Where do you look for value in cellphone operators?

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=5093

 

[Syndyre]

The one advantage Vodacom has is more of its calls are on-net which means the profits on the lower ARPU might be higher.

 

[Donsy]

What are they complaining about?

I am a prepaid user since day one - I bought 6 new cell phones during this time - I also have 5 activated and unused SIM cards in my drawer.

They have this policy where they think you want to change your number everytime you buy a new phone on prepaid.

They force you to buy a new SIM pack and only "subject to in store activation" you can buy a new prepaid phone

Cutting off 3 million non-active user?

They created the situation !!

 

[kilo39]

What absolute garbage. Yes, the poor are getting poorer exactly over these high costs.

Let's achive 6% growth rate - ya, let's cut 3 million users.

How brain dead are these companies?

Answer = Completely

Its clear that the two large operators in SA have different strategies to grow revenue. One aims to get a bulk of subscribers (suffer a bit in the short term) and then figure out ways to grow revenue. The other, while still aiming to grow the subscriber base, is already making a lot of money per user. The challenges for the rest of Africa are similar.

For now the one looks a lot better on paper. Which one is your money on?

Um, neither? Along with 3 million other peeps.

 

[Tns]

They are out to make money not friends.

 

[stvfry]

What are they complaining about?

I am a prepaid user since day one - I bought 6 new cell phones during this time - I also have 5 activated and unused SIM cards in my drawer.

They have this policy where they think you want to change your number everytime you buy a new phone on prepaid.

They force you to buy a new SIM pack and only "subject to in store activation" you can buy a new prepaid phone

Cutting off 3 million non-active user?

They created the situation !!

I have always thought that the practice of forcing customers to take another starter kit when buying a phone as iniquitous. Obviously the cell phone operator can claim huge increases in subscribers, whereas, as you say, they lie unused in a draw. Vodacom says it has 3m low use subscribers, I would venture that the figure is far higher. If you don't use a CellC prepaid sim for 4 months, it is removed from the Active list. That practice should be standard for all operators.