Financial Results

Operational Data

September 2016
September 2015
%
Fixed broadband subscribers1 1 018 405 1 015 307 0.3
Mobile broadband subscribers 2 275 513 1 575 038 44.5
Closer subscribers 821 246 839 158 (2.1)
Internet all access subscribers2 561 581 568 553 (1.2)
Fixed access lines ('000)3 3 090 3 323 (7.0)
Postpaid 2 174 2 273 (4.4)
Postpaid - ISDN channels 635 678 (6.3)
Prepaid 255 328 (22.3)
Payphones 26 44 (40.9)
Ports activated via MSAN access 1 278 430 1 030 441 24.1
Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR) 2 339 2 285 2.4
Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes) 6 797 7 666 (11.3)
Managed data network sites 46 978 47 502 (1.1)
Telkom Company employees5 12 184 14 212 (14.3)
Trudon employees 468 463 1.1
Swiftnet employees 135 112 20.5
BCX group employees 6 234 5 845 6.7
Active mobile subscribers6 3 212 499 2 257 404 42.3
Prepaid 2 236 996 1 576 471 41.9
Postpaid 975 503 680 933 43.3
Mobile sites integrated 2 777 2 549 8.9
LTE sites integrated 1 532 1 381 10.9
ARPU (Rand) 88.84 89.05 (0.2)
Prepaid 46.98 51.06 (8.0)
Postpaid 187.97 181.32 3.7
Churn % - prepaid 50.0 59.0 9.0
(1) Includes 8 213 (September 2015: 8 341) internal lines, fibre subscribers and ADSL subscribers which includes business, consumer, corporate, government and wholesale customers.
(2) Includes Telkom Internet ADSL, ISDN and WiMAX subscribers.
(3) Excludes Telkom internal lines.
(4) Penetration rate is based on the 2015 Stats SA mid-term population statistics.
(5) Based on number of Telkom Company employees, excluding subsidiaries.
(6) Based on a subscriber who has participated in a revenue-generating activity within the last 90 days.