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Vodacom results for period ended 31 December 2006


Johannesburg, 30 Jan 2007

As at 31 December 2006, Vodacom Group recorded 28.2 million customers across its networks operating in SA, Tanzania, the DRC, Lesotho and Mozambique, reflecting a 9.5% increase in the three months since 30 September 2006.

The growth in its customer base is a result of high gross customer connections of 4.5 million for the three months since 30 September 2006. Vodacom's non-South African operations comprised 6.4 million customers, or 22.7% of its total customer base.

South African operations

South Africa includes the operations of Vodacom SA and the Smartphone SP Group.

South Africa increased its customer base by 7.8% since 30 September 2006 to 21.8 million customers, of which 2.9 million are contract customers and 18.8 million are prepaid customers, reflecting increases of 6.7% and 8% respectively.

To date, customers joining the Vodacom network together with customers leaving the Vodacom network due to number portability, total about 20 000. This is less than the number of new connections which Vodacom usually activates in any one day. Vodacom has gained twice as many contract customers as it has lost through number portability, and it has lost more prepaid customers than it has gained.

Vodacom South Africa has retained its leadership in a highly competitive SA mobile communications market with an estimated market share of 58% on 31 December 2006. SIM card penetration of the cellular industry in SA is now an estimated 80% of the population.

South African customers, year-to-date ARPU, churn, three-month inactive customers and estimated market share as at 31 December 2006 compared to September 2006 are as follows:

Non-South African operations

Vodacom's non-South African operations increased their total customer base by 15.7% since 30 September 2006 to 6.4 million customers. Satisfactory customer growth was achieved in all Vodacom's non-South African operations.

Vodacom's non-South African operations' customers, year-to-date ARPU, churn and estimated market:

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