Cellular16.11.2015

Telkom Mobile’s impressive subscriber and revenue numbers

Telkom logo on phone

Telkom has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015, which show that mobile data revenue increased 69% to R711 million.

The company’s net revenue increased 1.2% to R13.45 billion, while EBITDA, excluding the one-off items, improved 15.1% to R5 billion.

“Mobile service and subscription revenue increased 41% to R1.2 billion,” said Telkom.

“Revenue generating” mobile subscribers increased from 2.024 million to 2.257 million – a rise of 11.5%.

The table below highlights Telkom’s mobile results over the period.

Data Set September 2015 September 2014 Percentage Increase
Mobile subscribers 2 257 404 2 024 495 11.5
Prepaid subscribers 1 576 471 1 595 130 (1.2)
Post-paid subscribers 680 933 429 365 58.6
LTE sites integrated 1 381 1 275 8.3
ARPU – Prepaid 51.06 37.42 36.5
ARPU – Post-paid 181.32 206.26 (12.1)

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