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12 December 2014

Telkom rolls out LTE-Advanced to five more suburbs

Following a successful launch in Parkview, Johannesburg, Telkom’s new super-fast LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network is now live in five more suburbs. These are: Illovo and Melrose in Gauteng, Sea Point and Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town, and Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal. These suburbs now have access to peak internet connectivity, with speeds of up to 150 Mbps. Residents are now able to join Telkom’s Futurehood – a place where the possibilities of high speed broadband meet the specific requirements of people, homes and businesses across South Africa.

 

“Telkom is at the forefront of providing customers with high-speed technology that allows them to connect with friends and family. With our new LTE-A service, customers are able to use the service wherever there is a signal and coverage,” said Attila Vitai, MD for Consumer and Mobile at Telkom.

 

LTE-A is a wireless plug-and-play solution that can be used anywhere where signal and coverage allows. Being a wireless solution, LTE-A does not require a wire-connection that goes into your home and it can turn your home into a fully connected Wi-Fi hotspot allowing for up to 32 devices to be connected simultaneously.

 

Telkom’s LTE-A offer is comparable to speeds available over a fibre network and offers a compelling alternative to fixed line solutions for high speed connectivity.

 

Telkom is offering 100GB of LTE-A data at peak speeds of up to 150 Mbps which enables customers to download a 10GB HD movie in less than eight minutes or download a 60MB music album within nine seconds. The promotional offer is available for R1399.00 per month over a 36 month contract.

 

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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.