Telkom (South Africa)

Telkom SA SOC Limited

Type	Public, State-owned corporation
Traded as	JSE: TKG
Industry	Communications Services
Founded	1991 - Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Headquarters	Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Key people	Sipho Maseko, Group CEO Deon Fredericks, CFO Dr Brian Armstrong, COO
Products	Telecommunications Wireless and Wireline Broadband Services Managed Services Data Hosting
Revenue	2015: R31,675 billion ZAR (1.2%) ($2.526 billion USD) 2014: R31.288 billion ZAR ($2.490 billion USD) 2004: R43 billion ZAR (6.5%) ($7 billion USD) 2005: R43.1 billion ZAR ($6.9 billion USD)
Number of employees	19 197 (2014)
Website	www.telkom.co.za

2015: R31,675 billion ZAR (1.2%)
($2.526 billion USD)

2014: R31.288 billion ZAR
($2.490 billion USD)

2004: R43 billion ZAR (6.5%)
($7 billion USD)

Telkom SA SOC Ltd. is a wireline and wireless telecommunications provider in South Africa, operating in more than 38 countries across the African continent. Telkom is a semi-privatised, 39% state-owned company.

The first use of telecommunication in the Republic of South Africa was a single line telegraph connecting Cape Town and Simonstown. After Bell Labs' development of the telephone, the first undersea links were introduced, first connecting Durban and Europe, and soon after, the rest of the world. The network continued to develop through internal financing in a heavily regulated market as international technology developed. At this point, telephone services were operated by the South African Post Office.