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Operating revenue from the fixed-line segment, before inter-segmental eliminations, increased 0.7% to
R16,514 million (September 30, 2005: R16,398 million) primarily due to strong growth in data services
revenue and increased subscription revenue, partially offset by a decline in traffic and interconnection revenues.
Subscription and connections revenue grew 7.5% largely as a result of increased rental tariffs, increased
sales of customer premises equipment, including PABX’s, and penetration of higher value-added services.
Traffic revenue decreased 5.5% as a result of the acceleration of broadband adoption and the resultant loss
of internet dial-up minutes as well as the increasing substitution of calls placed using mobile services rather
than fixed-line services. Traffic, including VoIP traffic but excluding interconnection traffic, decreased 7.4%
to 13,009 million minutes (September 30, 2005: 14,053 million minutes).
Interconnection revenue decreased 7.5% largely as a result of a decrease of 21.1% in international
interconnection revenue. The decreased interconnection revenue from international operators is mainly as a
result of a 6.3% decrease in international interconnection traffic minutes to 644 million minutes (September
30, 2005: 687 million minutes). Mobile interconnection revenue increased 10.8% to R400 million
(September 30, 2005: R361 million) primarily due to increased interconnection traffic from mobile
operators. Mobile interconnection traffic minutes increased by 4.7% to 1,170 million minutes (September
30, 2005: 1,117 million minutes) in the six months ended September 30, 2006.
Data revenue increased 13.5% mainly due to higher demand for data services, including ADSL, in the
medium and small business segment with leased line and other data revenue growing 8.8% and mobile
leased line revenue growing by 33.8%. The increase in mobile leased facilities is largely due to the rollout
of 3G networks by the mobile operators. |
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Six months ended September 30 |
| In ZAR millions |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
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| Employee expenses |
6,470 |
3,143 |
3,610 |
14.9 |
| Salaries and wages |
4,592 |
2,240 |
2,531 |
13.0 |
| Benefits |
2,410 |
1,154 |
1,388 |
20.3 |
| Workforce reduction expenses |
88 |
45 |
14 |
(68.9) |
| Employee related expenses capitalised |
(620) |
(296) |
(323) |
9.1 |
| Payments to other network operators1 |
6,150 |
3,129 |
3,099 |
(1.0) |
| Payment to mobile operators |
5,231 |
2,612 |
2,620 |
0.3 |
| Payment to international operators |
919 |
517 |
479 |
(7.4) |
| SG&A |
3,086 |
1,437 |
1,606 |
11.8 |
| Materials and maintenance |
1,617 |
799 |
935 |
17.0 |
| Marketing |
413 |
159 |
231 |
45.3 |
| Bad debts |
187 |
39 |
70 |
79.5 |
| Other |
869 |
440 |
370 |
(15.9) |
| Services rendered |
2,050 |
945 |
1,066 |
12.8 |
| Property management |
1,107 |
529 |
558 |
5.5 |
| Consultants and security |
943 |
416 |
508 |
22.1 |
| Operating leases |
777 |
367 |
386 |
5.2 |
Depreciation, amortisation, impairment
and write-offs |
4,404 |
2,135 |
1,734 |
(18.8) |
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22,937 |
11,156 |
11,501 |
3.1 |
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Payments to other network operators include payments made to Vodacom of R1,423 million (September 30, 2005: R1,430 million), 50% of which is eliminated on consolidation |
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