Vodacom Expands HSDPA Coverage in South Africa

South Africa's Vodacom has expanded its HSDPA coverage within the Western and Northern Cape to outside of the major metropolitan centres. During December Vodacom added four more towns to its 3G HSDPA network, and will add two more in January.

Dot Field, Chief Communications Officer for the Vodacom Group, says no other network provider can currently match Vodacom's coverage in the Western and Northern Cape.

"Not only does Vodacom have N7 road coverage all the way from Cape Town to the Namibian border, we are now providing many of the towns in this region with 3G HSDPA coverage allowing them high speed access to the internet. Through Vodacom we are connecting the Western and Northern Cape to the world through our network."

Vodacom is the country's largest phone operator, having ended the 3rd quarter with just under 22.5 million customers, and according to the Mobile World database, around a 50% market share.

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Posted to the site on 19th December 2008