Financial Results

Operational Data

March 2015
March 2014
%
ADSL subscribers 1 1 005 286 931 858 7,9
Closer subscribers 833 363 845 742 (1,5)
Internet all access subscribers 2 574 761 534 441 7,5
Fixed access lines (’000) 3 3 439 3 618 (4,9)
Post-paid 2 325 2 363 (1,6)
Post-paid – ISDN channels 697 737 (5,4)
Pre-paid 372 439 (15,3)
Payphones 45 79 (43,0)
Ports activated via MSAN access 964 196 475 144 102,9
Fixed-line penetration rate (%)4 6,6 7,0 (0,4)
Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR) 4 639 4 630 0,2
Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes) 16 315 18 045 (9,6)
Managed data network sites 47 599 47 125 1,0
Telkom Company employees5 18 333 19 197 (4,5)
Swiftnet employees 108 116 (6,9)
Fixed access lines per employee 5 188 188 -
Active mobile subscribers6 2 186 774 1 803 675 21,2
Pre-paid 1 607 649 1 423 193 13,0
Post-paid 579 125 380 482 52,2
Mobile base stations constructed 2 601 2 592 0,3
Mobile sites integrated 2 510 2 428 3,4
LTE sites integrated 1 317 1 183 11,3
ARPU (Rand) 75,05 62,79 19,5
Pre-paid 39,68 31,92 24,3
Post-paid 196,89 173,28 13,6
Churn % - pre-paid 51,0 43,8 (7,2)
1 Includes 8 238 (March 2014: 4 914) internal lines. ADSL subscribers 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 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.