Telkom Integrated Annual Report 2017

Our value-creation strategy |
Our new operating model

The following are the broad strategic areas that each business unit will focus on supporting Telkom’s vision and strategic objectives. For detailed performance against these strategic focus areas refer to our annual results presentation.

	Business units				Key strategic focus areas				Performance against focus areas
					Modernise the network Commercialise the network Transform service delivery				More than 149 000 kilometres of fibre footprint and packet optical network (POTN) deployment 2.2 million premises passed with fibre to the premises FTTH up 169.7% to 219 825 FTTC up 37.2% to 1 991 449 FTTB 52 755 fibre end-points 5 928 base stations 18% connectivity rate for FTTH Digitised and automated business operations
					Offer cloud solutions Advance unified communications Lead in IoT Drive big data analytics Security				Strengthened data centre capabilities to include Oracle, Cisco and SAP HANA Migration of fixed-line voice to unified communications Big data analytics integrated into BCX intelligent solutions Continued growth with IoT workstream and retail eco-systems
					Continue mobile growth through disruptive data-led propositions Grow high-speed broadband on the back of LTE and fibre Launch digital services Offer content and value-added services				Mobile service revenue up 38.4% to R3.5 billion Mobile EBITDA of R660 million after four years of recording losses Active mobile subscriber growth of 47.7% to 4 million Mobile broadband revenue up 49.6% to R2.4 billion Mobile broadband subscribers up 44.6 percent to 2.6 million Partnerships with Netflix and ShowMax
					Grow mobile ad exchange network coverage Expand omni-channel offerings Establish an e-commerce market place Expand partnership to over the top players				Launched Yapp, a chat based market place for SMEs in both iOs App store and Google Play Store Introduced InSync Digital Presence to allow customers to have one data repository source across multiple online platforms Successfully launched Black Friday campaign using the Kompare platform to enable customers to do end-to-end e-commerce transactions
					Unlock value through commercialising property portfolio Extract value from excess building capacity Enable smart building solutions Diversify income streams				Launched 1 April 2017

Looking forward our business units will continue to pursue their key strategic focus areas to support the Group’s strategic objectives.