{"id":110364,"date":"2019-10-15T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T05:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=110364"},"modified":"2020-07-28T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:13:41","slug":"vodacom-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/vodacom-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Know About Vodacom Deals, Specials & Customer Service of the Telecom Giant"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vodacom South Africa is part of the Vodacom Group Limited in South Africa. The company is a mobile communications firm that provides telecommunication services including voice, messaging, data, and converged services. The company is among the top telecommunication companies not only in South Africa but in the whole of Africa. Notably, the network and MTN South Africa<\/a> provide the widest network coverage in South Africa.<\/p>\n Vodacom South Africa was licensed in 1993 to operate in the country and in 1995, it gained a GSM license in Lesotho. The network became the first in the world to introduce the prepaid service in 1996 and after two years, it brought in prepaid access to the internet. By 2003, it had covered 9.5% of the South African population, which was to rise in 2004, when it recorded over 10 million subscribers in the country. Also, in the same year, it also introduced 3G services to the country, followed by 3G HSDPA.<\/p>\n Since its inception, Vodacom South Africa has invested over 28 billion Rand in network infrastructure in the country. It has also covered about 99.8 percent of the country\u2019s population. As part of its stride towards growth, the telecommunication company became the first to Launch LTE\/4G in the country in 2012. It also launched the Vodacom App in the same year, to allow customers to have access to better and improved services.<\/p>\n Today, Vodacom South Africa has grown its operation to other countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania.<\/p>\nVodacom South Africa Deals and Special Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n