Vodacom says it has added 4.3 million new subscribers for the six months ending September 30, 2017 taking the network to 40-million subscribers.
This makes it the country’s largest network by subscriber numbers.
Pre-paid customers increased by 2.8 million to almost 35-million.
The company says it has grown its subscriber base as a result of better innovation, increased social media platforms, more personalised bundles and smart phones for customers.
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub says they saw an increase in data revenue fuelled by strong demand for data services.
“So far this year we have spent R4.5 billion on expanding our network. South Africa continues to perform well driven by good customer growth. Revenue growth was strong at 7.7% supported by increase of sell devices mainly smart devices that will continue to argument our service data growth. Service revenue grew at 4.7% with data revenue grown at 15% and is now contributing more than voice revenue.”
