THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY Siccodes 75200

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THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

Siccodes 75200

July 2012

COMPILED BY: Amanda van der Westhuizen [email protected]

DIRECTORS: MAUREEN MPHATSOE (CHAIRPERSON), MICHELLE BEETAR (EXPERIAN), GLEN BALS (EXPERIAN), ANDREW MCGREGOR (MANAGING) © Copyright Who Owns Whom (Pty) Ltd The Telecommunications Industry Contents Siccode 75200

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1 3 SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5 4 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 14 4.1 Local 14 4.1.1 Corporate Actions 32 4.1.2 Regulations 34 4.1.3 Black Economic Empowerment 37 4.2 Continental and Middle East 38 4.3 International 44 5 INFLUENCING FACTORS 46 5.1 Effectiveness of Government and ICASA 46 5.2 Technology 50 5.3 Economic Environment 50 5.4 Labour Resources 51 5.5 Environmental Concerns 51 6 COMPETITION 52 6.1 Barriers to Entry 54 6.2 Research and Development 54 6.3 Innovation 55 7 SWOT ANALYSIS 56 8 FUTURE OUTLOOK 56 9 INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 57 10 REFERENCES 59 10.1 Publications 59 10.2 Websites 60 APPENDIX 1 62 FTTH Africa Members 62 APPENDIX 2 63 Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) 63 APPENDIX 3 67 WAPA Members 67

ORGANOGRAM 75200A 70 Cellular & Fixed Line Telephony 70 COMPANY PROFILES 71 CELL C (PTY) LTD 71 MTN GROUP LTD 74 NEOTEL (PTY) LTD 80 TELKOM SA LTD 83 VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 88 VODACOM GROUP LTD 90 ORGANOGRAM 75200B 93 Infrastructure & Related Services, including Hardware, Networking & Convergence Technology 93 COMPANY PROFILES 96 AFRIHOST (PTY) LTD 96 ALCATEL-LUCENT SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 97 ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LTD 100 ALTECH ALCOM RADIO DISTRIBUTORS (PTY) LTD 104 BLUE LABEL TELECOMS LTD 106 BROLAZ SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 110 BUSINESS CONNEXION (PTY) LTD 112 CYBERSMART LTD 116 DARK FIBRE AFRICA (PTY) LTD 118 DATAPRO (PTY) LTD 120 DATATEC LTD 122 DIMENSION DATA (PTY) LTD 129 E-FIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 132 EOH MTHOMBO (PTY) LTD 134 FONEWORX (PTY) LTD 136 HUGE TELECOM (PTY) LTD 139 IBURST (PTY) LTD 141 INTERNET SOLUTIONS (DIVISION OF DIMENSION DATA (PTY) LTD) 143 JASCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS LTD 146 MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 149 MWEB CONNECT (PTY) LTD 150 NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 152 ONLINE INNOVATIONS TRUST 154 PLESSEY (PTY) LTD 155 REUNERT LTD 157 SAAB GRINTEK TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD 161 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 163 SENTECH LTD 165 SIEMENS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 167 SMART VILLAGE (PTY) LTD 169 TELLUMAT (PTY) LTD 171 TRUTEQ WIRELESS (PTY) LTD 174 VOX TELECOM LTD 176

ORGANOGRAM 75200C 179 Cabling & Related Infrastructure 179 COMPANY PROFILES 180 ABERDARE CABLES (PTY) LTD 180 ATIO CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 183 NEOTEL (PTY) LTD 186 REUNERT LTD 189 ORGANOGRAM 75200D 193 Undersea Cabling 193 COMPANY PROFILES 194 BROADBAND INFRACO (PTY) LTD 194 NEOTEL (PTY) LTD 196 TELKOM SA LTD 199 ORGANOGRAM 75200E(I) 204 Broadcasting – Television 204 COMPANY PROFILES 205 BOLD MOVES 852 (PTY) LTD 205 CAPE TOWN COMMUNITY TV COLLECTIVE 207 E-SAT TV (PTY) LTD 209 E-TV (PTY) LTD 211 MULTICHOICE SOUTH AFRICA HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 213 ON DIGITAL MEDIA (PTY) LTD (ODM) 218 RIVER CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS (PTY) LTD 221 SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION LTD 222 SOWETO COMMUNITY TELEVISION 225 SUPERSPORT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD 226 WALKING ON WATER TELEVISION (PTY) LTD 228 ORGANOGRAM 75200E(II) 230 Broadcasting – Radio 230 COMPANY PROFILES 231 CENTRAL MEDIA GROUP (PTY) LTD 231 CLASSIC FM SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 234 EAST COAST RADIO (DIVISION OF KAGISO BROADCASTING (PTY) LTD) 236 JACARANDA FM (PTY) LTD 238 KAYA FM (PTY) LTD 240 PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING (DIVISION OF PRIMEDIA (PTY) LTD) 242 RADIO HEART 104.9 (PTY) LTD 245 RADIO IGAGASI 99.5 (PTY) LTD 247 SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION LTD 249 UMOYA COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD 252 YIRED (PTY) LTD 254