Vodacom adds half a million subscribers after slashing prices
Group revenue up 6.6% as lower prices lead to a surge in data use in SA
04 February 2020 - 19:07
Vodacom has added about half a million new subscribers, thanks to special promotions over the summer months, together with continued regulatory pressure to cut mobile prices. This has seen the group increase its stranglehold over the local mobile network industry.
On Tuesday, Vodacom, which now has 44-million active SIM cards, said its summer rewards campaign helped grow its SA data subscriber base by double digits in its three months to end-December...
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