Financial Results

Operational Data

Year ended 31 March
2014
2013
%
ADSL subscribers 1 926 944 870 505 6.5
Calling plan subscribers 867 874 856 336 1.3
Closer subscribers 845 742 830 296 1.9
Supreme call subscribers 22 132 26 040 (15.0)
WiMAX subscribers 2 878 3 218 (10.6)
Internet all access subscribers 2 534 441 527 291 1.4
Fixed access lines (’000) 3 3 618 3 800 (4.8)
Post-paid 2 363 2 427 (2.6)
Post-paid – ISDN channels 737 756 (2.5)
Pre-paid 439 522 (15.9)
Payphones 79 95 (16.8)
Ports connected via MSAN access 475 144 73 400 547.3
Fixed-line penetration rate (%)4 7.0 7.3 (0.3)
Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR)5 4 630 4 581 1.1
Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes) 18 045 18 425 (2.1)
Managed data network sites 47 125 44 328 6.3
Telkom Company employees6 19 197 21 209 (9.5)
Trudon employees 468 519 (9.8)
Swiftnet employees 116 113 2.7
Fixed access lines per employee 6 188 179 5.0
Active mobile subscribers7 1 803 675 1 534 265 17.6
Pre-paid 1 423 193 1 158 327 22.9
Post-paid 380 482 375 938 1.2
Mobile base stations constructed 2 592 2 299 12.7
Mobile sites integrated 2 428 1 985 22.3
LTE sites integrated 1 183 651 81.7
ARPU (Rand)8 62.79 60.30 4.1
Pre-paid 31.92 23.87 33.7
Post-paid 173.28 156.88 10.5
Churn % - Pre-paid 43.8 56.8 13.0
1 Excludes Telkom internal lines and 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 2011 Census population statistics.
5 Revenue per fixed access line has been restated to exclude internal revenue in line with the new disclosure.
6 Based on number of Telkom Company employees, excluding subsidiaries.
7 Based on a subscriber who has participated in a revenue generating activity within the last 90 days.
8 The ARPU for March 2013 has been restated to exclude internal revenue and to include Telkom Business mobile.