Telkom has announced that it is withdrawing its prepaid fixed copper-line service after migrating 96% of these customers to wireless products. Today, wireless technology has been proven to be more reliable than copper infrastructure (which are easily impacted by adverse weather conditions and cable theft in South Africa). Now, thousands of South African businesses fear going without internet connectivity and phone lines to keep their business going. Don’t panic yet! Keep reading to learn more about Telkom’s strategy to eliminate copper-line connectivity and our solution to keep your business running efficiently and affordably. Alternative Solutions Wondering how South African businesses will manage without copper-line connectivity? See below for Telkom’s strategy to migrate voice and DSL customers to LTE and fibre-based services. SmartVoice Because Telkom shut down its copper-based prepaid voice service, it will now target their post-paid fixed-line segment. According