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Products and services

Differentiators

Contribution to Group

Telkom Consumer

Delivers high-speed mobile broadband via reliable, stable, high-quality converged communications and effective cost optimisation.

Products and services

  • Broadband (mobile, fixed and nomadic)
  • Voice
  • Non-connectivity and financial services

Differentiators

  • Third-largest and fastest-growing mobile network operator in South Africa
  • 7 909 mobile integrated sites
  • 465 active 5G sites
  • 23.2 million mobile subscribers, of whom 65.7% are broadband customers

Contribution to Group

  • R27 804 million in revenue
  • R5 567 million in EBITDA
  • 1 013 employees with
    R1 222 million in salaries and benefits paid

Openserve

South Africa’s leading wholesale infrastructure connectivity provider.

Products and services

  • Broadband and enterprise solutions
  • Optical and carrier solutions
  • Global solutions
  • Interconnect solutions
  • Voice services

Differentiators

  • Largest managed wholesale open-access infrastructure connectivity provider in South Africa
  • National and regional fibre routes to deploy fibre-based access, enterprise and backhaul technologies
  • Over 180 000 km of fibre across
    South Africa
  • Connectivity rate of 50.4%, with
    1 378 930 homes passed

Contribution to Group

  • R12 349 million in revenue
  • R4 005 million in EBITDA
  • 4 563 employees with R3 072 million in salaries and benefits paid

BCX

A state-of-the-art technology company that provides ICT solutions and an integrated portfolio of technology solutions across South Africa.

Products and services

  • Converged communications solutions, including voice, data networks, internet and wireless connectivity
  • Digital platform solutions, including enterprise applications and customised industryspecific offerings
  • Cloud platform solutions, including private cloud, public cloud and infrastructure, field services management and cybersecurity

Differentiators

  • Proprietary IT platforms for enterprise sectors, including:
    • UniSolv: A locally built pharmacy system
    • powering over 1 100 sites, streamlining healthcare delivery through automation, compliance and real-time insights
    • Retail and service technologies: Proprietary
    • platforms such as Dolfin, ActiveRetail and UltiSales deployed across more than 12 000 retail sites and 215 000 devices, enhancing efficiency and growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
  • A national footprint of 10 data centres with a combined capacity of 12 600 m2 and IT capacity of 9.82 MW
  • BCX owns three of the four Tier IV data centres in South Africa

Contribution to Group

  • R12 346 million in revenue
  • R1 376 million in adjusted EBITDA
  • 3 620 employees with R3 404 million in salaries and benefits paid

Gyro

Manages the property portfolio of Telkom that is used for operations. Provides property services, including real estate management services.

Products and services

  • Property and space user demand
  • Facilities management
  • Physical security and business protection
  • Programme management office
  • Up to 31 January 2025, Gyro managed the masts and towers portfolio through Swiftnet

Differentiators

  • Leverages the Group's technologies to implement smart-enabled buildings and next-generation property and facilities management solutions

Contribution to Group

  • R730 million in cash proceeds from transfer of 57 properties sold
  • Swiftnet for 10 months ended 31 January 2025:
    • Revenue: R1 221 million
    • EBITDA: R912 million
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