See overview of the mobile industry in South Africa

• Number Prefix: 084
• Launch Date: 17/11/2001
• Licence Awarded: 2/2001
• Licence Issued: 6/2001 (portion of 1800Mhz, roams on Vodacom @ 900Mhz)
• Users (11/2002): 9750000 prepaid/55,000 post-paid

Cell C says it has closer to 150 000 active customers, defined as users who generated revenue for it during the last three months.
• Number of Base Stations: 524, 120 microbase stations
  The 1 500 base stations due to have been on air by the end of 2002 will now only be reached during 2003. Most efforts are currently directed at establishing stations using the 1 800MHz frequency in urban areas as Cell C is to stop using Vodacom infrastructure in urban areas by November 2004. More than 70% of Cell C traffic is  carried at 900 Mhz by Vodacom, with which it has a 15-year roaming agreement.
• Stats 6/2004:

  3 million subscribers by the end of 2003
  1.9 million active users of the network
  84 percent, or 1.6 million of its subscribers were prepaid users
  Average revenue per user (Arpu) for prepaid was R62 and R409 for contract users, with a blended Arpu of R110.
  Dropped call rate remained at less than 1 percent and its call set-up success rate was above the target of 96 percent.5 000 active community service telephones.
  
  
   

• Expected Market Share: 15-25% by 2006
• Profit Expected: 2006
• Peak Funding Requirement: US$640million
  It has spent more than $300 million of its estimated $640 million required funding
• Capital Structure: 50-50 debt-equity
• Community Service Obligations: 52,000 phones over 7 years
• Economic Development Obligations: R1 billion over 10 years
• Current Mobile Users in South Africa (8/02): 13 million

• Holding Company: 3C communications
• Ownership: Saudi Oger (60%) & CellSaf (40%)
• CellSAf Consortium Members
  Ubambo Investment Holdings (10%)
  FBS Investment Holdings (10%)
  Kunene Brothers (5%)
  Kobitel (5%) 
  Zader Investment Corporation (1.25%)
  Temoso Holdings (2.5%)
  Corridor Investment Corporation (5%)
  Investfem Holdings (1.25%)
  Telecommunications Investment Trust (5%)
  
  

• Cell C Executive Team 

  CEO and Chairman                                    Talaat Laham

  Chief Strategy Advisor                             Paul Doany

  Chief Advisor                                              Norm Ober

  Marketing Director                                     Themba Khumalo

  Human Resources Director                    Jacob Kekana

  Chief Operations Officer                           Kamal Boufarhat

  Procurement Director                               Al Rigney

  Head Corporate Communications &

  Government Affairs                                   Zeona Motshabi

  Chief Finance Officer                                Muhieddine Ghalayini

  IT Director                                                    Mike Hughes

  Sales Director                                             Ruco Durand

  Director Corporate                                     Norm Ober

   

  Cell C Board of Directors

  Talaat Laham CEO and Chairman

  Paul Doany

  Muhieddine Ghalayini  - Chief Finance Officer

  Zwelakhe Mankazana

  Ian Pierce