ROSELAND, N.J., June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Expand Networks, www.expand.com, the leader in optimizing WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualization, together with Africa's largest Telco provider, Telkom SA, have been jointly honoured at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2011, winning the prestigious prize for Wide Area Network Optimization.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's telecom market is in the midst of a dramatic change, as incumbent fixed-network operator Telkom SA faces increasing competition not only from mobile voice and data services but also from competitive fiber network buildouts, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Communications Markets in South Africa offers a precise, incisive profile of the country's converged telecommunications, media, and technology sectors based on proprietary data from our research in the South African market.

VODAFONE is preparing to take control of South Africa's biggest mobile phone company Vodacom in a GBP 1.4 billion investment. The deal - not yet finalised - proposes to buy 15 per cent of shares from Telkom, the South African state-controlled company that owns half of Vodacom.

Indonesia's telecom giant to bid for new satellite JAKARTA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's largest telecommunication firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT Telkom), has planned to bid for a new satellite in October at a cost from 150 million to 200 million U.S.