Vodacom to invest more than $589 million on South Africa network this year

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African mobile phone operator Vodacom Group will spend more than 9 billion rand (487.1 million pounds) this year on network enhancements particularly in rural areas in its home market, its Chief Technology Officer said on Thursday. Vodacom, majority-owned by Britain's Vodafone , invested 9.6 billion rand in 2018, Andries Delport said during a media briefing. The investment will be spent on the firm's rural coverage acceleration programme, replacing and modernising..