Financial Results

Operational Data

For the Six months ended 30 September
	2010	2011	%
Telkom South Africa
ADSL subscribers ⁽¹⁾	699,368	795,419	13.7
Calling plan subscribers	762,070	797,827	4.7
Closer subscribers	738,396	767,121	3.9
Supreme call subscribers	23,674	30,706	29.7
WiMAX subscribers	2,935	3,364	14.6
Internet all access subscribers ⁽²⁾	535,794	556,886	3.9
Fixed access lines(’000) ⁽³⁾	4,234	4,073	(3.8)
Postpaid – PSTN	2,592	2,513	(3.0)
Postpaid – ISDN channels	776	767	(1.2)
Prepaid	748	775	(9.8)
Payphones	118	118	-
Fixed-line penetration rate (%)	8.5	8.1	(4.7)
Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR)	2,374	2,402	1.2
Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes)	10,520	9,797	(6.9)
Local	2,929	2,367	(19.2)
Long distance	1,437	1,371	(4.6)
Fixed-to-mobile	1,816	1,844	1.5
Fixed-to-fixed	43	73	69.8
International outgoing	271	203	(25.1)
International VoIP	22	33	50.0
Subscription based calling plans	1,994	1,847	(7.4)
Interconnection	2,030	2,092	3.1
Domestic mobile interconnection	1,041	1,172	12.6
Domestic fixed interconnection	506	497	(1.8)
International interconnection	483	423	(12.4)
Managed data network sites	33,023	37,181	12.6
Telkom Company employees	23,013	20,953	(9.0)
Fixed access lines per employee ⁽⁴⁾	184	194	(5.4)
Other International
iWay Africa
Active subscribers⁽⁵⁾	26,816	23,326	(13.0)
Employee ⁽⁵⁾	567	494	(12.9)
Customer per employee ⁽⁵⁾	47	47	-
Other South African
Trudon Employees	520	528	1.5
Swiftnet employees	107	114	6.5

For the Six months ended 30 September
	Year ended 31 March 2011	Six months ended 30 September 2011	%
Telkom Mobile
Total subscribes	1,199,596	2,203,419	83.7
Active subscribes ⁽⁶⁾	473,604	1,140, 289	140.8
Pre-paid	440,775	882,888	100.3
Post paid	32,829	257,401	684.1
Base stations constructed	970	1,399	44.2
Employee ⁽⁷⁾	228	267	17.1
A RPU (Rand) ⁽⁶⁾	22.60	63.32	180.2
Pre-paid	15.86	20.47	29.1
Post-paid	238.57	286.09	19.9
Churn % - pre-paid	-	41	-
Minutes of use
Pre-paid	10	21	110.0
Post-paid	235	109	(53.6)
Blended	19	36	89.5
⁽¹⁾ Excludes Telkom internal lines and includes business, consumer, corporate, government and wholesale customers.
⁽²⁾ Includes Telkom Internet ADSL, ISDN, WiMAX and dial-up subscribers.
⁽³⁾ Excludes Telkom internal lines.
⁽⁴⁾ Based on number of Telkom Company employees, excluding subsidiaries.
⁽⁵⁾ Excluding UUNet joint venture partner's subscribers and employees in Kenya.
⁽⁶⁾ Based on subscriber who has participaed in a revenue generating activity within the last 90 days.
⁽⁷⁾ Included in Telkom Company employee.