Samsung sold 504,000 mobile phones in
South Africa in the first half of 2005, while sales value reached US$157 million. The company forecasts that sales will double in 2005 compared with 2004, when it sold a total of 537,000 handsets, representing a value of US$155 million.
South Africa and other countries in
Africa are becoming a growth market for telecommunications companies, as subscriber figures for the first and second quarter of 2005 of
South Africa's MTN Group, which has operations in a total of six countries, indicate in the table below:
|
MTN Group Subscriber Base, 1Q & 2Q 2005 |
|
|
End of 1Q 2005 |
End of 2Q 2005 |
Growth |
|
South Africa |
8,001,000 |
8,407,000 |
5.1% |
|
Pre-paid |
6,610,000 |
6,950,000 |
5.1% |
|
Post-paid |
1,391,000 |
1,457,000 |
4.7% |
|
International |
7,640,000 |
8,632,000 |
13.0% |
|
Nigeria |
5,574,000 |
6,379,000 |
14.4% |
|
Cameroon |
919,000 |
1,014,000 |
10.3% |
|
Uganda |
782,000 |
839,000 |
7.3% |
|
Rwanda |
209,000 |
227,000 |
8.6% |
|
Swaziland |
156,000 |
173,000 |
10.9% |
|
Total |
15,641,000 |
17,039,000 |
8.9% |
|
Note: Subscriber is defined as a user who has made or received a call within the past 90 days Source: MTN Group; compiled by MIC, August 2005 |