| 2G |
|
Second Generation |
| 3G |
|
Third Generation |
| AA |
|
Affirmative Action |
| ACG |
|
Authentication and Charging Gateway |
| ADSL |
|
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) |
| Aids |
|
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ARPU |
|
Average Revenue Per User per month |
| ART |
|
Antiretroviral Treatment |
| ASAFEC |
|
Association pour l’Assistance de la Femme
Célibataire Congolaise |
| ATM |
|
Automatic Teller Machine |
| Bandwidth |
|
Is a measure of the quantity of signals that can travel
over a transmission medium such as copper or a glass
fibre strand. It is the space available to carry a signal.
The greater the bandwidth, the greater the information
carrying capacity. Bandwidth is measured in bits per
second. |
| BA |
|
Bankers’ Acceptance rate |
| BBBEE |
|
Broad-based black economic empowerment |
| BCM |
|
Business Continuity Management |
| BEE |
|
Black Economic Empowerment |
| BOL |
|
Benson Informatics Limited trading as Benson Online |
| Broadband |
|
Is a method of measuring the capacity of
different types of transmission. Digital bandwidth
is measured in the rate of bits transmitted per
second (bps). For example, an individual ISDN
channel has a bandwidth of 64 kilobits per
second (Kbps), meaning that it transmits 64 000 bits
(digital signals) every second. |
| BSC |
|
Base Station Controller |
| BTS |
|
Base Transceiver Station |
| CAGR |
|
Compound annual growth rate |
| Capex |
|
Capital expenditure |
| CBD |
|
Central Business District |
| CCBRT |
|
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in
Tanzania |
| CDMA |
|
Code Division Multiple Access |
| Cell C |
|
Cell C (Proprietary) Limited, a company
incorporated in the Republic of South Africa |
| CEO |
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| CFO |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
| CLP |
|
Conversations in Leadership Programme |
| CMT |
|
Corruption, Money laundering and Terrorism |
| CR |
|
Corporate Responsibility |
| CRM |
|
Customer Relationship Management |
| CSI |
|
Corporate Social Investment |
| CSR |
|
Corporate Social Responsibility |
| CUR |
|
Common User Repository |
| CWN |
|
Congolese Wireless Network |
| CWU |
|
Communications Workers Union |
| DAI |
|
Direct Aids Intervention |
| DCS |
|
Digital Cross-connect System |
| DoC |
|
Department of Communications |
| DRC |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| DSTV |
|
Digital Satellite Television, a multi-channel digital
satellite television service in Africa |
| DTI |
|
Department of Trade and Industry |
| Earth station |
|
A surface-based end of a satellite communications link |
| Eassy Cable |
|
Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) |
| EBITDA |
|
Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation,
amortisation, impairment, profit/loss on disposal
of investments and profit/loss on disposal of
property, plant and equipment, investment properties
and intangible assets and the BBBEE change |
| ECA |
|
Electronic Communication Act (formerly
Convergence Bill) |
| ECS |
|
Electronic communications service |
| ECNS |
|
Electronic communications network service |
| EDGE |
|
Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution |
| EE |
|
Employment Equity |
| EHS |
|
Environmental Health Services |
| ELP |
|
Executive Lifestyle Programme |
| EMF |
|
Electromagnetic Field |
| EPS |
|
Earnings per share |
| ERM |
|
Enterprise Risk Management |
| Ethernet |
|
Family of frame-based computer networking
technologies for local area networks (LANs) |
| EURIBOR |
|
Euro Interbank Offer Rate |
| FEC |
|
Forward Exchange Contract |
| Fibre optics |
|
Is where messages or signals are sent via light rather
than electrical signals down a very thin strand of glass.
Light transmission enables much higher data rates than
conventional wire, coaxial cable and many forms of radio.
Signals travel at the speed of light and do not generate nor
are subject to interference. |
| Fibre rings |
|
Have come to be used in many fibre networks as they
provide more network resiliency; if there is a failure along a
route and a ring is broken, the direction of the traffic can be
reversed and the traffic will still reach its final destination. |
| FPB |
|
Films and Publications Board |
| GAAP |
|
Generally Accepted Accounting Practices |
| Gateway |
|
100% shares in each of Gateway Telecommunications Plc,
Gateway Communications (Proprietary) Limited, Gateway
Communications Mozambique LDA, Gateway
Communications (Tanzania) Limited and GS telecom
(Proprietary) Limited and their respective subsidiaries. |
| GDP |
|
Gross Domestic Product |
| Global Rep-Trak™ Pulse |
|
A global system introduced by the global agency
Reputation Institute to identify and assess the world’s
most respected companies |
| Global Telematics |
|
Global Telematics (Proprietary) Limited trading as
Orchid, a company incorporated in the Republic of
South Africa |
| Gogga |
|
Gogga Tracking Solutions (Proprietary) Limited |
| GPFT |
|
The Graduate Programme for Females in Technology |
| GPRS |
|
General Packet Radio Service |
| GSM |
|
Global System for Mobile communications |
| HDI |
|
Historically Disadvantaged Individual or company |
| HEPS |
|
Headline earnings per share |
| HIV |
|
Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HLR |
|
Home Location Register |
| HR |
|
Human Resources |
| HSDPA |
|
High Speed Downlink Packet Access |
| HSPA |
|
High Speed Packet Access |
| HSUPA |
|
High Speed Uplink Packet Access |
| IAS |
|
International Accounting Standards |
| IASB |
|
International Accounting Standards Board |
| iBurst |
|
Wireless internet connections available in South
Africa |
| ICAS |
|
Independent Counselling and Advisory Services |
| ICASA |
|
Independent Communications Authority of South
Africa |
| ICNIRP |
|
International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation |
| ICT |
|
Information and communications technology |
| IDC |
|
Industrial Development Corporation |
| I-ECS |
|
Individual Electronic Communications Services |
| I-ECNS |
|
Individual Electronic Communications Network Services |
| IEEE 802.16 E |
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
standard 802.16e |
| Infraco |
|
Broadband InfraCo (Proprietary) Limited, a company
incorporated in the Republic of South Africa |
| IFRIC |
|
International Financial Reporting Interpretations
Committee |
| IFRS |
|
International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IN |
|
Intelligent networks |
| Intelec |
|
Intelec Holdings Limitada |
| Interconnection |
|
Refers to the joining of two or more telecommunications
networks. Networks need to interconnect to enable traffic
to be transmitted to and from destinations. The amounts
paid and received by the operators vary according to
distance, time, the direction of traffic, and the type of
networks involved. |
| IP |
|
Internet Protocol |
| ISDN |
|
Integrated Services Digital Network is a data
communications standard used to transmit digital
signals over ordinary copper telephone cables. This
is one technology for improving the "last mile" of copper
cables from the local exchange to the customer’s
premises, which has proved a bottleneck for Internet
access, for example. ISDN allows carrying voice and
data simultaneously, in each of at least two channels
capable of carrying 64 Kbps. It provides up to 128
Kbps and a total capacity of 144 Kbps exist. |
| ISETT SETA |
|
Information Systems, Electronics and
Telecommunications Technologies Sector Education
Training Authority |
| ISO |
|
International Standards Organisation |
| ISP |
|
Internet Service Provider |
| IT |
|
Information Technology |
| IVR |
|
Interactive Voice Response |
| JIBAR |
|
Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate |
| JSE |
|
JSE Limited |
| King II |
|
King Committee Report on Corporate Governance
2002 |
| LAN |
|
Local Area Network is a group of devices that
communicate with each other within a limited
geographic area, such as an office. |
| Leased line |
|
Is a telecommunications transmission circuit that is reserved
by a communications provider for the private use of a
customer. |
| LIBOR |
|
London Interbank Offered Rate |
| Local loop |
|
Is the final connection between the exchange and the |
| LTA |
|
home or office. It is also known as the last mile.
Lesotho Telecommunications Authority |
| LTPIC |
|
Long Term Prospective Incremental Costs
methodology |
| Markinor |
|
Ipsos Markinor (Proprietary) Limited, a company
incorporated in the Republic of South Africa |
| Mbps |
|
Megabits per second. |
| Microwave |
|
Is radio transmission using very short wavelengths. |
| Millicom |
|
Millicom International Cellular S.A., a company
incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Mirambo |
|
Mirambo Limited, a company incorporated in the
United Republic of Tanzania |
| MMS |
|
Multimedia Messaging Service |
| MNO |
|
Mobile network operator |
| MNP |
|
Mobile Number Portability |
| Mobile churn |
|
Vodacom’s churn is calculated by dividing the average
monthly number of disconnections during the period by the
average monthly total reported customer base during the
period. |
| Mobile penetration |
|
Vodacom calculates penetration, or teledensity, based on
the total number of customers at the end of the period per
100 persons in the population of each country. Population
is the estimate population at the mid-year in the periods
indicated. |
| Mobile traffic |
|
Vodacom’s traffic comprises total traffic registered
on Vodacom’s network, including bundled minutes,
outgoing international roaming calls and calls to free
services, but excluding national and incoming international
roaming calls. |
| MOU |
|
Minutes of Use – Vodacom’s average monthly minutes
of use per customer, or average MOU, is calculated by
dividing the average monthly minutes during the period by
its average monthly total reported customer base during
the period. MOU excludes calls to free services, bundled
minutes and data minutes. |
| M-PESA |
|
A mobile payment solution that enables customers to
complete simple financial transactions by mobile phone |
| MPLS |
|
Multi-protocol Label Switching |
| MSC |
|
Mobile Services switching Centre |
| MSISDN |
|
Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory
Number |
| MTN |
|
MTN Group Limited, a company incorporated in the
Republic of South Africa |
| MVNO |
|
Mobile Virtual Network Operator |
| MWASA |
|
Media Workers of South Africa |
| NACM |
|
Nominal annual rate compounded monthly |
| NACQ |
|
Nominal annual rate compounded quarterly |
| MCTS |
|
Mobile Cellular Telecommunications Services |
| NEPAD |
|
New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NGN |
|
Next Generation Network |
| NGO |
|
Non-Government Organisation |
| NRA |
|
National Regulatory Authority |
| NUL |
|
National University of Lesotho |
| OBS |
|
Online Billing Services |
| OHSAS |
|
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series |
| PABX |
|
Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
| Packet switching |
|
Is designed specifically for data traffic, as it cuts the
information up into small packets, which are each sent
across the network separately and are then reassembled
at the final destination. This allows more users to share a
given amount of bandwidth. X.25 and frame relay are all
packet switching techniques. |
| PDH |
|
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
| PSD |
|
Packet Switched Data |
| REMCO |
|
The Vodacom Group Remuneration committee |
| RICA |
|
Regulation of Interception of Communication and
Provision of Communication-related Information Act |
| SACTA |
|
South African Cellular Telecommunications
Association |
| SADC |
|
Southern African Development Community |
| Safaricom |
|
Safaricom Limited, a company incorporated in the
Republic of Kenya |
| SAP |
|
Systems, Applications and Products. |
| SDH |
|
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SDP |
|
Succession Development Programme |
| Seacom |
|
Seacom SA SPV (Proprietary) Limited, a private
company incorporated in the Republic of South Africa |
| Select committee |
|
Select committee on security and constitutional affairs |
| SIM |
|
Subscriber Identity Module |
| SIM penetration |
|
Is the measurement of the number of active SIM cards
in the country expressed as a percentage of the total
population. |
| SME |
|
Small to medium sized enterprise. |
| SMME |
|
Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises |
| SMS |
|
Short Message Service |
| SMSC |
|
Short Message Service Centre |
| SNO |
|
Second National Operator |
| SoHo |
|
Small office/Home office. Business form 1 to 10 workers. |
| StorTech |
|
Storage Technology Services (Proprietary) Limited |
| STC |
|
Secondary taxation on companies |
| STP |
|
Signal Transfer Point |
| SVS |
|
Short voice service. |
| Switch |
|
Is a computer that acts as a conduit and director of traffic.
It is a means of sharing resources on a network. |
| TB |
|
Tuberculosis |
| TDM |
|
Telecomunicações de Mozambique SA, a
company incorporated in the Republic of
Mozambique |
| Telecoms Act |
|
Telecommunication Act, Act 103 of 1996 of the
Republic of South Africa |
| Telkom |
|
Telkom SA Limited, a public company incorporated in
the Republic of South Africa |
| The Board |
|
The Vodacom Group Board of Directors |
| The Group |
|
Vodacom Group Limited and all its subsidiaries
and joint ventures |
| TSH |
|
Tanzanian Shilling |
| TSI |
|
Technology Strategy Initiative |
| UMTS |
|
Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systemmis the
Western European name for the 3G WCDMA standard
adopted as an evolutionary path by the GSM world.
However, it ulitises the radio spectrum in a fundamentally
different manner than GSM. UMTS is based on CDMA
technology and the GSM standard is based on
TDMA technology. |
| UNCTAD |
|
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development |
| UNISA |
|
University of South Africa |
| Unique User |
|
The holder of a unique number identifying a subscription in
an ASM or UMTS mobile network, being the telephone
number to the SIM card in a mobile phone. |
| USAASA |
|
Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa |
| USAID |
|
United States Agency for International Development |
| USAL |
|
Under Serviced Area Licence |
| USB |
|
Universal Serial Bus |
| USD |
|
United States of America Dollar |
| USO |
|
Universal Service Obligation |
| USSD |
|
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data |
| VAEP |
|
Vodacom Advanced Executive development
Programme |
| VANS |
|
Value Added Network Service |
| VAS |
|
Value Added Services |
| VCT |
|
Voluntary Counselling and Testing |
| VLC |
|
Virtual Learning Centre |
| VLR |
|
Visitor Location Register |
| Vodacom Business |
|
A division of Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited, with the
primary objective is to deliver end-to-end converged
solutions, extending from mobile to fixed line voice and
data, managed data networks, VoIP solutions, hosted
facilities and applications, security and managed
hosting solutions. |
| Vodacom DRC |
|
Vodacom Congo (RDC) s.p.r.l., a company
incorporated in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Vodacom Lesotho |
|
Vodacom Lesotho (Proprietary) Limited, a company
incorporated in the Kingdom of Lesotho |
| Vodacom Mozambique |
|
VM, SA (trading as Vodacom Mozambique),
a company incorporated in the Republic
of Mozambique |
| Vodacom Mauritius |
|
Vodacom International Limited, a company
incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius |
| Vodacom SA |
|
Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited |
| Vodacom Service Provider |
|
Vodacom Service Provider Company (Proprietary) Limited,
a company incorporated in the Republic of
South Africa |
| Vodacom Tanzania |
|
Vodacom Tanzania Limited, a company incorporated
in the United Republic of Tanzania |
| Vodacom Ventures |
|
Vodacom Ventures (Proprietary) Limited, a company
incorporated in the Republic of South Africa |
| Vodafone |
|
Vodafone Group Plc, a public company incorporated
in England and Wales |
| VPN |
|
Virtual Private Network |
| VOIP |
|
Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| VSA |
|
Vodacom SA, includes all subsidiary and
joint venture companies incorporated in the Republic
of South Africa |
| VSAT |
|
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| WACS |
|
West Africa Cable System |
| WAN |
|
Wide Area Network comprises networks in different
geographic locations that are connected, often over the
public network. |
| WAP |
|
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WASP |
|
Wireless Application Service Provider |
| WBS |
|
WBS Holdings (Proprietary) Limited (WBSH), a
company incorporated in the Republic of South Africa |
| Westside |
|
Westside Trading 163 (Proprietary) Limited |
| Whatana |
|
Whatana Investments Limitada |
| WHO |
|
World Health Organisation |
| Wifi |
|
is a trademark name generally associated with the
IEEE802.11 standards and is a certification that allows
inter-operability between different wireless devices. |
| WiMax |
|
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| WSPCCA |
|
Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa |
| YeboYethu |
|
YeboYethu Limited, a public limited liability company
incorporated in South Africa. |
| Zantel |
|
Zanzibar Telecom Limited, a company incorporated
in the United Republic of Tanzania |
| Zar |
|
South African Rand |
| Zoopy |
|
Zoopy (Proprietary) Limited |
