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    The Telecommunications and Retail of Devices Industry in South Africa 2022

    Stephen Timm | South Africa | 29 July 2022

    The Telecommunications and Retail of Devices Industry in South Africa 2021

    Stephen Timm | South Africa | 23 January 2021

    The Telecommunications and Retail of Devices Industry in South Africa 2019

    Duncan Bekker | South Africa | 29 April 2019

    The Telecommunications and Retail of Devices Industry in South Africa 2017

    Duncan Bekker | South Africa | 09 October 2017

    The Telecommunications and Retail of Devices Industry in South Africa 2016

    Duncan Bekker | South Africa | 23 June 2016

    The Telecommunications and Retail of Devices Industry in South Africa 2014

    Amand van der Westhuizen | South Africa | 31 July 2014

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    Report Coverage

    This report focuses on the South African telecommunications industry and the market for mobile devices. While the sector formally includes broadcasting and postal services, this report emphasises telephony, internet and mobile broadband, and the relevant supporting infrastructure. It includes comprehensive information on the state and size of the sector, revenue, subscriptions, capex, prices and developments including new spectrum allocation and corporate actions. There are profiles of 64 companies including major players such as Vodacom, MTN and Telkom, data-only network Rain, fibre companies such as Dark Fibre Africa, Vumatel and Afrihost, and retailers and device brands such as Cellucity, Nokia and Samsung.

    The Telecommunications Industry and Retail of Devices in South Africa

    Telecoms revenue is beginning to slow in South Africa and there is concern that poor economic growth could affect consumer spending, including on mobile devices. Demand for data has fallen back to pre-pandemic growth levels, which experts attribute to the return to office or to hybrid work. As traditional voice and data revenue slows, telecoms companies are investing in services such as fintech to grow revenue. Operators continue to invest heavily in fibre and the rollout of 5G mobile networks.

    Telephony and Internet

    There are over 100 million mobile subscriptions in the country. As this includes machine-to-machine connections and entities with multiple subscriptions, per capita mobile penetration is likely much lower. The percentage of households with landlines fell to below 10% in 2020, and the widespread use of mobile phones means that less than 2% of households have no access to a phone of any kind. The number of smartphone subscriptions continues to increase.

    5G and Fibre Capex

    5G rollout has continued since Vodacom and MTN launched 5G in 2020, and industry players expect that the number of base stations could double in the next decade. Fibre rollout accelerated in 2021 as demand for broadband internet grew, and operators have been extending fibre to outlying areas and in townships. Challenges for fibre companies include access to capital, speed to roll out and red tape in getting municipal approval, the quality of the fibre service offered and the customer service.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
    2.2. Geographic Position 5
    2.3. Size of the Industry 5
    2.4. Key Success Factors and Pain Points 18
    3. LOCAL 19
    3.1. State of the Industry 19
    3.2. Key Trends 28
    3.3. Notable Players 34
    3.4. Corporate Actions 36
    3.5. Regulations 39
    3.6. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 42
    4. AFRICA 45
    5. INTERNATIONAL 50
    6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 53
    6.1. COVID-19 53
    6.2. Economic Environment 54
    6.3. Labour 54
    6.4. Environmental Issues 57
    6.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 59
    6.6. Electricity Supply 61
    6.7. New Spectrum 61
    6.8. Data Prices 63
    7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 65
    7.1. Competition 65
    7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 66
    7.3. Barriers to Entry 67
    8. SWOT ANALYSIS 68
    9. OUTLOOK 69
    10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 69
    11. REFERENCES 70
    11.1. Publications 70
    11.2. Websites 70
    APPENDIX 1 - SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 72
    Telecommunications 72
    Devices 87
    COMPANY PROFILES - TELECOMMUNICATIONS 91
    A T C (Pty) Ltd 91
    Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd 93
    Altron TMT (Pty) Ltd 95
    ATC South Africa Services (Pty) Ltd 98
    Bitco Telecoms (Pty) Ltd 99
    Blue Label Telecoms Ltd 101
    Bridging Technologies South Africa (Pty) Ltd 106
    Broadband Infraco SOC Ltd 108
    Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd 111
    Celcom Group (Pty) Ltd 114
    Cell C Ltd 117
    Cybersmart (Pty) Ltd 121
    Dark Fibre Africa (Pty) Ltd 123
    Datapro (Pty) Ltd 125
    Datatec Ltd 127
    Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd 131
    DNI-4PL Contracts (Pty) Ltd 133
    Ekasi Fibre (Pty) Ltd 135
    EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd 136
    FibreCo Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd 140
    Fibrepoynt (Pty) Ltd 142
    FirstRand Bank Ltd 143
    FoneWorx (Pty) Ltd 148
    Frogfoot Networks (Pty) Ltd 150
    Gateway Communications (Pty) Ltd 152
    Huge Telecom (Pty) Ltd 154
    Ignition Telecoms Investments (Pty) Ltd 157
    IHS Towers South Africa (Pty) Ltd 160
    Jasco Electronics Holdings Ltd 162
    Liquid Telecommunications South Africa (Pty) Ltd 166
    Metro Fibre Networx (Pty) Ltd 169
    Mr Price Mobile (Pty) Ltd 171
    MTN Group Ltd 172
    MVN-X (Pty) Ltd 177
    Nokia Solutions and Networks South Africa (Pty) Ltd 178
    Nokia South Africa (Pty) Ltd 180
    Rain GTM (Pty) Ltd 182
    Reunert Ltd 184
    Sabre Radio Networks (Pty) Ltd 189
    SEACOM South Africa (Pty) Ltd 191
    Sentech SOC Ltd 194
    SGT Solutions (Pty) Ltd 197
    Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (The) 200
    Swiftnet SOC Ltd 205
    Telemasters Holdingsc Ltd 207
    Telkom SA SOC Ltd 210
    Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd 214
    Too Much WiFi (Pty) Ltd 217
    Truteq Wireless (Pty) Ltd 218
    Vodacom Group Ltd 220
    Vox Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd 224
    Vumatel (Pty) Ltd 227
    COMPANY PROFILES - DEVICES 229
    Cell C Ltd 229
    Cellucity (Pty) Ltd 233
    Core Computer Group (Pty) Ltd (The) 235
    DNI-4PL Contracts (Pty) Ltd 237
    FirstRand Bank Ltd 239
    Hisense SA Sales Holdings (Pty) Ltd 244
    Huawei Technologies Africa (Pty) Ltd 246
    KNR Flatrock (Pty) Ltd 248
    Lenovo (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd 250
    LG Electronics S A (Pty) Ltd 252
    MIA South Africa (Pty) Ltd 254
    Microsoft (S A) (Pty) Ltd 255
    Mr Price Mobile (Pty) Ltd 260
    MTN Group Ltd 261
    Samsung Electronics South Africa (Pty) Ltd 266
    Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (The) 268
    Telkom SA SOC Ltd 273
    Vodacom Group Ltd 277
    ZA Online Store (Pty) Ltd 281
    ZTE Corporation South Africa (Pty) Ltd 283

    Report Coverage

    This report focuses on the South African telecommunications industry and the market for mobile devices with an emphasis on telephony, internet and mobile broadband, and the relevant supporting infrastructure. It includes comprehensive information on the state and size of the sector, its major players, and the latest available revenue, subscriber and market share statistics. There is information on regulatory issues, the performance of industry players and corporate actions and other developments. There are profiles of 55 companies including network providers Telkom, Vodacom and MTN, fibre companies such as Vox and Vumatel, and relatively new data companies such as Rain.

    The Telecommunications Industry and Retail of Devices

    While data traffic has risen significantly, particularly during lockdown, prepaid subscriber numbers have fallen and some operators have reported a decline in service revenue. Experts in the sector believe a new bid for high frequency spectrum which is set to conclude by 31 March 2021 will bring down the cost of data and increase competition in the sector. Voice’s contribution to overall revenue is falling, with the decline being offset by growth in mobile data income. However, data prices are also slowly falling and the intensive-user market of wealthy and contract customers is increasingly mature. The majority of subscriber growth is in the lower-revenue prepaid segment.

    Devices

    The sale of devices, particularly smartphones, is a key aspect of mobile operators’ business strategy. While device sales earn significant revenue for the networks each year, many devices are heavily subsidised and much of their importance lies in the ability to drive growth in data traffic and demand. There are about 53 million active smartphones in South Africa and smartphone penetration continues to grow. Devices such as smart watches and fitness trackers are not yet very common, but ownership has increased noticeably. Large players have introduced relatively cheap smartphones or “smart” feature phones in an effort to drive smartphone uptake and increase the number of data-enabled devices on their networks.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
    2.2. Geographic Position 5
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 12
    4.1. Local 12
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 41
    4.1.2. Regulations 43
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 46
    4.2. Continental 48
    4.3. International 51
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 54
    5.1. Economic Environment 54
    5.2. Lack of Spectrum 55
    5.3. Policy Uncertainty and Ineffective Regulatory Bodies 57
    5.4. Labour 58
    5.5. Environmental Concerns 60
    5.6. Electricity Supply 61
    5.7. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 62
    6. COMPETITION 64
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 66
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 66
    8. OUTLOOK 67
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 68
    10. REFERENCES 68
    10.1. Publications 68
    10.2. Websites 69
    APPENDIX 1 – SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 70
    Telecommunications 70
    Wholesale and Retail of Devices 79
    COMPANY PROFILES – TELECOMMUNICATIONS 82
    A T C (PTY) LTD 82
    AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD 84
    ALTRON TMT (PTY) LTD 86
    BITCO TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 89
    BLUE LABEL TELECOMS LTD 91
    BROADBAND INFRACO SOC LTD 96
    BUSINESS CONNEXION (PTY) LTD 99
    CELCOM GROUP (PTY) LTD 102
    CELL C LTD 104
    CYBERSMART (PTY) LTD 108
    DARK FIBRE AFRICA (PTY) LTD 110
    DATAPRO (PTY) LTD 112
    DATATEC LTD 114
    DIMENSION DATA (PTY) LTD 117
    DNI-4PL CONTRACTS (PTY) LTD 120
    EOH MTHOMBO (PTY) LTD 122
    FIBRECO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 126
    FONEWORX (PTY) LTD 128
    GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 131
    HUGE TELECOM (PTY) LTD 133
    IGNITION TELECOMS INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD 136
    JASCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS LTD 139
    LIQUID TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 143
    LUNGISA - VRG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTS (PTY) LTD 145
    METRO FIBRE NETWORX (PTY) LTD 147
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 149
    MTN GROUP LTD 150
    NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 154
    NOKIA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 156
    RAIN GTM (PTY) LTD 158
    REUNERT LTD 160
    SABRE RADIO NETWORKS (PTY) LTD 165
    SENTECH SOC LTD 167
    SGT SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD 170
    STRIKE MEDIA (PTY) LTD 173
    TELEMASTERS HOLDINGSC LTD 175
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 178
    TELLUMAT (PTY) LTD 182
    TERACO DATA ENVIRONMENTS (PTY) LTD 185
    TRIBAL ZONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 187
    TRUTEQ WIRELESS (PTY) LTD 188
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 190
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 192
    VOX TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 196
    VUMATEL (PTY) LTD 199
    COMPANY PROFILES – RETAIL AND WHOLESALE OF DEVICES 200
    2C TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 200
    CELL C LTD 202
    CORE COMPUTER GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 206
    HISENSE SA SALES HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 208
    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES AFRICA (PTY) LTD 210
    KNR FLATROCK (PTY) LTD 212
    LENOVO (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD 214
    LG ELECTRONICS S A (PTY) LTD 216
    MICROSOFT (S A) (PTY) LTD 218
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 223
    MTN GROUP LTD 224
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 228
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 230
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 234
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 236
    ZTE CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 240

    Report Coverage

    This report focuses on the South African telecommunications industry and the market for mobile devices. While the sector formally includes broadcasting and postal services, this report emphasises telephony, internet and mobile broadband, and the relevant supporting infrastructure. It examines investment, turnover and market share of major players, both local and international, and the influence of various factors including economic activity, lack of spectrum, high data prices, environmental concerns, electricity supply and competition. There are comprehensive profiles of 56 companies including Telkom, which dominates fixed-line telephony, and Vodacom and MTN, which dominate the mobile space. Other profiled companies include Cell C and Virgin Mobile, and fibre companies such as Vumatel, Vox and Dark Fibre.

    The Telecommunications Industry and Retail of Devices

    South African telecommunications operators experienced positive, if muted, growth in 2018 as total subscriptions, device ownership, internet penetration, and data usage continue to increase. The South African telecommunications sector grew by over 14% and was worth R187bn in 2018. Mobile subscriptions, device ownership, and internet penetration continues to grow and the majority of service revenue growth is due to double-digit increases in the value of data. South Africa’s fibre and data centre markets are expanding rapidly.

    Widespread Disruption

    Telecoms companies are having to adapt to widespread disruption; the structural shift from voice to data is undermining traditional margins, and increases in data traffic are being offset by a proportional decline in effective data prices. The market is maturing and operators are having to compete to grow their share of the prepaid and lower-income markets, from which the majority of future growth is expected to come. Investment in the sector is highly influenced by South Africa’s poor economic growth, regulatory changes and technological developments.

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    Table of Contents

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 2
    2.2. Geographic Position 5
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 10
    4.1. Local 10
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 35
    4.1.2. Regulations 36
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 37
    4.2. Continental 39
    4.3. International 42
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 44
    5.1. Economic Environment 44
    5.2. Lack of Spectrum 45
    5.3. Policy Uncertainty and Ineffective Regulatory Bodies 45
    5.4. Labour 46
    5.5. Environmental Concerns 48
    5.6. Electricity Supply 49
    5.7. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 49
    6. COMPETITION 51
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 53
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 53
    8. OUTLOOK 54
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 55
    10. REFERENCES 56
    10.1. Publications 56
    10.2. Websites 56
    APPENDIX 1 – SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 58
    Telecommunications 58
    Devices 68
    COMPANY PROFILES – TELECOMMUNICATIONS 72
    A T C (PTY) LTD 72
    ABERDARE CABLES (PTY) LTD 74
    AFRIHOST SP (PTY) LTD 77
    ALCATEL-LUCENT SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 79
    ALTRON TMT (PTY) LTD 81
    ATIO CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 83
    BITCO TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 86
    BLUE LABEL TELECOMS LTD 88
    BROADBAND INFRACO SOC LTD 93
    BUSINESS CONNEXION (PTY) LTD 96
    CELCOM GROUP (PTY) LTD 99
    CELL C LTD 102
    CYBERSMART (PTY) LTD 106
    DARK FIBRE AFRICA (PTY) LTD 108
    DATAPRO (PTY) LTD 111
    DATATEC LTD 113
    DIMENSION DATA (PTY) LTD 117
    EOH MTHOMBO (PTY) LTD 120
    FIBRECO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 124
    FONEWORX (PTY) LTD 126
    GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 129
    HUGE TELECOM (PTY) LTD 131
    IGNITION TELECOMS INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD 134
    JASCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS LTD 137
    LIQUID TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 141
    LUNGISA - VRG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTS (PTY) LTD 143
    METRO FIBRE NETWORX (PTY) LTD 145
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 147
    MTN GROUP LTD 148
    NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 152
    RAIN B2B (PTY) LTD 154
    REUNERT LTD 156
    SABRE RADIO NETWORKS (PTY) LTD 161
    SENTECH SOC LTD 163
    SGT SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD 166
    STRIKE MEDIA (PTY) LTD 169
    TELEMASTERS HOLDINGSC LTD 171
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 174
    TELLUMAT (PTY) LTD 179
    TERACO DATA ENVIRONMENTS (PTY) LTD 182
    TRIBAL ZONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 184
    TRUTEQ WIRELESS (PTY) LTD 186
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 188
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 190
    VOX TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 194
    VUMATEL (PTY) LTD 197
    COMPANY PROFILES – WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS OF DEVICES 199
    2C TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 199
    CELL C LTD 201
    CORE COMPUTER GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 205
    HISENSE SA SALES HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 207
    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES AFRICA (PTY) LTD 209
    KNR FLATROCK (PTY) LTD 211
    LENOVO (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD 213
    LG ELECTRONICS SA (PTY) LTD 215
    MICROSOFT (S A) (PTY) LTD 217
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 222
    MTN GROUP LTD 223
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 227
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 229
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 234
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 236
    ZTE CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 240

    Report Coverage

    The detailed report on the South African Telecommunications sector examines the key trends and developments in the sector over the last year and the market for mobile devices. Also discussed are the regulatory challenges facing the sector, particularly the revised plan for South Africa's broadband strategy, SA Connect, as well as the publication of the National Integrated ICT Policy. Profiles for 77 companies are provided. These include the three dominant companies in the mobile arena, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C, as well as smaller firms such as FNB Connect and me&you which act as mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). Also profiled are wholesalers and retailers of mobile devices including the largest non-network retailer of phones, PEP Stores, which sold more than 7 million handsets during 2016.

    The Telecommunications Industry and the Retail of Devices

    Excluding broadcasting and postal services, the telecommunications industry was worth R148.8bn in 2016, with its value increasing by 1% year-on-year. The sector contributed 2.7% to GDP and employed 26,669 people, according to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).

    Changing Consumer Spend

    There is a clear shift towards mobile over fixed-line connectivity, as well as internet over voice services. Mobile data revenue increased significantly, more than 25% year-on-year, while mobile voice revenue declined by 5.9% in 2016. In 2010 mobile spend on voice accounted for 77% of total mobile revenue, with data at just 8%. As of 2017, data now accounts for between 40% and 43% of mobile service revenue, and voice has fallen below 50%. All of the large mobile operators have identified data and mobile broadband as the key growth area of their businesses and have invested heavily in infrastructure to increase the coverage and speed of their networks. Local investment reached R28.1bn in 2016, from R24bn in 2015. Of this total, 68% was invested in mobile communications services and network expansion, 18% in fixed broadband services and network, and just 1% was spent on fixed-line telephone and voice infrastructure.

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    Table of Contents

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 2
    2.2. Geographic Position 5
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 25
    4.1. Local 25
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 44
    4.1.2. Regulations 46
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 48
    4.2. Continental 49
    4.3. International 51
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 52
    5.1. Economic Environment 52
    5.2. Lack of Spectrum 53
    5.3. Unbundling the Local Loop 54
    5.4. Ineffective Governance and Regulatory Bodies 54
    5.5. Labour 55
    5.6. Environmental Concerns 57
    5.7. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 58
    6. COMPETITION 60
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 61
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 62
    8. OUTLOOK 62
    1. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 63
    2. REFERENCES 63
    2.1. Publications 63
    2.2. Websites 64
    COMPANY PROFILES - CELLULAR & FIXED LINES TELEPHONY 65
    BITCO TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 65
    CELL C (PTY) LTD 67
    LIQUID TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 71
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 73
    MTN GROUP LTD 74
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 78
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 82
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 84
    COMPANY PROFILES - INFASTRUCTURE & RELATED SERVICES, INCLUDING HARDWARE, NETWORKING & CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY 88
    AFRIHOST (PTY) LTD 88
    ALCATEL-LUCENT SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 90
    ALTRON TMT (PTY) LTD 93
    ATIO CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 95
    BITCO TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 98
    BLUE LABEL TELECOMS LTD 100
    BUSINESS CONNEXION (PTY) LTD 104
    CELCOM GROUP (PTY) LTD 108
    CYBERSMART (PTY) LTD 110
    DARK FIBRE AFRICA (PTY) LTD 112
    DATAPRO (PTY) LTD 115
    DATATEC LTD 117
    DIMENSION DATA (PTY) LTD 120
    EOH MTHOMBO (PTY) LTD 123
    FIBRECO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 126
    FONEWORX (PTY) LTD 128
    GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 130
    HUGE TELECOM (PTY) LTD 132
    HUNTLEY MEDIA SERVICES (PTY) LTD 134
    IGNITION TELECOMS INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD 136
    JASCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS LTD 138
    LIQUID TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 142
    NASHUA COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 144
    NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 146
    PLESSEY (PTY) LTD 148
    RAIN (PTY) LTD 150
    REUNERT LTD 152
    SAAB GRINTEK TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD 157
    SABRE RADIO NETWORKS (PTY) LTD 160
    SENTECH SOC LTD 162
    STRIKE MEDIA (PTY) LTD 165
    TELEMASTERS HOLDINGS LTD 167
    TELLUMAT (PTY) LTD 169
    TERACO DATA ENVIRONMENTS (PTY) LTD 172
    TRIBAL ZONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 174
    TRUTEQ WIRELESS (PTY) LTD 176
    VOX TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 178
    VUMATEL (PTY) LTD 181
    WISPA (PTY) LTD 183
    WORLDTEL BROADBAND (PTY) LTD 185
    COMPANY PROFILES - CABLING AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE 186
    A T C (PTY) LTD 186
    ABERDARE CABLES (PTY) LTD 188
    LUNGISA-VRG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTS (PTY) LTD 191
    METRO FIBRE NETWORX (PTY) LTD 193
    REUNERT LTD 195
    SMART VILLAGE (PTY) LTD 200
    COMPANY PROFILES - UNDERSEA CABLING 202
    BROADBAND INFRACO SOC LTD 202
    LIQUID TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 205
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 207
    COMPANY PROFILES – WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OF DEVICES 211
    2C TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 211
    CELL C (PTY) LTD 213
    CORE COMPUTER GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 217
    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES AFRICA (PTY) LTD 219
    KNR FLATROCK (PTY) LTD 221
    LENOVO (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD 223
    LG ELECTRONICS SA (PTY) LTD 225
    MICROSOFT (S A) (PTY) LTD 227
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 230
    MTN GROUP LTD 231
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 235
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 237
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 241
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 243
    ZTE CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 247

    Report Coverage

    The detailed report on South Africa’s competitive Telecommunications sector describes the current market, examines the latest regulatory and corporate developments and discusses factors influencing the success of the sector. The report profiles 72 players in four sub-sectors: Cellular and Fixed-Line Telephony; Infrastructure & Related Services, including Hardware, Networking & Convergence Technology; Cabling and Related Infrastructure; Undersea Cabling; and the Retail of Smartphones and Tablets.

    The Telecommunications Industry and Retail of Devices

    Although telecommunications formally includes a vast array of sub-sectors, including radio and television, this report emphasises telephony, internet and broadband, and the infrastructure that supports them. With a 2.1% contribution to GDP, telecommunication services were worth R176bn in 2015 and the sector employs some 103,300 people.

    A Growing Sector

    The local sector is expanding, continuing to grow its subscriber base and improve infrastructure. The industry is also increasingly competitive, with the difference in market share between the largest mobile operators decreasing. However, major operators faced a challenging year in 2015, with local revenue falling slightly as a result of ICASA-mandated cuts to mobile termination rates, generally poor voice performance and constrained consumer spend. The falls were offset by significant increases in data revenue and strong regional performance. Data growth precipitated mainly by an increasing smart device penetration is driving heavy capital expenditure aimed at expanding and upgrading network infrastructure.

    Access to Radio Spectrum

    Despite telecommunications being one of the fastest growing sectors in South Africa, the industry is plagued by concerns regarding the availability of access to radio spectrum required to meet increased demand for high speed mobile broadband services. While the DoC and ICASA have published regulation covering the procedure for the release of in-demand spectrum, disagreements between the two, combined with the serious delay in digital TV migration have delayed real progress. Access to spectrum is being further delayed because the two bodies disagree whether the valuable 2.6GHz – 3.5GHz frequency should be put up for auction or awarded to an operator by some other means.

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    Table of Contents

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 2
    2.2. Geographic Position 3
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 4
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 21
    4.1. Local 21
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 44
    4.1.2. Regulations 45
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 47
    4.2. Continental 48
    4.3. International 50
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 51
    5.1. Economic Environment 51
    5.2. Escalating Need for Spectrum and LLU 52
    5.3. Ineffective Government and Regulatory Bodies 53
    5.4. Labour 54
    5.5. Environmental Concerns 56
    5.6. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 57
    6. COMPETITION 59
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 60
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 61
    8. OUTLOOK 62
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 62
    10. REFERENCES 63
    10.1. Publications 63
    10.2. Websites 64
    COMPANY PROFILES - CELLULAR & FIXED LINES TELEPHONY 66
    Cell C (Pty) Ltd 66
    MRP Mobile (Pty) Ltd 70
    MTN Group Ltd 71
    Neotel (Pty) Ltd 75
    Telkom SA SOC Ltd 78
    Virgin Mobile South Africa (Pty) Ltd 84
    Vodacom Group Ltd 86
    COMPANY PROFILES - INFASTRUCTURE & RELATED SERVICES, INCLUDING HARDWARE, NETWORKING & CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY 90
    Afrihost (Pty) Ltd 90
    Alcatel-Lucent South Africa (Pty) Ltd 92
    Altech Alcom Radio Distributors (Pty) Ltd 95
    Altron TMT Holdings (Pty) Ltd 97
    Blue Label Telecoms Ltd 100
    Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd 105
    Celcom Group (Pty) Ltd 110
    CIS Engineering (Pty) Ltd 112
    Conduct Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd 114
    Cybersmart (Pty) Ltd 116
    Dark Fibre Africa (Pty) Ltd 118
    Datapro (Pty) Ltd 121
    Datatec Ltd 123
    Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd 127
    EOH Managed Services PS (Pty) Ltd 130
    EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd 132
    FibreCo Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd 135
    Foneworx (Pty) Ltd 137
    Gateway Communications (Pty) Ltd 140
    Huge Telecom (Pty) Ltd 142
    iBurst (Pty) Ltd 144
    Ignition Telecoms Investments (Pty) Ltd 146
    Jasco Electronics Holdings Ltd 148
    Lungisa-VRG Telecommunications and Projects (Pty) Ltd 152
    MWEB Connect (Pty) Ltd 154
    Nashua Communications (Pty) Ltd 157
    Nokia Solutions And Networks South Africa (Pty) Ltd 159
    Orange Horizons South Africa (Pty) Ltd 161
    Plessey (Pty) Ltd 163
    Posix Systems (Pty) Ltd 165
    Reunert Ltd 167
    SAAB Grintek Technologies (Pty) Ltd 171
    Sabre Radio Networks (Pty) Ltd 174
    Sentech SOC Ltd 176
    Smart Village (Pty) Ltd 179
    Strike Media (Pty) Ltd 181
    Telemasters Holdings Ltd 183
    Tellumat (Pty) Ltd 185
    Tribal Zone Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd 189
    Truteq Wireless (Pty) Ltd 191
    Vox Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd 193
    Wispa (Pty) Ltd 196
    COMPANY PROFILES - CABLING AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE 198
    Aberdare Cables (Pty) Ltd 198
    ATC (Pty) Ltd 201
    ATIO Corporation (Pty) Ltd 203
    Neotel (Pty) Ltd 206
    Reunert Ltd 209
    COMPANY PROFILES - UNDERSEA CABLING 213
    Broadband Infraco SOC Ltd 213
    Neotel (Pty) Ltd 216
    South Atlantic Express Submarine Cable (Pty) Ltd 219
    Telkom SA SOC Ltd 220
    COMPANY PROFILES - RETAIL OF SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS 226
    2C Telecoms (Pty) Ltd 226
    Blackberry Mobile South Africa (Pty) Ltd 228
    Core Computer Group (Pty) Ltd (The) 230
    Huawei Technologies Africa (Pty) Ltd 232
    KNR Flatrock (Pty) Ltd 234
    Lenovo (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd 236
    LG Electronics SA (Pty) Ltd 238
    Microsoft (S A) (Pty) Ltd 240
    Samsung Electronics South Africa (Pty) Ltd 243
    ZTE Corporation South Africa (Pty) Ltd 245

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    The most important trend in the telecommunications industry is the increasing convergence between telecommunications, information technology and media...

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    This report focuses on the telecommunications industry, including the retail of mobile devices. This fast growing industry is driven by increasing demand for mobile broadband resulting from increased smartphone uptake, social networking and relatively high mobile voice and fixed-line broadband tariffs.

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    Table of Contents

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    PAGE
    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Supply Chain 1
    3. SIZE OF INDUSTRY 2
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 11
    4.1. Local 11
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 17
    4.1.2. Regulations 18
    4.1.3. Black Economic Empowerment 20
    4.2. Continental and Middle East 21
    4.3. International 23
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 24
    5.1. Economic Environment 24
    5.2. Delay in Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) 24
    5.3. Escalating Need for Spectrum 24
    5.4. Mobile Termination Regulation 25
    5.5. Ineffectiveness of Government and state agencies 25
    5.6. Labour 25
    5.6.1. Skill Shortages 25
    5.6.2. Training Initiatives 26
    5.7. Environmental Concerns 26
    6. COMPETITION 27
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 28
    6.2. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 28
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 29
    8. OUTLOOK 30
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 30
    10. REFERENCES 31
    10.1. Publications 31
    10.2. Websites 31
    ORGANOGRAM 75200a 33
    Cellular and fixed line Telephony 33
    COMPANY PROFILES 34
    CELL C (PTY) LTD 34
    MRP MOBILE (PTY) LTD 37
    MTN GROUP LTD 38
    NEOTEL (PTY) LTD 42
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 44
    VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 49
    VODACOM GROUP LTD 51
    ORGANOGRAM 75200b 54
    Infrastructure & Related Services, Incl Hardware, Networking & Convergence 54
    COMPANY PROFILES 58
    AFRIHOST (PTY) LTD 58
    ALCATEL-LUCENT SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 60
    ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LTD 62
    ALTECH ALCOM RADIO DISTRIBUTORS (PTY) LTD 65
    ARGENTO TRADING 125 CC 67
    BLUE LABEL TELECOMS LTD 68
    BROLAZ SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 72
    BUSINESS CONNEXION (PTY) LTD 74
    CELCOM GROUP (PTY) LTD 78
    CIS ENGINEERING (PTY) LTD 80
    CONDUCT TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 81
    CYBERSMART LTD 82
    DARK FIBRE AFRICA (PTY) LTD 83
    DATAPRO (PTY) LTD 85
    DATATEC LTD 87
    DIMENSION DATA (PTY) LTD 91
    EOH MANAGED SERVICES PS (PTY) LTD 93
    EOH MTHOMBO (PTY) LTD 94
    FIBRECO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 96
    FONEWORX (PTY) LTD 97
    GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 99
    HUGE TELECOM (PTY) LTD 100
    IBURST (PTY) LTD 102
    IGNITION TELECOMS INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD 103
    JASCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS LTD 105
    LUNGISA-VRG TELECOMMUNICATIONS & PROJECTS (PTY) LTD 108
    MWEB CONNECT (PTY) LTD 110
    NASHUA COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 112
    NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 113
    ONLINE INNOVATIONS (PTY) LTD 115
    ORANGE HORIZONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 116
    PLESSEY (PTY) LTD 117
    POSIX SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD 119
    REUNERT LTD 120
    SAAB GRINTEK TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD 123
    SABRE RADIO NETWORKS (PTY) LTD 125
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 126
    SENTECH SOC LTD 128
    SMART VILLAGE (PTY) LTD 130
    TELEMASTERS HOLDINGS LTD 132
    TELLUMAT (PTY) LTD 133
    TRUTEQ WIRELESS (PTY) LTD 135
    VOX TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 136
    WISPA (PTY) LTD 138
    ORGANOGRAM 75200c 139
    Cabling and Related Infrastructure 139
    COMPANY PROFILES 140
    ABERDARE CABLES (PTY) LTD 140
    ATC (PTY) LTD 143
    ATIO CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 145
    NEOTEL (PTY) LTD 147
    REUNERT LTD 149
    ORGANOGRAM 75200d 152
    Undersea Cabling 152
    COMPANY PROFILES 153
    BROADBAND INFRACO SOC LTD 153
    NEOTEL (PTY) LTD 155
    TELKOM SA SOC LTD 157
    ORGANOGRAM 62399a 162
    Retail of Cellular Phones and Digital Equipment 162
    COMPANY PROFILES 163
    2C TELECOMS (PTY) LTD 163
    BLACKBERRY MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 164
    CORE COMPUTER GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 165
    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES AFRICA (PTY) LTD 166
    LENOVO (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD 168
    LG ELECTRONICS SA (PTY) LTD 169
    MICROSOFT (SA) (PTY) LTD 170
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 172
    ZTE CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 174

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