Financial Results

Operational Data

September 2014
September 2013
%
ADSL subscribers 1 1 012 416 971 319 4.2
Closer subscribers 839 158 859 622 (2.4)
Internet all access subscribers 2 568 553 558 902 1.7
Fixed access lines (’000) 3 3 323 3 531 (5.9)
Post-paid 2 273 2 346 (3.1)
Post-paid – ISDN channels 678 719 (5.7)
Pre-paid 328 405 (19.0)
Payphones 44 61 (27.9)
Ports activated via MSAN access 1 030 441 696 392 48.0
Fixed-line penetration rate (%)4 6.2 6.8 (0.6)
Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR) 2 285 2 256 1.3
Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes) 7 666 8 444 (9.2)
Managed data network sites 47 502 47 594 (0.2)
Telkom Company employees 5 14 212 18 796 (24.4)
Trudon employees 463 475 (2.5)
Swiftnet employees 112 113 0.9
BCX employees 6 722 - -
Fixed access lines per employee 5 234 188 24.5
Active mobile subscribers 6 2 257 404 2 024 495 11.5
Pre-paid 1 576 471 1 595 130 (1.2)
Post-paid 680 933 429 365 58.6
Mobile base stations constructed 2 643 2 595 1.8
Mobile sites integrated 2 549 2 473 3.1
LTE sites integrated 1 381 1 275 8.3
ARPU (Rand) 89.05 71.99 23.7
Pre-paid 51.06 37.42 36.5
Post-paid 181.32 206.26 (12.1)
Churn % - pre-paid 59.0 44.4 (14.6)
(1) Includes 8 341 (September 2014: 6 273) 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.