Top Companies in the South African Telecommunications Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

Introduction
This databook provides estimates of IT spending for the top companies in the South African Telecommunications industry. The databook is a comprehensive source of IT spending by company, including assessment by technology and channel. The databook also provides information on the IT contracts of these companies where available.

Scope of the report

* Datamonitor's view of the top companies in the South African Telecommunications sector in terms of IT spending
* A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top companies
* A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top companies
* Details of IT services contracts by company where available

Highlights

The top companies in the South African telecommunications industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on hardware, a segment that accounted for about 28% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on services and software.

Among the top companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 34% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies. Telkom SA remained the leading company in terms of IT spending, followed by Vodacom Group Limited and Dimension Data Holdings PLC.

Reasons to Purchase

* Gain insight into IT budget breakdown of top companies in South African telecommunications industry and identify notable areas of allocation
* Identify organizations with top IT expenditures in your target markets
* Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
LIST OF FIGURES 4
LIST OF TABLES 6
INTRODUCTION 9
Reasons to Purchase 9
Definitions 9
SOUTH AFRICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12
Overview 12
Estimated spending by technology segment 14
Estimated IT spending by channel 16
TELKOM SA 18
Budget overview 18
Telkom SA, estimated spending on IT 19
Telkom SA, estimated IT spending by channel 23
VODACOM GROUP LIMITED 25
Budget overview 25
Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending on IT 26
Vodacom Group Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 30
Vodacom Group Limited, IT contracts 32
DIMENSION DATA HOLDINGS PLC 34
Budget overview 34
Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending on IT 35
Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated IT spending by channel 39
ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 41
Budget overview 41
Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending on IT 42
Allied Technologies Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 46
BUSINESS CONNEXION GROUP LIMITED 48
Budget overview 48
Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending on IT 49
Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 53
VOX TELECOM LTD. 55
Budget overview 55
VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending on IT 56
VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated IT spending by channel 60
THE HUGE GROUP LTD 62
Budget overview 62
The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending on IT 63
The Huge Group Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 67
AFRICA CELLULAR TOWERS LIMITED 69
Budget overview 69
Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending on IT 70
Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 74
APPENDIX 76
Methodology 76
Further reading 77
Disclaimer 78

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top companies in the South African telecommunications industry, estimated spending
on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 12
Figure 2: Top companies in the South African telecommunications industry, estimated spending
by technology segment ($m), 2009 14
Figure 3: Top companies in the South African telecommunications industry, estimated spending
on IT by channel ($m), 2009 16
Figure 4: Telkom SA, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 19
Figure 5: Telkom SA, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 21
Figure 6: Telkom SA, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 23
Figure 7: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 26
Figure 8: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 28
Figure 9: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 30
Figure 10: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 35
Figure 11: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 37
Figure 12: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 39
Figure 13: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 42
Figure 14: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 44
Figure 15: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 46
Figure 16: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 49
Figure 17: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 200951
Figure 18: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 53
Figure 19: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 56
Figure 20: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 58
Figure 21: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 60
Figure 22: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 63
Figure 23: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 65
Figure 24: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 67
Figure 25: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 70
Figure 26: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 72
Figure 27: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 74

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 10
Table 2: Definitions: channels 11
Table 3: Top companies in the South African telecommunications industry, estimated spending on
IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 13
Table 4: Top companies in the South African telecommunications industry, estimated spending by
technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Table 5: Top companies in the South African telecommunications industry, estimated spending on
IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Table 6: Telkom SA, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 18
Table 7: Telkom SA, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 18
Table 8: Telkom SA, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Table 9: Telkom SA, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Table 10: Telkom SA, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 24
Table 11: Vodacom Group Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 25
Table 12: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 200925
Table 13: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 27
Table 14: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 29
Table 15: Vodacom Group Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 31
Table 16: IT contract: Vodacom Group Limited – Alcatel-Lucent 32
Table 17: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 34
Table 18: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT
budget), 2009 34
Table 19: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 36
Table 20: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 38
Table 21: Dimension Data Holdings PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 40
Table 22: Allied Technologies Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 41
Table 23: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget),
2009 41
Table 24: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 43
Table 25: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 45
Table 26: Allied Technologies Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 47
Table 27: Business Connexion Group Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 48
Table 28: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT
budget), 2009 48
Table 29: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 50
Table 30: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 200952
Table 31: Business Connexion Group Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 54
Table 32: VOX Telecom Ltd., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 55
Table 33: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 55
Table 34: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 57
Table 35: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 59
Table 36: VOX Telecom Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 61
Table 37: The Huge Group Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 62
Table 38: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 62
Table 39: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 64
Table 40: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 66
Table 41: The Huge Group Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 68
Table 42: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 69
Table 43: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT
budget), 2009 69
Table 44: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 71
Table 45: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 73
Table 46: Africa Cellular Towers Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 75
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