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TKG - Telkom SA - Vodacom Results For The Period Ended December 31, 2007

Release Date: 29/01/2008 07:30
Code(s): TKG
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TKG - Telkom SA - Vodacom Results For The Period Ended December 31, 2007 Telkom SA Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1991/005476/06) Share code: TKG ISIN: ZAE000044897 ("Telkom") Vodacom results for the period ended December 31, 2007 As at December 31, 2007, Vodacom Group recorded 33.0 million customers across its networks operating in South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and Mozambique, reflecting a 4.7% increase in the three months since September 30, 2007. The growth in the customer base is a result of high gross customer connections of 4.8 million for the quarter. The Group`s non-South African operations comprised 8.8 million customers, or 26.6% of the total customer base. Year on year, revenue for the 9 months ended December 31, 2007 increased by 17.3% to R35.7 billion, while total Group customers increased by 17.1% since December 31, 2006. South Africa South Africa increased its customer base by 4.1% since September 30, 2007 to 24.3 million customers. South Africa`s customer base includes 3.4 million contract customers and 20.7 million prepaid customers, reflecting an increase of 0.7% and an increase of 4.7% since September 30, 2007, respectively. Vodacom South Africa has retained its leadership position in a highly competitive South African mobile communications market with an estimated market share of 55.6% at December 31, 2007. Vodacom South Africa customers, year to date ARPU and churn as at December 31, 2007 compared to September 30, 2007 are as follows: South Africa September 30, December 31, % change 2007 2007 Customers (thousands) 23,297 24,255 4.1 Contract 3,409 3,432 0.7 Prepaid 19,790 20,720 4.7 Community services 98 103 5.1 ARPU (ZAR) 119 123 3.4 Contract 487 485 (0.4) Prepaid 59 62 5.1 Community services 711 707 (0.6) Churn (%) 45.9 43.6 (2.3 pts) Contract 8.3 8.1 (0.2 pts) Prepaid 51.9 49.4 (2.5 pts) Non-South African operations Vodacom`s non-South African operations increased their total customer base by 6.3% since September 30, 2007 to 8.8 million customers. Satisfactory customer growth was achieved in all Vodacom`s non-South African operations, most notably Lesotho with a 9.9% increase and Mozambique with an 11.9% increase in its customer base. Vodacom`s non-South African operations` customers, year to date ARPU and churn as at December 31, 2007 compared to September 30, 2007 are as follows: Non-South African September 30, December 31, % change operations 2007 2007 Vodacom Tanzania Customers (thousands) 3,678 3,945 7.3 Contract 13 15 15.4 Prepaid 3,654 3,921 7.3 Public phones 11 9 (18.2) ARPU (ZAR) 48 50 4.2 Churn (%) 46.8 46.0 (0.8 pts) Other African operations Vodacom Congo Customers (thousands) 3,178 3,269 2.9 Contract 20 21 5.0 Prepaid 3,102 3,183 2.6 Public phones 56 65 16.1 ARPU (ZAR) 64 59 (7.8) Churn (%) 43.3 46.1 2.8 pts Vodacom Lesotho Customers (thousands) 332 365 9.9 Contract 4 4 - Prepaid 323 355 9.9 Public phones 5 6 20.0 ARPU (ZAR) 72 74 2.8 Churn (%) 17.9 18.1 0.2 pts Vodacom Mozambique Customers (thousands) 1,079 1,207 11.9 Contract 18 22 22.2 Prepaid 1,060 1,174 10.8 Public phones 1 11 >200 ARPU (ZAR) 27 27 - Churn (%) 57.3 59.6 2.3 pts Issued by: Dot Field On behalf of: Alan Knott-Craig Chief Communications Officer Chief Executive Officer Vodacom Group (Pty) Ltd Vodacom Group (Pty) Ltd Tel: 011 - 653 5440 Cell: 0829900174 E-mail: dot.field@vodacom.co.za 29 January 2008 Pretoria Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 29/01/2008 07:30:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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