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CHARGES

BILLED PHONE LINES
PREPAID PHONE LINES
BASIC TELEPHONY CHARGES
 

PROFIT GRAPHS

YEARLY - 1999-2008
PER DAY - 1999-2008
BREAKDOWN - 1999-2008
PER EMPLOYEE - 1999-2008
PER FIXED LINE - 1999-2008
 

OTHER GRAPHS

CEO SALARY OVERVIEW
STAFF REDUCTION - 1997-2008
PHONE CUSTOMERS - 1999-2008
FIXED LINE PENETRATION
 
TELKOM SA FACTS AND INFORMATION

Telkom Call Charges 2002-2008 - Billed

 

Local Calls

National - R/min

To Cell

Installation

Rental

 

Min Charge
Peak
Off peak
Min Charge
Peak
Off peak
Peak Off peak

Home &

Biz

Home
Biz
2002 59c 33c 12c 88c 88c 44c R1.62 R1.06 R239.00 R67.72 R89.97
2003 55c 37c 14c 99c 99c 50c R1.88 R1.11 R268.98 R76.20 R101.23
2004 56c 38c 15c 99c 99c 50c R1.84 R1.13 R274.35 R81.90 R108.80
2005 59c 38c 16c 80c 80c 40c R1.89 R1.17 R316.10 R92.28 R122.60
2006 59c 38c 16c 72c 72c 36c R1.89 R1.17 R342.30 R99.92 R132.75
2007 59c 38c 17c 65c 65c 33c R1.89 R1.17 R383.37 R111.90 R148.68
2008 65c 39c 19c 65c 65c 33c R1.89 R1.17 R425.50 R124.20 R165.00
2009 65c 43c 19c 65c 65c 33c R1.89 R1.17 R468.05 R131.00 R174.00

Telkom Call Charges 2002-2008 - Prepaid

 

Local Calls

National - R/min

To Cell

Installation

Rental

 

Min Charge
Peak
Off peak
Min Charge
Peak
Off peak
Peak Off peak

Home &

Biz

Home
Biz
2002 49c 38c 14c 88c R1.04 52c R1.75 R1.06 R138.00 R41.98 n/a
2003 59c 42c 16c 99c R1.17 59c R1.88 R1.11 R155.27 R47.23 n/a
2004 56c 43c 17c 99c R1.17 59c R1.84 R1.13 R158.40 R50.80 n/a
2005 59c 43c 18c 80c 95c 48c R1.89 R1.17 R182.50 R57.25 n/a
2006 62c 45c 19c 84c R1 50c R1.89 R1.17 R197.60 R57.25 n/a
2007 62c 46c 21c 76c 90c 45c R1.89 R1.17 R221.30 R57.25 n/a
2008 68c 48c 23c 76c 90c 45c R1.89 R1.17 R245.60 R57.25 n/a
2009 75c 53c 25c 83c 86c 50c R1.89 R1.17 R270.00 R60.40 n/a

Basic Charges - as of August 2009

All charges include VAT.
 

RESIDENTIAL

BUSINESS

ADSL & ISDN

ADSL Line Installation R598.31
ADSL Line Rental - Fast (384Kbps) R152.00
ADSL Line Rental - Faster (512Kbps) R326.00
ADSL Line Rental - Fastest (4Mbps) R413.00
ISDN2 - Installation R656.56
ISDN2 - Rental
R218.40 R302.31
ISDN2a - Installation R896.07
ISDN2a - Rental
R231.36 R321.35

TELEPHONY

Billed Phone Line Installation
R468.05
Prepaid Phone Line Installation R270.00 n/a
Pensioner Phone Line Installation R123.90 n/a
Customer over 70 Phone Line Installation R385.04 n/a
Billed Phone Line Rental
R131.00 R174.00
Pensioners Billed Phone Line Rental
R65.20 n/a
Customers over 70 Billed Phone Line Rental
R92.33 n/a
Prepaid Phone Line Rental
R60.40 n/a
InfinitCall (R12.87 price cap)
R88.11 n/a

For a complete list of charges you can download Telkom Rates PDF or visit the Telkom page here.



CEO Salary

CEO Salary for 2007 - 2008: R19.6 Million

 

PER MONTH:

R1,637,500

PER WORKING DAY:

R74,431

PER WORKING HOUR:

R9,303

PER WORKING MINUTE:

R155

PER WORKING SECOND:

R2,58



Telkom After-Tax Profit

 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008
R1.908 R1.540 R1.690 R1.280 R1.700 R4.658 R6.835 R9.328 R8.849 R8.172 R6.388
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION

Total profit made off South Africans in the past 10 years:

R52.348 BILLION



Telkom After-Tax Profit Per Day

 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
R5.227 R4.22 R4.63 R3.51 R4.66 R12.7 R18.7 R25.6 R24.2 R22.4 R17.5
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

PROFIT TELKOM GENERATED 24 HOURS A DAY in 2006:

R1.06 Million/hour or R17,777/minute or R296/second



Telkom After Tax Profit - Breakdown

This is where we become really petty, but for good reason. As you can see blow, at the height of the Telkom Rape in 2006 they were making R1 million profit every hour of every day for 12 months.

YEAR

R/PER DAY

R/HOUR

R/MINUTE

R/SECOND

1999

R 5,227,397 R 217,808 R 3,630 R 61

2000

R 4,219,178 R175,799 R2,930 R49

2001

R 4,630,137 R192,922 R3,215 R54

2002

R 3,506,849 R146,119 R2,435 R41

2003

R 4,657,534 R194,064 R3,234 R54

2004

R 12,761,644 R531,735 R8,862 R148

2005

R 18,726,027 R780,251 R13,004 R217

2006

R 25,556,164 R1,064,840 R17,747 R296

2007

R 24,243,836 R1,010,160 R16,836 R281

2008

R 22,389,041 R932,877 R15,548 R259

2009

R 17,501,369 R729,223 R12,153 R202


Telkom Net Profit Per Employee

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
R30,259 R31,347 R38,622 R32,451 R48,076 R143,952 R235,917 R364,731 R342,136 R328,470 R271,598

Percentage increase in net profit per employee since 1999:

1170%



Telkom Net Profit Per Fixed Line

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
R365 R280 R340 R260 R350 R995 R1,446 R1,981 R1,906 R1,803 R1,435

Percentage increase in net profit per fixed line since 1999:

540%



Fixed Lines per Employee

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
83 112 113 125 137 149 163 184 180 182 189

Percentage increase in fixed lines per employee since 1999:

219%



Telkom Staff Count

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008
57,496 57,813 61,237 49,128 43,758 39,444 35,361 32,358 28,972 25,575 25,864 24,879 23,520

Telkom staff reduction since 1999:

36,358 or 59%



Telkom Phone Line Customers

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
4,768 5,049 4,311 4,262 4,102 3,904 3,893 3,850 3,766 3,636 3,535
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

Number of postpaid and prepaid phone line customers lost since 1999:

1,233,000



Fixed Line Penetration

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
12.1% 12.8% 11.4% 11.1% 10.7% 10.1% 10.1% 10.0% 9.8% 9.5% 9.1%

South Africa is the only country in the world where fixed-line penetration is decreasing.



 
       


 
 

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