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South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007. At that time, it became mandatory to dial the full 10-digit telephone number, including the zero in the three-digit area code, for local calls (e.g., 011 must be dialed from within Johannesburg).
South Africa has four licensed mobile operators: MTN, Vodacom (majority owned by the UK’s Vodafone ), Cell C (75% owned by Saudi Oger, an international telecommunications holdings firm), and 8ta, a subsidiary of Telkom. In 2012, mobile penetration was estimated at more than 10%, one of the highest rates in the world. [ 4]
History of South Africa. The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. [ 1] In 1999, UNESCO designated the region the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site. [ 2] South Africa's first known inhabitants have been referred to as the Khoisan, the Khwe and the San.
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t. e. Soweto ( / səˈwɛtoʊ, - ˈweɪt -, - ˈwiːt -/) [ 3][ 4] is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. [ 5]
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. Tivadar Puskás proposed the telephone switchboard exchange in 1876. Thomas Edison invented the carbon microphone which produced a strong telephone ...
MTN Group Limited (formerly M-Cell) [ 2] is a South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider. Its head office is in Johannesburg. [ 3][ 4] As of December 2022 MTN recorded 289.1 million subscribers. [ 5] MTN is among the largest mobile network operators in the world, and the largest in Africa.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [ 18][ 19][ 20] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and ...