for the six months ended 30 September 2014
| Reviewed Six months ended 30 September 2014 |
Restated Six months ended 30 September 2013 |
Audited Year ended 31 March 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rm | Rm | Rm | |
| Total Revenue | 16 257 | 16 324 | 33 061 |
| Operating revenue | 15 911 | 15 989 | 32 400 |
| Other income (excluding profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, investments and profit on disposal of subsidiary) | 219 | 223 | 485 |
| Investment income | 127 | 112 | 176 |
| Operating revenue decreased due to the continuous decline in fixed-line voice, revenue and lower data leased line revenue resulting from self-provisioning by other licensed operators, partially offset by higher mobile revenue. | |||
| Investment income increased as a result of higher cash balances held by the Group | |||
| Change in comparative | |||
| Other income increased by R49 million as a result of a reclassification from selling and administrative expenses to sundry income. | |||
| This is income in nature and it is more appropriate to report sundry income as part of other income category instead of being offset against selling, general and administration expenditure. | |||
| Other income increased by R34 million at 30 September 2013 (31 March 2014: R83 million). This is income relating to undersea cables activities that are not in the ordinary course of business, therefore it was reclassified from operating revenue to other income. |