8ta has taken a big step towards switching on its own network for all services. This past weekend (7-8 May 2011) 8ta enabled all Telkom staff with 8ta services running on its own network.

8ta is a well-loved brand and will live on under a different guise. It will be repositioned as a product of Telkom Mobile and, later in the year, re-launched as an even more dynamic, nimble and ...

8ta is proud of these achievements and hopes to keep this momentum going, especially as the demand for mobile data increases, says Amith Maharaj, Telkom Mobile’s Senior Managing Executive.

The company says the 8ta brand has been successful, in specific segments. " [The brand] will not be discontinued. It has been particularly successful in the youth market." ...

8ta has managed to distinguish itself in data, with low price, high volume deals, more than in the voice market. In the six months to last September 8ta’s financial profile improved.

Mobile fledgling 8ta continues to show promise, with the unveiling of some aggressive contract options for its mobile voice and data offerings. However, the deals are heavily in favour of 8ta-to ...

Cape Town – Telkom is planning to rebrand 8ta as Telkom Mobile, partly because of Telkom’s strong convergence strategy. In an e-mail to staff Telkom Mobile managing director Attila Vitai said that a ...

Schindehutte said yesterday that Cell C could offer 8ta “below the 1000 megahertz” radio frequency spectrum, but 8ta could not use much of Cell C’s older second-generation network. He added ...

When asked for comment, Telkom confirmed the rumour, saying: "Telkom has decided to progressively change the 8ta brand to Telkom Mobile. This will support the group-wide convergence strategy and ...

8ta will also give subscribers 50 free SMS messages to use on days where they send more than five paid-for messages. The free messages will expire at midnight on the day they were earned. ”Subscribers ...

However, 8ta today announced it had landed a deal with Core Group, Apple’s local distributor, to offer prepaid data bundles at a preferential rate that is exclusive to iStore sales of the device.

8ta's contact centre has announced that it will in future offer assistance in four of South Africa's main languages, namely English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and Sesotho. The move demonstrates the brand ...