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17 October 2014

CENTURION

 
The new Samsung Note 4 smartphone is now available at Telkom stores countrywide on the SmartPlan 50, SmartPlan 100 and Completely Unlimited deals.
 
The Note 4 is packed with new features. Movies and games come to life with the vivid display of the Super AMOLED Quad HD screen, and you’ll take brighter, blur-free photos with Smart Optical Image Stabilising and the ultra-wide selfie option. Best of all, the phone boasts 30% faster charging.
 
Samsung’s Note 4 is best experienced with a quality network and plenty of data. Telkom was recently voted fixed and mobile broadband provider of the year by readers of a leading online publication, and provides value-for-money contracts that ensure you’re always in touch.
 
The entry-level SmartPlan 50, priced at R449 a month, gives you:
  •          50 voice minutes per month
  •          500MB data, in addition to 75MB which is a standard feature of the plan per month
  •          Unlimited calls to Telkom Mobile numbers for the first 12 months
 
The SmartPlan 100 package, priced at R499 a month, aimed at consumers who are medium voice users looking for additional data benefits, includes:
  •          100 voice minutes per month
  •          Unlimited data until March 2015, and 1GB of data per month for the remaining period of the contract, in addition to 150MB which is a standard feature          of the plan
  •          Unlimited calls to Telkom Mobile numbers
 
Completely Unlimited offers people who call a lot and use a lot of data the comfort that they will always be in contact while managing their monthly telephony expenses. The package, at R1499 a month, includes:
  •          Unlimited voice minutes
  •          Unlimited SMS
  •          Unlimited data on the Telkom network
 
Consumers on this plan never have to worry about running out of data or voice minutes, and enjoy the convenience of a flat monthly rate.
All three plans offer free Wi-Fi access at 2500 hotspots around the country.
 
“We’re delighted to be able to offer a premium product such as the Samsung Note 4 to our customers, and we expect the device will be in high demand. The Note 4 is available from our stores, or can be ordered online at https://www.telkommobile.co.za/order/TMC1410006/,” said Attila Vitai, Managing Director: Telkom Mobile and Consumer.
 
For more information about Telkom’s Samsung Note 4 deals and other products visit www.telkommobile.co.za.

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

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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.