Telkom unveiled their interim financial results for the six months ended 30 September 2011, revealing that 8ta\u2019s subscriber base grew to 1,140,289.<\/p>\n
8ta was launched on 14 October 2010, and by 31 March 2011 the company had 473,604 active subscribers at the end of March 2011.<\/p>\n
The Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) in March for 8ta\u2019s prepaid subscribers was R15.86, but over the next six months this number has grown to R20.47.<\/p>\n
8ta\u2019s contract subscribers currently spend R286.09 per month, up from R238.57 six months ago.<\/p>\n
8ta\u2019s blended ARPU at the end of September 2011 was R63.32, up from R22.60 six months ago.<\/p>\n
Telkom also announced that they have completed construction of 1,399 base stations of which 1,052 are on the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur network build out currently allows us to provide 8ta coverage to approximately 45% of the population in South Africa. Currently around 43% of all voice traffic and 84% of data traffic is carried on the 8ta network,\u201d Telkom said.<\/p>\n
8ta achieved revenue of R301 million and an EBITDA loss of R1,083 million for the six months ending 30 September 2011.<\/p>\n