Vodacom rings up local numbers
Cellphone network operator says it is concerned about the unavailability of spectrum, which was further delayed by the publication of the White Paper in October
Vodacom managed to offset a decline in customer numbers and revenue outside SA by growing its home market. The drop in customer numbers outside SA meant Vodacom’s overall active customer number fell by 64,000 to 65.2-million over 2016, its December quarter trading update released on Wednesday morning showed Vodacom had 36.4-million active customers in SA at December 31, an increase of 2.3-million, or 6.7%, from the end of 2015. Tougher subscriber identity demanded by African government saw its subscriber numbers fall 17.9% in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 2.3% in Tanzania. This took its overall active customer base outside SA down 7.5% to 28.8-million. The drop in subscribers outside SA translated into a 9% fall in revenue to R4.3bn from its international unit for the December quarter. Its South African business grew revenue 5% to R17bn, helping the group grow its overall revenue for the quarter by 1.2% to R21bn from the matching quarter in 2015. In its home market, 86% of Vo...
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