Vodacom Mobile-Phone Subscribers Increase 13% to 34 Million

 Vodacom Group Ltd., South Africa’s biggest mobile-phone operator, said subscriber numbers rose 13 percent in the year through March.

Subscribers increased to 34 million in the year, the company, jointly owned by Telkom South Africa Ltd. and Vodafone Group Plc, said in a statement to Johannesburg’s Stock Exchange News Service today. Revenue climbed 17 percent to 48.2 billion rand ($6.26 billion).

Further details will be released at the company’s annual results presentation on June 9, the company said.

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