19 Amazing Vodacom Stats and Facts

1. What does Vodacom do:

Vodacom is a South-Western African mobile telecommunications company and it’s a subsidiary of Vodafone company. It is named Vodacom Group Limited. It provides voice, messaging, data, and converged services to over 55 million customers. Vodacom has networks around Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Lesotho and provides business services to customers in over 32 African countries, including Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon.

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2. Vodacom Launch year: 1994

3. Company Name: Vodacom, Inc

4. Vodacom Headquarters: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa

5. Area Served: Africa

6. Vodacom Founder: Alan Knott-Craig

7. Parent Company: Vodafone

8. Industry: Telecommunication, Telephony & Wireless

9. Number of Vodacom employees: 7000+ employees

10. Current CEO: Shameel Joosub

11. How many people use Vodacom: 303 million people

12. Vodacom acquired: Neotel, Gateway Telecommunications, IoT.nxt, Safaricom and M-Pesa

13. Number of countries Vodacom has users in 48 countries

14. Vodacom offers coverage to Mount Kilimanjaro, which was the highest point in the world to be covered by GSM until Axiata provided coverage at the top of Mount Everest, the highest point in the world.

15. Vodacom was also the second African network operator to launch a live 5G network in early 2020 in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town.

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16. Top Competitors:  Cell C, MTN, Channel Mobile, Telkom

17. Vodacom South Africa provides 3G, 4G, and UMTS and also offers HSPA+, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and LTE services.

18. Vodacom History: Vodacom was owned in a 50-50 partnership by Telkom and Vodafone. In 2008, Vodafone increased its stake by 64.5% and Telkom holds the remaining percentage.

19. Vodacom is a sponsor of several South African sports.

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