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30 September 2011

Telkom delivers more of the Internet

Telkom today unveiled a product range to the consumer market designed to give customers the freedom to explore the Internet unrestricted.

Telkom's Do Uncapped offering removes restrictions on data volumes, further cementing the Company's commitment to satisfying the consumer's growing appetite for media rich online content.

Joining Telkom's Do Broadband portfolio, the Do Uncapped range includes: Do Uncapped 384 kbps; Do Uncapped 1Mbps and Do Uncapped 4Mbps. This unveiling comes shortly after the Company announced a free increase on the bandwidth caps of certain existing TelkomInternet packages.

Telkom's move into the uncapped product market comes after concluding intensive market research and data usage trials. Research indicated that increased data volumes are top of the consumers mind, and is further prioritised over data speeds.

To feed the hunger for data Telkom has tailored its Do Uncapped range according to consumer usage patterns derived from findings of the Company's broadband trials on higher cap trials conducted earlier this year.

Steven White Telkom Executive for Converged Business Services explains, "Telkom has observed industry trends and analysed data usage patterns to develop an uncapped product that delivers a quality and sustainable service."

White notes that while Telkom is not the first to market with an uncapped product the Company has taken the time to develop a product that ensures responsible, fair and balanced data consumption.

To this end Do Uncapped 384 kbps and Do Uncapped 1Mbps is subject to certain daytime speed restrictions outlined in TelkomInternet's Acceptable Use Policy. However, Do Uncapped 4Mbps is offered without any restrictions.

"The products have been designed for home users that traditionally are away from home during the day, who instead spend time online in the evening mostly," said White.

"The Acceptable Usage Policy is designed to ensure that all consumers enjoy a quality online experience," he added.

"Meeting our consumer's expectations for data usage today remains our priority, however the Company remains equally committed to innovating towards the demands of tomorrow," concluded White.

Additional Information

Uncapped Internet Products Daytime Restrictions Internet Uncapped Price ADSL Line Price Combined Price
*Subject to the TelkomInternet Acceptable Use Policy
    Including VAT Including VAT Including VAT
Do Uncapped 384kbps* 6 am to 6 pm: Up to 295kbps
6 pm to 10 pm: Up to 354kbps
10 pm to 6 am: Up to 384kbps
No restriction on local traffic		 R 219 R 152 R 371
Do Uncapped 1mbps* 6 am to 6 pm: Up to 472kbps
6 pm to 10 pm: Up to 767kbps
10 pm to 6 am: Up to 1Mbps
No restriction on local traffic		 R 369 R 289 R 658
Do Uncapped 4mbps None R 2 097 R 413 R 2 510

To view Telkom's Acceptable Use Policy go to: www.telkomsa.net

For further enquiries, please contact:

Pynee Chetty

Senior Specialist: Media Relations

Group Communication

Tel:+27 12 642 1716

Mobile: +27 81 389 7874

Email: chettpr2@telkom.co.za

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Leigh-Ann Francis

Specialist: Media Relations

Group Communication

Tel: +27 12 642 1728

Mobile: +27 81 391 4780

Email: francilm@telkom.co.za

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ABOUT TELKOM:

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.

As of 30 September 2015, we had approximately 3.3 million telephone access lines in service and 1,030,441 ports connected via MSAN access. We offer business, residential and payphone customers a wide range of services and products, including:

  • 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.

Convergence is one of our key strategic initiatives in building a sustainable future for Telkom.  We will lead the provision of converged services in South Africa in support of our mission statement: Seamlessly connecting people to a better life.