Comments on: Y’ello banking http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:49:41 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MTN Guy http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/comment-page-1/#comment-285 MTN Guy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:35:18 +0000 http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/#comment-285 Amnon's comment above is 100% correct in terms of explaining the difference. The only thing that I would add is telemetry devices using SIMS and foreigners/ immigrants that wouldn't be included in the AMPS universe. Amnon’s comment above is 100% correct in terms of explaining the difference. The only thing that I would add is telemetry devices using SIMS and foreigners/ immigrants that wouldn’t be included in the AMPS universe.

]]> By: amnon http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/comment-page-1/#comment-283 amnon Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:54:50 +0000 http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/#comment-283 The 16.4 million figure is from MTN - they are counting "customers who have participated in a revenue generating activity in the last 90 days." The 9.6 million is from AMPS, a national survey where South African adults were asked which network they use. The difference is largely due to (a) some have more than one sim card, (b) sim cards belonging to kids, or people who would not be part of the AMPS survey for some reason (illegal immigrants, perhaps), (c) sim cards which people regard as dormant, but MTN doesn't. Perhaps MTN can be more authoritative. Anybody? The 16.4 million figure is from MTN – they are counting “customers who have participated in a revenue generating activity in the last 90 days.” The 9.6 million is from AMPS, a national survey where South African adults were asked which network they use.

The difference is largely due to (a) some have more than one sim card, (b) sim cards belonging to kids, or people who would not be part of the AMPS survey for some reason (illegal immigrants, perhaps), (c) sim cards which people regard as dormant, but MTN doesn’t.

Perhaps MTN can be more authoritative. Anybody?

]]> By: Zuko http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Zuko Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:42:19 +0000 http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/2010/02/the-good-old-days-still-2/#comment-282 Monday's fact said there were 16.4 million MTN subscribers. Now you say 9.6 million. Monday’s fact said there were 16.4 million MTN subscribers. Now you say 9.6 million.

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