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24 November 2017

Telkom to offer new Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Huawei Mate 10 Porsche

The new Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design devices are available on Telkom FreeMe contracts from today.

The devices are available on FreeMe 1GB, 2GB, 5GB, 10Gb, 20GB, and Unlimited for both new and existing Telkom subscribers, on prepaid, post-paid and hybrid plans. The Mate 10 Pro is available in gold and titanium grey, and the Mate 10 Porsche Design is available in black.

“Our focus remains on offering our customers the latest devices on our unbeatable FreeMe packages on South Africa’s best data network,” said Telkom Retail’s CEO Attila Vitai.

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design features a new Leica dual camera of 12MP and 20MP at rear and 8MP in front, the world's largest f/1.6 aperture and AI scene detection, and is the world’s first intelligent phone with embedded AI chipset. It includes a dual SIM, 6" display screen, a HUAWEI Kirin 970 CPU and runs on Android 8.0.

Deals and pricing for the Huawei Mate 10 Pro can be viewed here and for the Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design here.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Leigh-Ann Francis
Specialist: Media Relations
Executive: Group Communications
Telkom
Tel. +27 12 642 1728
Cell. +27 81 391 4780
Email: francilm@telkom.co.za

ABOUT TELKOM:

Telkom is a leading information and communications technology services provider in South Africa. We had consolidated operating revenue of R41 billion and normalised profit after tax of R3 907 million for the year ended 31 March 2017. Total assets amounted to R48.0 billion and equity attributable to the owners of Telkom to R27.6 billion as of 31 March 2017

As of 31 March 2017, we had approximately 3.0 million telephone access lines in service and 1,329,450 ports connected via MSAN access. We offer business, residential and payphone customers a wide range of services and products, including:

  • fixed-line retail voice services using PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) lines, including ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines, and the sale of subscription based value-added voice services and calling plans;
  • fixed-line customer premises equipment rental and sales services both voice and data needs and these include PABX, Computers, Routers, Modems, Telephone handsets and other ancillary equipment;
  • interconnection services, including terminating and transiting traffic from South African mobile operators, as well as from international operators and transiting traffic from mobile to international destinations;
  • fixed-line data services, including domestic and international data transmission services, such as point-to-point leased lines, ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services, packet-based services, managed data networking services and internet access and related information technology services;
  • Data Centre Operations includes e-commerce, application service provider, hosting, data storage, e-mail and security services;
  • W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), a 3G next generation network, including fixed voice services, data services and nomadic voice services;
  • mobile communication services, including voice services, data services and handset sales through our mobile brand called Telkom Mobile;
  • information technology services including converged communication, IT service solutions, application solutions, IT hardware and software and industrial technology service sales locally, in seven African countries, the UK and Dubai through Business Connexion Group; and other services including directory services, through Trudon (Pty) Ltd, wireless data services, through Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd.
  • Convergence is one of our key strategic initiatives in building a sustainable future for Telkom. We will lead the provision of converged services in South Africa in support of our mission statement: Seamlessly connecting people to a better life.