On Monday, the group reported a 5.3% jump in operating revenue to R41.8 billion, spurred by strong growth in its mobile division. However, its fixed-broadband subscribers recorded the biggest decline ever.<\/p>\n
The results showed that Telkom\u2019s ADSL, VDSL, and fibre subscribers declined from 981,176 in March 2018 to 847,650 in March 2019.<\/p>\n
Mobile service revenue increase by 58.3%. \u201cThe significant growth in mobile service revenue was supported by an 85.9% growth in active subscribers to 9.7 million, as our affordable broadband-led proposition continues to resonate with customers,\u201d said group CEO, Sipho Maseko.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite adding 4.5 million subscribers in the year, our blended average revenue per user (ARPU) was stable at R100.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maseko said that pre-paid subscribers more than doubled compared to the prior year, increasing by 109.3% to 7.8 million.<\/p>\n
Key salient features:<\/strong><\/p>\n The racial breakdown of permanent employees within the reporting year comprised of 64% black South Africans, 33%white South Africans and 3%non-South Africans, the group said.<\/p>\n “In total, 35% of our external recruitment was made up of women. It remains a challenge to realise gender equality and female representation which aligns to the challenges of the broader ICT sector. Within the group, women represent 31% of our employee base,” Maseko said.<\/p>\n “Our top management black representation increased from 62% to 100%.”<\/p>\n\n
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