He was addressing Telkom’s annual results presentation.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Telkom reported that profit plummeted for the year ended March 31, with headline earnings per share dropping to 46.8 cents compared with 610.5 cents a year earlier.<\/p>\n
“Simplicity, quality and value will be Telkom’s three main guiding principles to its entry into the mobile market,” September said.<\/p>\n
He said Telkom would also use mobile technology to offer fixed-line services where the group was experiencing operational challenges such as recurring cable theft.<\/p>\n
“After extensive research into the market’s needs, Telkom will be launching pre-paid, post-paid and hybrid voice and data; 2G voice and data; and 3G voice and data.”<\/p>\n
September said a domestic roaming agreement had been signed with cellphone company MTN.<\/p>\n
“An international roaming agreement is close to being concluded and from our launch, which will be in the calendar year 2010, Telkom will offer full national and international roaming,” September said.<\/p>\n
Telkom had already ordered 2000 base stations which were in the process of being constructed.<\/p>\n
“We plan to have 40 percent of our own population coverage at launch which will be grown as required over the next five years,” September said.<\/p>\n
He estimated that capital expenditure needed to implement mobility would be a maximum of R6 billion over five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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