MOBILE cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. | FILE
Telkom stated in its latest annual report release that mobile subscribers grew by 11.9% to 20.4 million, and mobile broadband subscribers grew by 9.5% to 12.7 million.
Taking into consideration that the total population of South Africa is 60 million, one can exclude the portion of the population that is under 10 years of age from the cellphone users, with some minor exceptions. That portion is 10 million children and therefore the total number of potential cellphone users in the country must be 60
