About 92% of South Africans (37 613 745) are now within the coverage area of Vodacom`s digital cellular network, the company said today. This figure is up by about 6% compared to May 1999. Vodacom`s 4 400 base stations now extend coverage to 734 335 square kilometres, or 60.2 percent of South Africa. Joan Joffe, Group Executive - Corporate Affairs of Vodacom, said: "Vodacom`s four million customers made some 1.2 billion calls last month. Essentially, Vodacom made the ability to call for help, to apply for jobs or to simply phone a friend for a chat, a technical possibility for 92% of the South African population."
Assuming a population of 40.58 million. (According to Statistics SA, the 1996 census indicated that on the night of 9/10 October 1996, there were 40.58 million people in South Africa, after adjusting for undercount. See: www.statssa.gov.za.)
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