Telkom ADSL 1 million barrier broken
Telkom has released its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2015, which show that it now has over 1 million ADSL subscribers.
Telkom had 1,005,286 ADSL subscribers as of 31 March, up from 926,944 a year earlier.
This growth bodes well for the company, which set out to lead the broadband market in South Africa.
In August 2014 Telkom unveiled its integrated broadband plan, which focused on user behaviour, the value proposition to its customers, and using the best technologies.
Through its integrated broadband plan, Telkom aimed to capture a large share of the consumer broadband market.
“Despite the high churn rates in our Consumer business, we grew our ADSL subscribers by 7.9 percent to 1,005,286,” Telkom said.
[also see: Telkom’s results explained in two slides]
ADSL growth since 2002
The following table shows the growth of ADSL in South Africa since the launch of the service in late 2002.
| Telkom ADSL subscriber numbers | ||
| Date | ADSL Subscribers | Monthly Growth |
| March 2003 | 2669 | 445 |
| September 2003 | 12,000 | 1,555 |
| March 2004 | 20,313 | 1,386 |
| September 2004 | 37,000 | 2,781 |
| March 2005 | 58,278 | 3,546 |
| September 2005 | 95,920 | 6,169 |
| March 2006 | 143,509 | 8,037 |
| September 2006 | 190,172 | 7,777 |
| March 2007 | 255,633 | 10,910 |
| September 2007 | 335,112 | 13,247 |
| March 2008 | 412,190 | 12,846 |
| September 2008 | 491,774 | 13,264 |
| March 2009 | 548,015 | 9,374 |
| September 2009 | 602,720 | 9,118 |
| March 2010 | 647,462 | 7,457 |
| September 2010 | 699,368 | 8,651 |
| March 2011 | 751,625 | 8,710 |
| September 2011 | 795,419 | 7,299 |
| March 2012 | 827,091 | 5,279 |
| September 2012 | 841,831 | 2,457 |
| March 2013 | 870,505 | 4,779 |
| September 2013 | 898,203 | 4,616 |
| March 2014 | 926,944 | 4,790 |
| September 2014 | 965,046 | 6,350 |
| March 2015 | 1,005,286 | 6,707 |
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