--- title: "Telkom’s data growth story still has years to run: CEO" url: https://daily.dev/posts/telkom-s-data-growth-story-still-has-years-to-run-ceo-svpqm3szt source_url: https://techcentral.co.za/telkoms-data-growth-story-still-has-years-to-run-ceo/282200 type: article source: "TechCentral" published: 2026-06-02T12:34:33.337Z updated: 2026-06-02T12:45:23.455Z tags: ["ai"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Telkom’s data growth story still has years to run: CEO **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong believes the company has four to five more years of data-driven growth ahead, driven by three engines: wholesale demand via Openserve, carrier-side mobile data consumption, and AI-driven traffic. Unlike MTN and Vodacom, which focus primarily on mobile data and fintech, Telkom positions itself across fixed, mobile, wholesale, and AI transport layers. For the year ended March 2026, Telkom's data revenue rose 7.6% to R26.6-billion, representing nearly 60% of group revenue, with mobile data subscribers up 31.1% to 20 million and Openserve posting its first revenue growth in nine years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Telkom tops 25 million mobile subscribers as data growth surges](https://daily.dev/posts/telkom-tops-25-million-mobile-subscribers-as-data-growth-surges-0k7xlb3xu) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/telkom-s-data-growth-story-still-has-years-to-run-ceo-svpqm3szt)