{"id":213918,"date":"2017-06-07T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T11:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=213918"},"modified":"2017-06-08T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T08:03:13","slug":"vodacom-vs-mtn-vs-cell-c-vs-telkom-mobile-subscriber-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/213918-vodacom-vs-mtn-vs-cell-c-vs-telkom-mobile-subscriber-numbers.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom vs MTN vs Cell C vs Telkom – Mobile subscriber numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s mobile networks all recently released their latest financial results, detailing their mobile subscriber figures.<\/p>\n

As listed companies, it is a requirement for Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom to release these figures.<\/p>\n

Cell C also released its annual financial results earlier this year, despite not being required to do so.<\/p>\n

This allows us to compare the number of mobile subscribers per network in South Africa.<\/p>\n

South African mobile subscribers<\/h3>\n

Telkom’s results for the year ended 31 March 2017 showed it had 3.999 million active mobile subscribers, comprised of 2.772 million prepaid users and 1.227 million post-paid users.<\/p>\n

Cell C subscriber numbers\u00a0from 14 March showed an active subscriber base of 15.3 million users.<\/p>\n

Vodacom’s financial results for the year ended 31 March 2017 showed it had 37.1 million active subscribers.<\/p>\n

MTN’s results for the quarter\u00a0ended 31 March 2017\u00a0showed an active subscriber count of 30.2 million users in SA.<\/p>\n

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Mobile Subscribers<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Vodacom<\/strong><\/td>\n37.1 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/strong><\/td>\n30.2 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/strong><\/td>\n15.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom<\/strong><\/td>\n4.0 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now read:\u00a0BCX earned Telkom a stack of cash<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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