Telkom

Summary

Telkom is a business^[1]. Telkom ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Telkom is in the country of South Africa^[3].
• Telkom is in the country of ZA^[4].
• Telkom's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Telkom's instance of is recorded as public company^[6].
• Telkom's headquarters location is recorded as Pretoria^[7].
• Telkom's child organization or unit is recorded as Vodacom^[8].
• Telkom's Commons category is recorded as Telkom^[9].
• Telkom's stock exchange is recorded as Johannesburg Stock Exchange^[10].
• Telkom's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[11].
• Telkom's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[12].
• January 1, 1991 marks the founding of Telkom^[13].
• 1991 marks the founding of Telkom^[14].
• Telkom's official website is recorded as https://www.telkom.co.za^[15].
• Telkom's product or material produced is recorded as telecommunications^[16].
• Telkom's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+26133'}^[17].
• Telkom's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+19197'}^[18].
• Telkom's legal form is recorded as 8888^[19].
• Telkom's mobile network code is recorded as 02^[20].
• Telkom's mobile network code is recorded as 05^[21].
• Telkom's number of subscribers is recorded as {'amount': '+1800000'}^[22].
• Telkom's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12800'}^[23].
• Telkom's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+13400'}^[24].
• Telkom's service status information URL is recorded as https://downdetector.co.za/status/telkom/^[25].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900GES0BUVJEDKF90^[26]

• Registered legal name: Telkom SA^[27]

• Legal jurisdiction: ZA^[28]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[29]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 8888^[30]

• Other legal form: Limited^[31]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[32]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[33]

• LEI first registered: 2019-02-22^[34]

• LEI last updated: 2025-11-22^[35]

• LEI next renewal: 2020-02-22^[36]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[37]

• Registration authority: RA000531^[38]

• Authority entity ID: 1948/029826/06^[39]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[40]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1991^[13] and 1991^[14].

Operations

Telkom's headquarters location is recorded as Pretoria^[7]. Telkom's child organization or unit is recorded as Vodacom^[8].

Industry

Telkom's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[12].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Johannesburg Stock Exchange^[10] and New York Stock Exchange^[11]. Telkom's product or material produced is recorded as telecommunications^[16].

Why It Matters

Telkom ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).^[2] Telkom has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Telkom is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]