{"id":50070,"date":"2026-02-16T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50070"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:34:10","slug":"telkom-consumers-fibre-and-mobile-services-drive-operating-revenue-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/telkom-consumers-fibre-and-mobile-services-drive-operating-revenue-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Telkom Consumer&#8217;s Fibre And Mobile Services Drive Operating Revenue Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Telkom Consumer\u2019s operating revenue climbed 5.7% to R20.5 billion for the third quarter ended 31 December 2025, fueled by growth in both mobile and fibre services, the Telkom Group announced today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The consumer unit \u2013 led by Lunga Siyo \u2013 continues to gain traction through targeted customer value management initiatives and aggressive fibre expansion, reinforcing its position as South Africa\u2019s fastest-growing mobile and fixed broadband provider.<\/p>\n<h2>Mobile Momentum<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Total revenue for the Mobile business grew by 5.5% to R6.716 billion, driven by mobile service revenue expanding by 7.2%. Pre-paid service revenue\u2014powered by Customer Value Management (CVM) platforms\u2014improved by 11.6% and was the primary driver of service revenue growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">\u201cThe growth was driven by focused regional activation efforts and our Mo\u2019Town CVM initiative,\u201d said Telkom Group. \u201cMobile data revenue increased, driven by the ongoing growth in mobile data subscribers and data traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Telkom\u2019s CVM platforms, Mo\u2019Nice and Mo\u2019Town \u2013 tailored, area-specific value propositions offering favourable pricing \u2013 contributed 53.1% to pre-paid service revenue. Under-indexed regions improved, contributing to a 5.6% increase in share of acquisitions in these areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Total mobile subscribers increased by 5.3% to 25.3 million, with blended ARPU holding at R77. Pre-paid subscribers grew 5.8% to 22.2 million at a stable ARPU of R61, while the post-paid subscriber base increased marginally by 1.2% to 3.1 million, with ARPU improving to R187.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165053\" style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165053 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Telkom-Consumers-Fibre-And-Mobile-Services-Drive-Operating-Revenue-Higher.png?resize=640%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Telkom Consumer\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Telkom-Consumers-Fibre-And-Mobile-Services-Drive-Operating-Revenue-Higher.png 945w, https:\/\/b2726120.smushcdn.com\/2726120\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Telkom-Consumer-150x82.png?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 150w, https:\/\/b2726120.smushcdn.com\/2726120\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Telkom-Consumer-300x163.png?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2726120.smushcdn.com\/2726120\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Telkom-Consumer-768x418.png?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2726120.smushcdn.com\/2726120\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Telkom-Consumer-450x245.png?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 450w, https:\/\/b2726120.smushcdn.com\/2726120\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Telkom-Consumer.png?size=577x314&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 577w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 945px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 945\/514;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Telkom Consumer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Data-First Strategy Pays Off<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Mobile data subscribers expanded by 29.3% to 19.3 million, now representing 76.5% of the total subscriber base. This drove mobile data traffic growth of 20.4% to 544 petabytes\u2014underscoring the continued success of Telkom\u2019s data-focused strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">On the fibre side, subscribers increased by 9.2%, supported by 2.7% ARPU growth, resulting in fibre revenue climbing 11.1%.<\/p>\n<h2>Profitability Surge<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Consumer EBITDA improved by 21.4% to R1.806 billion, with EBITDA margin expanding by 3.4 percentage points to 24.2%. Mobile EBITDA growth of 13.6% was driven by service revenue growth\u2014particularly in pre-paid\u2014while impairment of receivables declined, resulting in a mobile EBITDA margin of 29.7%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Beyond connectivity services recorded revenue of R436 million, an increase of 13.7%. Airtime lending increased by 15.9% and now represents 25.8% of pre-paid recharges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">\u201cThese results affirm Telkom Consumer\u2019s position as South Africa\u2019s fastest-growing mobile and fixed broadband provider, serving consumer, home and SME segments with holistic connectivity solutions,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Telkom #Consumers #Fibre #Mobile #Services #Drive #Operating #Revenue #Higher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom Consumer\u2019s operating revenue climbed 5.7% to R20.5 billion for the third quarter ended 31 December 2025, fueled by growth&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50072,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070\/revisions\/50072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}