{"id":13206,"date":"2012-05-23T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=13206"},"modified":"2012-05-23T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T08:23:18","slug":"vodacom-ready-for-lower-mobile-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/13206\/vodacom-ready-for-lower-mobile-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom ready for lower mobile prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vodacom<\/a> CEO, Pieter Uys<\/a> says that strong competition and falling prices are not new, and that they are well-prepared to deal with increased pressure on voice and data margins.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrong competition and falling prices aren’t new \u2013 over the past year our average effective price per minute has fallen 14% and the price per MB on the same basis is down 18%,\u201d said Uys.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur approach to dealing with this has a couple of legs \u2013 primarily looking for other growth areas<\/strong>, and at the same time managing our costs<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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  1. The key areas generating growth<\/strong> for Vodacom are data and Vodacom\u2019s international businesses. \u201cTogether, they accounted for 87% of the growth in Group service revenue this year,\u201d Uys pointed out.<\/li>\n
  2. When it comes to managing costs<\/strong> Uys said that they are doing everything from optimizing their sponsorship spend to better-managing their energy costs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Vodacom is also facing challenges from disruptive technologies like Voice over data (using VoIP<\/a> technology), which may change the way people use their mobile phones.<\/p>\n

    Uys is not too concerned about the impact of these new technologies, explaining that their business plans are geared for most eventualities.<\/p>\n

    \u201cOur business plans assume data prices going down, higher data volumes, new technologies, and new services,\u201d said Uys.<\/p>\n

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