CHAPTER 10 | PROFILE | VODACOM
O U R M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T & V I S I O N Vodacom is a leading African mobile communication company providing a wide range of communication ser vices including mobile voice, messaging, data, and converged ser vices to over 57.5 million customers. From our roots in South Africa, we have grown our mobile network business to include operations in Tanzania, DRC, Mozambique, and Lesotho. The mobile networks cover a total population of approximately 200 million people. Through Vodacom Business Africa (VBA), we also of fer business managed services to enterprises in over 40 countries across the continent. VBA’s panAfrican multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network allows enterprise clients to operate dedicated networks across multiple countries. Vodacom is majority owned by Vodafone (65 percent holding), one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies by revenue.
Shameel Aziz Joosub, Chief Executive Officer C o m pany De tails
C O M PA N Y H I S T O R Y
Key people: Peter Moyo, Chairman of the Board
Our Pas t
Ivan Dittrich, Chief Financial Officer
“Since the launch of commercial operations in May 1994, our journey has been remarkable, characterised by a strong track record of innovation, early adoption of new technologies and being first to market with new services. The dawn of democracy in South Africa and related business opportunities enabled us to democtarise access to telecommunications services for South African citizens.” Shameel Joosub, Vodacom Group CEO
Our Present
Midrand South Africa
Private Bag X 9904 Sandton 2146
Contact details: Website: www.vodacom.com
Our Future
Tel: 011 653 5000
As an operator and investor in Africa, we have embraced the responsibility to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the communities that have contributed to our success. We will continue to work on increasing access to communications and through this bring people into the mainstream of the economy.
OUR JOURNEY Aw a rd e d a licence to o p e ra t e a GSM cellular network in South Africa
082 Vodacom Boulevard,
Postal address:
Over the years, we have become more than just a business that runs mobile networks; our motivation has been to be a company that contributes more than that. In addition to over R31 billion we have invested in the last four years to offer our customers the widest coverage, fastest speeds and best network quality across our operating countries, we further contributed R 338 million in community programmes that covered education, health, security and women empowerment.
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1996
Launched the world’s fir s t p re p a i d s e r v i c e on intelligent network platforms
2001
Continued i t s i m p re s s i v e g ro w t h , re a c h i n g five million cus tomer s
2006
Launched a s tate of the ar t 3 G H S D PA (mobile b roadb and) network
2012
Vo d a c o m was the first op e rator to l a u n c h LT E ( o r 4G) services in South Africa