{"id":11451,"date":"2012-05-03T14:52:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T12:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=11451"},"modified":"2012-05-03T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:30:44","slug":"sa-mobile-subscriber-numbers-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/11451\/sa-mobile-subscriber-numbers-compared\/","title":{"rendered":"SA mobile subscriber numbers compared"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of MTN’s<\/a> release of its subscriber numbers on Friday (3 May 2012) and\u00a0Vodacom’s<\/a> annual results announcement (21 May 2012), BusinessTech looks at how South Africa’s mobile subscriber pie chart is currently divided.<\/p>\n

The data is based on local operators’ last-reported subscriber figures.<\/p>\n

In its last reporting period\u00a0for the year ended December\u00a02011, MTN said its South African operation performed well upping its subscriber base\u00a0by 16.9%, \u00a0mainly due to growth of 17.6% in the\u00a0prepaid segment to 18.2 million subscribers.<\/p>\n

Group subscribers improved 16.2% to 164.5 million, MTN said in March.<\/p>\n

And back in October, to show quarterly data, MTN said it recorded 158.59 million subscribers at the end of September 2011.\u00a0In\u00a0South Africa it increased its subscriber base by 5.9% to 20.968 million for the quarter.<\/p>\n

For Vodacom,\u00a0for the quarter ended December 2011, it announced record net customer additions of five million in the quarter, with group customers up 27.3% to 52.9 million. For customers in South Africa, Vodacom highlighted growth of\u00a025.4% year on year to 31.7 million.<\/p>\n

Standard & Poor\u2019s<\/a> Ratings Services says that mobile operator, Vodacom should retain a clear leading position in the local domestic mobile market over the next twelve months, with around 50% market share.<\/p>\n

However, S&P also highlighted the increasingly challenging market conditions in SA for Vodacom, citing expected competition from other operators.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect higher competition in the coming year as Telkom<\/a> and Cell C<\/a> are rolling out or upgrading their networks and marketing aggressive pricing offers, in particular in data products,\u201d the ratings group said.<\/p>\n

Current South African mobile subscriber numbers<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Operator<\/strong><\/td>\nDate<\/strong><\/td>\nSubscribers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/td>\nDec 2011<\/td>\n31,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/td>\nSep 2011<\/td>\n20,968,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/td>\nAug 2011<\/td>\n8,200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8ta<\/td>\nSep 2011<\/td>\n1,140,289<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virgin<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n300,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n2011<\/strong><\/td>\n62,308,289*<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

*Approximate<\/small><\/p>\n

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Market share pie graph based on latest reports<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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