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02 August 2013

Business Uncapped Launched For SMES

Telkom launched its Business Uncapped Internet Usage Plan yesterday. With this launch the Company now has a range of uncapped internet products that caters to the small business market.

"Business Uncapped consists of a range of affordable uncapped internet offers suitable for small offices with up to five users," says Carel Booysen, Executive: Business Broadband and Internet. "The idea is to give small businesses priority on the network during office hours, allowing for an uncapped internet experience suitable for business essential internet functions like browsing, email and file transfer."

This is part of the ongoing revitalisation of Telkom Internet to offer high quality internet products suited to either business or home users, at more affordable rates. "Business customers can now use bandwidth intensive applications like "sync and share" and remote backup, enjoying prioritised email, browsing and software-as-a-service," continued Booysen.

This latest product inclusion is the middle-of-the-range offering in Telkom Business broadband portfolio suitable for customers seeking a product that resides between the Business SoftCapped and Premium Uncapped offers. With SoftCapped, customers can still access the internet for browsing local and international websites even after they reach their usage limit. However, services like streaming and peer-to-peer are significantly restricted.

Premium Uncapped offers customers multiple concurrent users and high performance with prioritisation over the network at any time of the day. It also includes up to 40Mbps access speeds in areas where Telkom has deployed MSANs. Business Uncapped is yet another Telkom Business offering that empowers small business customers to realise their full potential. "It is products such as these that provide the access, capacity, speed and the tools that enable customers to fully exploit the digital world."

Broadband is a key component of Telkom’s journey to convergence; a key strategic imperative for Telkom Business. "Given that we are in the digital era and part of the Information Age, it is important that small businesses, equip themselves with suitable products that allow for optimum productivity and convenience while still remaining cost effective," concluded Booysen.

Additional Information:

Product Detail:
Business Uncapped Usage Only
Standalone Usage Price Suitable for
Business Uncapped Basic R249 1Mbps
Business Uncapped Advanced R299 2Mbps
Business Uncapped Premium R429 4Mbps
Business Uncapped Premium+ R809 10Mbps
Business Uncapped Elite R1 799 20Mbps
Business Uncapped Elite+ R2 999 40Mbps

In-bundle introductory offers are available. It comprises of a combination of the data usage from the above uncapped offers with business VAS and business xDSL, with the added benefit of a discount, to create the TBiz Business Uncapped Offers, designed for customers of 1 Mbps ADSL to 40Mbps VDSL.

Business Uncapped Bundle Offers
Bundle Name xDSL Port VAS Bundle Price
TBiz Business Uncapped Basic 1Mbps *Starter VAS R459
TBiz Business Uncapped Advanced 2Mbps Starter VAS R639
TBiz Business Uncapped Premium 4Mbps Starter VAS R899
TBiz Business Uncapped Premium+ 10Mbps Starter VAS R1279
TBiz Business Uncapped Elite 20Mbps Starter VAS R2 359
TBiz Business Uncapped Elite+ 40Mbps Starter VAS R3 799

*Starter VAS includes 5 email accounts linked to a .co.za domain, 3GB hosting space and other setup tools

All products are subject to the Telkom Internet Acceptable Use Policy, and all prices include VAT.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Pynee Chetty

Senior Specialist: Media Relations

Group Communication

Tel:+27 12 642 1716

Mobile: +27 81 389 7874

Email: chettpr2@telkom.co.za

OR

Leigh-Ann Francis

Specialist: Media Relations

Group Communication

Tel: +27 12 642 1728

Mobile: +27 81 391 4780

Email: francilm@telkom.co.za

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ABOUT TELKOM:

Telkom is a leading communications services provider in South Africa. We had consolidated operating revenue of R16.8 billion and normalised profit after tax of R1, 683 million for the period ended 30 September 2015. Total assets amounted to R41.9 billion and equity attributable to the owners of Telkom to R23.5 billion as of 30 September 2015. The group generated normalised free cash flow of R1.4 billion for the period ended 30 September 2015.

As of 30 September 2015, we had approximately 3.3 million telephone access lines in service and 1,030,441 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 navbar-brand called Telkom Mobile;
  •  information and communication services including cloud services, infrastructure services, workspace services, global service integration management and hardware and network equipment 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.