Question NW648 to the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
19 March 2019 - NW648
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What number of SIM cards were issued in 2018?
Reply:
I have been advised by ICASA as follows:
The number of SIM cards issued in South Africa from September 2017 to September 2018 is as follows:-
- 80.4 million for prepaid mobile voice subscriptions
- 11.3 million for postpaid mobile voice subscription
- 6.9 million for machine to machine mobile subscriptions
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Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP
Minister
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