incumbent operator Telkom, which is due to be joined by a second national operator (SNO) in H1 2006, announced that for the first nine months of 2005 it had recorded 4.729mn users, against an annual user base of 4.821mn for 2004, illustrating severely restricted growth. Moreover, the entrance of an SNO will lead to tariff reductions in the market, which in turn could force Telkom to lower its prices in order to remain competitive and retain its users. This will

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