Telkom, a State Owned company headquartered in South Africa, was founded in 1991. With approximately 15,750 employees, Telkom reported $2.5B in revenue as of 2025. It operates as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company specializes in telecoms, offering broadband IT solutions over both fixed and mobile networks. Telkom's managed data solutions serve large, corporate, and global companies in Southern Africa, while it provides broadband internet and voice services to fixed residential and small/medium business customers across the country.
On August 20, 2026, Telkom SA SOC Limited announced the results of its Annual General Meeting. Previously, on August 19, Telkom’s mobile subscriber base exceeded 25 million, highlighting the company's engineering and commercial focus on connectivity in South Africa. Earlier, on August 16, Telkom launched new prepaid WhatsApp and unlimited voice bundles as part of its "Data Talks" campaign, offering free unlimited on-network voice calls for 24 hours with data bundle purchases, along with new WhatsApp bundles that include free Telkom-to-Telkom minutes. This followed the company's August 14 disclosure that it leveraged Openserve’s 180,000km fibre network and AI-driven platforms to sustainably manage skyrocketing data demand despite slower data revenue growth; between 2019 and 2026, Telkom’s mobile data traffic grew nearly 2.4 times faster than its mobile data revenue. On August 13, Telkom announced plans for a R100 million AI institute, contributing to South Africa's initiatives to build human capability in AI.
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