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Paratus South Africa acquires a satellite hub
operating in the satellite business segment
for many years and has core competencies in
this field across our African operations. “We
are able to support our client base as well as
create a sustainable growth model,” he said.
“Paratus South Africa is critically poised to
leverage not only the expertise of the local
staff but also the Group proposition across
pan-Africa, providing current and potential
customers with a network that can support
their growth requirements throughout the
multiple technologies offered in the Group.”
Paratus Group CEO Barney Harmse says
Paratus Africa is structuring itself towards an
aligned focus to continue strengthening its
core operations.
P
aratus South Africa has completed a
transaction for the acquisition of a
satellite teleport via its subsidiary Maxwell
technology for an undisclosed amount.
Paratus will now start with a harmonisation
process to incorporate the transfer of
assets and resources as well as the
associated business revenue into its South
African operations.
Paratus South Africa Managing Director
Kallie Carlsen says South Africa has been
“We are proud of the team in South Africa
for successfully concluding this deal in line
with our Group strategic goals,” he said.
“We will continue to challenge the status
quo in Africa by activating our investment
strategy throughout the region.”
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Analysis on South Africa’s telecoms and
mobile devices market
T
he Telecommunications Industry and
the Market for Mobile Devices in South
Africa 2019 report has been added to
ResearchAndMarket.com’s offering.
There are comprehensive profiles of
56 companies including Telkom, which
dominates fixed-line telephony, and Vodacom
and MTN, which dominate the mobile space.
Other profiled companies include Cell C and
Virgin Mobile, and fibre companies such as
Vumatel, Vox and Dark Fibre.
to double-digit increases in the value of data.
South Africa’s fibre and data centre markets
are expanding rapidly.
Telecoms companies are having to adapt to
widespread disruption; the structural shift
from voice to data is undermining traditional
margins and increases in data traffic are
being offset by a proportional decline in
effective data prices.
The market is maturing, and operators are
having to compete to grow their share of
the prepaid and lower-income markets,
from which the majority of future growth is
expected to come.
Investment in the sector is highly
influenced by South Africa’s poor
economic growth, regulatory changes and
technological developments.
South African telecommunications operators
experienced positive, if muted, growth in
2018 as total subscriptions, device ownership,
Internet penetration and data usage continue
to increase. The sector grew by over 14% and
was worth R187bn in 2018.
Mobile subscriptions, device ownership and
Internet penetration continues to grow, and
the majority of service revenue growth is due
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