{"id":91841,"date":"2013-11-18T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T05:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=91841"},"modified":"2013-11-18T07:44:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T05:44:32","slug":"telkoms-fixed-line-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/91841-telkoms-fixed-line-slump.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom’s fixed line slump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom unveiled its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2013, revealing that the company currently has 3,713,000 fixed access lines \u2013 down from 3,894,000 a year ago.<\/p>\n

Telkom\u2019s fixed-line numbers are at its lowest level since 1994, which places pressure on the company\u2019s turnaround plan. To offer services such as ADSL or VDSL to subscribers, a fixed line to the premises is needed.<\/p>\n

With fixed line numbers declining, the pool of people to whom additional fixed line products can be sold is also shrinking.<\/p>\n

The following table provides an overview of Telkom\u2019s fixed-line performance over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lines<\/strong><\/td>\nSeptember 2012 (\u2019000)<\/strong><\/td>\nSeptember 2013 (\u2019000)<\/strong><\/td>\nPercentage growth<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed access lines<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n3,894<\/strong><\/td>\n3,713<\/strong><\/td>\n-4.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Post-paid \u2013 PSTN<\/td>\n2,465<\/td>\n2,396<\/strong><\/td>\n-2.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Post-paid \u2013 ISDN channels<\/td>\n761<\/td>\n750<\/td>\n-1.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pre-paid<\/td>\n571<\/td>\n478<\/td>\n-16.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payphones<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n-8.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Since the year 2000, there has been a steady decline in fixed-line numbers, despite an economic boom from 2003 to 2007, and the launch of ADSL in late 2002.<\/p>\n

Telkom\u2019s steady decline in fixed-line numbers since the turn of the century has been blamed on many factors, including competition from mobile services, copper theft and tough economic conditions.<\/p>\n

The following table provides an overview of Telkom fixed-line growth and decline since the early nineties.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nFixed line subscribers<\/strong><\/td>\nChange<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\n3,458,000<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\n3,594,000<\/td>\n136,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\n3,773,000<\/td>\n179,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\n3,926,000<\/td>\n153,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\n4,259,000<\/td>\n333,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\n4,645,000<\/td>\n386,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\n5,075,000<\/td>\n430,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\n5,493,000<\/td>\n418,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\n4,962,000<\/td>\n-531,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\n4,924,000<\/td>\n-38,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\n4,844,000<\/td>\n-80,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\n4,821,000<\/td>\n-23,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\n4,726,000<\/td>\n-95,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\n4,708,000<\/td>\n-18,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\n4,642,000<\/td>\n-66,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\n4,533,000<\/td>\n-109,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\n4,451,000<\/td>\n-82,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\n4,273,000<\/td>\n-178,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\n4,073,000<\/td>\n-200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\n3,894,000<\/td>\n-179,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\n3,713,000<\/td>\n-181,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

More on Telkom’s fixed line numbers<\/h3>\n

Telkom continues to bleed fixed line subscribers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Telkom\u2019s fixed-line decline<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Telkom\u2019s fixed line numbers the lowest in 15 years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telkom’s latest financial results show that the company continues to bleed fixed line subscribers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":91015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[71,999,35,109],"class_list":["post-91841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecoms","tag-adsl-2","tag-fixed-lines","tag-headline","tag-telkom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91843,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91841\/revisions\/91843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}