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| Group capital expenditure which included spend on intangibles, increased 35.3% to R4,190 million
(September 30, 2005: R3,096 million) and represents 16.7% of Group revenue (September 30,
2005: 13.2%). |
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Six months ended September 30 |
| In ZAR millions |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
% |
| Baseline |
2,128 |
851 |
1,377 |
61.8 |
| Portfolio |
2,756 |
963 |
1,078 |
11.9 |
| Revenue generating |
374 |
150 |
93 |
(38.0) |
| Network evolution |
330 |
76 |
273 |
259.2 |
| Sustainment |
596 |
130 |
173 |
33.1 |
| Effectiveness and efficiency |
1,080 |
515 |
417 |
(19.0) |
| Support |
376 |
92 |
122 |
32.6 |
| Regulatory |
15 |
16 |
143 |
793.8 |
| Other |
36 |
28 |
21 |
(25.0) |
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4,935 |
1,858 |
2,619 |
41.0 |
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Fixed-line capital expenditure which include spending on intangibles, increased 41.0% to R2,619 million
(September 30, 2005: R1,858 million) and represents 15.9% of fixed-line revenue (September 30,
2005: 11.3%). Baseline and revenue generating capital expenditure of R1,470 million (September 30,
2005: R1,001 million) was largely for the deployment of technologies to support the growing data services
business (including ADSL footprint), links to the mobile cellular operators and expenditure for access line
deployment in selected high growth residential areas. The continued focus on rehabilitating the access
network and increasing the efficiencies and redundancies in the transport network contributed to the network
evolution and sustainment capital expenditure of R446 million (September 30, 2005: R206 million).
Telkom continues to focus on its operations support system investment with current emphasis on workforce
management, provisioning and fulfilment, assurance and customer care, hardware technology upgrades on
the billing platform and performance and service management. During the six months ended September 30,
2006, R417 million (September 30, 2005: R515 million) was spent on the implementation of several systems. |
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Six months ended September 30 |
| In ZAR millions |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
% |
| South Africa |
2,200 |
1,072 |
1,263 |
17.8 |
| Other African countries |
371 |
166 |
308 |
85.5 |
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2,571 |
1,238 |
1,571 |
26.9 |
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| Mobile capital expenditure which include spending on intangibles, (50% of Vodacom’s capital expenditure)
increased 26.9% to R1,571 million (September 30, 2005: R1,238 million) and represents 16.1% of mobile
revenue (September 30, 2005: 15.3%) and was mainly spent on the cellular network infrastructure as a
result of increased investment in South Africa for growth and investment in 3G technologies. The increase in
capital expenditure in other African countries was largely as a result of an increased investment in Tanzania
to accommodate the substantial growth in the subscriber base during the year. |
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