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15 April 2009

Thami Msimango to head up telkom international

Thami Msimango has been appointed Managing Director of the Telkom International Business Unit, with effect from today.

On 1 April 2009, he was appointed acting MD of the Business Unit, one of three newly created operating units that became functional under the new Telkom Group structure from the beginning of the month.

Msimango retains his position as MD of Multi-Links, a 100% Telkom-owned Nigerian private telecommunications operator.

"The appointment of Thami as MD will go a long way towards supporting the strategic focus and vision of the Telkom International Business Unit as well as in refocusing the overall imperatives of the Telkom Group. I have no doubt that his experience will help Telkom realise the anticipated revenue streams from our acquisition of Multi-Links," said Telkom Group CEO, Reuben September.

Msimango brings a wealth of expertise to his new position in the Telkom Group. Having joined Telkom in 1984, he progressed through the ranks and gained widespread experience in critical areas such as business process re-engineering as well as network planning and construction. In 1999, Msimango was appointed Regional Executive: Infrastructure Provisioning for the Gauteng region before becoming the National Executive: Integrated Technology Application Strategy in 2001.

Following his appointment as Managing Executive: Technology Network Services in 2003, Msimango became Telkom's Chief Technical Officer in 2005. This portfolio included Infrastructure Provisioning, Network Installation and Repair, Network Management and Network Service Management. After a brief stint at Vodacom, he rejoined Telkom and became the Company's Chief of Global Operations and Subsidiaries.

"I am excited by the new challenges and opportunities that await me. The Telkom Group is currently undergoing a dynamic process of growth and renewal and I am thrilled by the confidence placed in me to steer Telkom's journey of expansion beyond the borders of South Africa.

"A new vista of opportunities and markets are available on the African continent and, with the support of Telkom's Exco and my staff, I'll be looking to explore avenues to optimise on our investments and deliver on other key Telkom priorities such as enhanced customer focus, growth in the area of mobile capability, shareholder value creation, together with a major turnaround in the profitability of Multi-Links," said Msimango.

On 1 April 2009 Telkom International became operational with two other Business Units, namely, Telkom SA and Telkom Data Centre Operations.

Nombulelo "Pinky" Moholi was announced as the MD of Telkom SA on 26 March 2009 and will assume her position on 1 May.

Appointments in relation to Telkom?s Data Centre Operations will be made in due course.

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Telkom is a leading communications services provider in South Africa. We had consolidated operating revenue of R16.8 billion and normalised profit after tax of R1, 683 million for the period ended 30 September 2015. Total assets amounted to R41.9 billion and equity attributable to the owners of Telkom to R23.5 billion as of 30 September 2015. The group generated normalised free cash flow of R1.4 billion for the period ended 30 September 2015.

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  • fixed-line retail voice services using PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) lines, including ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines, and the sale of subscription based value-added voice services and calling plans;
  • fixed-line customer premises equipment rental and sales services both voice and data needs and these include PABX, Computers, Routers, Modems, Telephone handsets and other ancillary equipment;
  • interconnection services, including terminating and transiting traffic from South African mobile operators, as well as from international operators and transiting traffic from mobile to international destinations;
  • fixed-line data services, including domestic and international data transmission services, such as point-to-point leased lines, ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services, packet-based services, managed data networking services and internet access and related information technology services;
  • Data Centre Operations includes e-commerce, application service provider, hosting, data storage, e-mail and security services;
  • W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), a 3G next generation network, including fixed voice services, data services and nomadic voice services;
  • mobile communication services, including voice services, data services and handset sales through our mobile navbar-brand called Telkom Mobile;
  •  information and communication services including cloud services, infrastructure services, workspace services, global service integration management and hardware and network equipment sales locally, in seven African countries, the UK and Dubai through Business Connexion Group; and
  • other services including directory services, through Trudon (Pty) Ltd, wireless data services, through Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd.

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