Telkom is becoming increasingly reliant on data services to drive growth, with data revenue now accounting for more than 60% of the group’s total revenue. Group data revenue has increased 8.8% to R6.92-billion in the first quarter, compared with an overall revenue growth of 2.6% to R11-billion. Mobile data main revenue driverMobile data revenue was the main driver, rising 11.4%. Data usage also continued to accelerate, with mobile data traffic increasing 19.6% to 574 petabytes. Data subscribers rose 15.5% to 19.8 million, representing 78.4% of Telkom’s total mobile customer base.