{"id":14824,"date":"2012-06-08T10:57:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T08:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=14824"},"modified":"2012-06-08T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T10:50:35","slug":"telkoms-numbers-in-black-and-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/14824\/telkoms-numbers-in-black-and-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Telkom&#8217;s numbers in black and red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Telkom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227037-Telkom\">Telkom<\/a> on Friday (8 June) reported a decline in operating revenue to R33.1 billion, for the year ended March 2012. Headline profit for the year fell 32.8% to R1.658 billion, while profit after tax for the year declined 93% to R179 million.<\/p>\n<p>The group decided against a dividend declaration in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Telkom faces many challenges at the moment but we will stay calm, determined and focused on delivering on the promise of our business and strategy going forward,&#8221; said CEO <a title=\"Nombulelo Moholi\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1667-Nombulelo-Pinky-Moholi\">Nombulelo Moholi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Voice revenues declined 6.5% to R12.835 billion as a result of lower minutes of use due to mobile substitution and, to a lesser extent, lower tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Total data revenue decreased 1.7% to R10.517 billion as a result of income generated from the Soccer World Cup included in the previous year. Excluding the revenue relating to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, data revenue increased 1.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highlights of Telkom&#8217;s results for the year ended March 2012 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"ADSL\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/224881-ADSL\">ADSL<\/a> subscribers increased 10.0% to 827,091.<\/li>\n<li>Calling plan subscribers increased 4.6% to 819,019.<\/li>\n<li>Managed data network sites increased 13.9% to 38,902.<\/li>\n<li>Active mobile subscribers increased 213.2% to 1,483,401 with a blended <a title=\"ARPU (average revenue per user)\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2543-ARPU-Average-Revenue-Per-User\">ARPU<\/a> of R68.86.<\/li>\n<li>Operating revenue down 0.7% to R33.1 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed-line employee expenses decreased 15.0% to R6.6 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile <a title=\"earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2031-Ebitda\">EBITDA<\/a> loss of R2.2 billion after elimination.<\/li>\n<li>Group EBITDA margin decreased to 25.8% from 28.1%.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed-line EBITDA margin increased from 36.8% to 38.6%.<\/li>\n<li>Basic earnings per share decreased 97.8% to 10.4 cents per share.<\/li>\n<li>Headline earnings per share decreased 33.0% to 324.7 cents.<\/li>\n<li>Free cash flow generated of R2.1 billion (2011: R2.2 billion).<\/li>\n<li>Net debt to EBITDA remains 0.5x.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As mentioned by Moholi, Telkom faces many challenges including a continued decline in fixed line subscribers, lower voice revenues and lower average revenue per user in their mobile division.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides an overview of the company&#8217;s performance over the last twelve months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>March 2011<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>March 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Growth<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Telkom South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">ADSL subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">751,625<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 827,091 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">10.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Calling plan subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">783,193<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 819,019 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">4.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Closer subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">753,951<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 787,117 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">4.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Supreme call subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">29,242<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 31,902 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">9.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">WiMAX subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">3,199<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 3,381 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">5.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">Internet all access subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">543,316<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 523,057 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-3.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">Fixed access lines (\u2019000)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">4,152<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 3,995 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-3.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Post-paid \u2013 PSTN<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">2,552<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 2,499 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-2.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Post-paid \u2013 ISDN channels<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">772<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 767 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-0.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Pre-paid<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">703<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 623 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-11.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Payphones<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">125<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 106 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-15.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">Fixed-line penetration rate (%)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">8.3<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 7.9 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Revenue per fixed access line (ZAR)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">4,863<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 4,865 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">Total fixed-line traffic (millions of minutes)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">20,545<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 19,372 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-5.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Local<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">5,563<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 4,513 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-18.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Long distance<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">2,806<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 2,683 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-4.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Fixed-to-mobile<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">3,563<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 3,785 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Fixed-to-fixed<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">104<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 164 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">57.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;International outgoing<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">537<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 360 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-33.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Subscription based calling plans<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">3,988<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 3,636 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-8.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Interconnection<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">3,984<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 4,231 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8212;-Mobile domestic<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">1,919<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 1,945 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">1.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8212;-Mobile international<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">134<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 432 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">222.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8212;-Fixed<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">951<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 1,055 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">10.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8212;-International<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">980<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 799 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-18.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Managed data network sites<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">34,163<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 38,902 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">13.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Company employees<\/td>\n<td>22,884<\/td>\n<td><strong> 20,939 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-8.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Fixed access lines per employee<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">182<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 191 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">4.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Telkom Mobile<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Total subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">1,199,596<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 3,053,393 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">154.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Active Subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">473,604<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 1,483,401 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">213.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Pre-paid<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">440,775<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 1,039,448 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">135.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Post-paid<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">32,829<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 443,953 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">1,252.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Base stations constructed<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">970<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 1,782 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">83.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">Employees<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">228<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 355 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">55.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">ARPU (Rand)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">22.60<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 68.86 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">204.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">&#8211;Pre-paid<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">15.86<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\"><strong> 20.89 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">31.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Post-paid<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">238.57<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 206.83 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-13.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Churn % &#8211; Pre-paid<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td><strong> 58.9 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Other International<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iWayAfrica<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Active subscribers<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">25,184<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 22,386 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-11.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211;Employees<\/td>\n<td>517<\/td>\n<td><strong> 479 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-7.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">&#8211;Customer per employee<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">49<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\"><strong> 47 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFDDDF\">-4.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Other South African<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trudon employees<\/td>\n<td>520<\/td>\n<td><strong> 520 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Swiftnet employees<\/td>\n<td>107<\/td>\n<td><strong> 107 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telkom\u2019s fixed line numbers lowest since 1996\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/14820\/telkoms-fixed-line-numbers-lowest-since-1996\/\"><strong>Telkom\u2019s fixed line numbers lowest since 1996<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telkom reports 33% fall in headline profit\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/14782\/telkom-reports-33-fall-in-headline-profit\/\"><strong>Telkom reports 33% fall in headline profit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Controversial Telkom figure Nzeku resigns\" 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