Financial Results

Operational Data

March 2016
March 2015
%
Broadband subscribers1 1 027 507 1 005 286 2.2
Closer subscribers 838 258 833 363 0.6
Internet all access subscribers2 574 460 574 761 (0.1)
Fixed access lines (’000) 3 3 217 3 439 (6.5)
Post-paid 2 237 2 325 (3.8)
Post-paid – ISDN channels 665 697 (4.6)
Pre-paid 288 372 (22.6)
Payphones 27 45 (40.0)
Ports activated via MSAN access 1 077 939 964 196 11.8
Fixed-line penetration rate (%)4 5.8 6.6 (0.8)
Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR) 4 728 4 639 1.9
Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes) 14 918 16 315 (8.6)
Managed data network sites 47 492 47 599 (0.2)
Telkom Company employees 5 13 766 18 333 (24.9)
Trudon employees 540 533 1.3
Swiftnet employees 131 108 21.3
BCX employees 5 904 - -
Fixed access lines per employee 5 234 188 24.5
Active mobile subscribers 6 2 706 687 2 186 774 23.8
Pre-paid 1 912 415 1 607 649 19.0
Post-paid 794 272 579 125 37.2
Mobile sites integrated 2 663 2 510 6.1
LTE sites integrated 1 448 1 317 9.9
ARPU (Rand) 89.44 75.05 19.2
Pre-paid 51.46 39.68 29.7
Post-paid 181.69 196.89 (7.7)
Churn % - pre-paid 55.1 51.0 (4.1)
1. Includes 8 258 (March 2015: 8 341) internal lines, 8 129 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.