International

Vodacom operates in four countries outside of South Africa: Tanzania, the DRC, Mozambique and Lesotho. The international operations cover a total population of approximately 134 million in these countries, which have a blended mobile penetration rate of less than 25%. The international operations had 12.0 million customers and generated R7 003 million in revenue in the year ended 31 March 2009, contributing 30.3% and 12.7% to group customers and revenue, respectively. The international operations contributed 10.1% to group EBITDA for the year ended 31 March 2009.

Highlights

• Strong customer growth of 30.7% to 12.0 million customers
• Growth in revenue of 29.9% to R7.0 billion
• Data revenue growth of 41.0% to R468 million
• EBITDA growth of 18.7% to R1.8 billion
• Capital expenditure up 58.4% to R2.4 billion
• Vodazone and M-PESA launched in Tanzania
• 3G products and services launched in Lesotho
• Market leadership retained in four of five markets, and strong market share gains made in Mozambique
• Significant progress made in expanding network coverage and quality