10-04-2017, 07:48 PM
Vodacom Group Limited (Vodacom) is an African mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and converged services to over 55 million customers.
From its roots in South Africa, Vodacom has expanded its operations to include networks in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Lesotho and provides business services to clients in more than 40 African countries such as Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, the Kenya, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Cameroon. It belonged on a 50/50 basis by the South African telecommunications Telkom group and the British mobile phone operator Vodafone. [2] [3] on November 6, 2008 Vodafone announced that it had agreed to increase its stake to 65%, and Telkom said that this spin off remaining participation by registering on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. [4] April 1, 2011, Vodacom has officially unveiled its new change of the brand from blue to red, using the same style as its parent company, Vodafone. [5]
Vodacom provides coverage to Mount Kilimanjaro, which is used to make the highest point in the world to be covered by GSM. It is also, as TeliaSonera now provides coverage to the top of Mount Everest, the highest point in the world. Vodacom was aided by its optimistic advertisements in the early stages of the democratic South Africa, which includes the yebo gogo campaign which is still in force today in South Africa. Vodacom is the first cellular network in South Africa, with a market share estimated at 58% and more than 23 million customers.
