Different012017

issue 01 January 2017
Different
a
modern business
magazine
how to take
control of
your
personal
finances

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creative editor
managing editor
assistant editor
advertising
theo koekemoer
johan van zyl
illona wilken
theo koekemoer
on being different
Different doesn't
mean its wrong.
Different is a
magazine for people
who are different. Our
philosophy at The
Differentiator is that
you have to
differentiate yourself
in today's world to be
successful.

youth employment initiative by the
a
Differentiator
MVNO's are changing the mobile
how
in South Africa
landscape
TV program with a difference. For
a
by woman, with woman and men!
woman,
friends at NASA give us a little insider
Our
on what the world looks like from
view
issue 01
contents
January 2017
04
BOSA PRINT & POST
a
modern business
magazine
06
LOOKING FOR YOUR SIM?
10
WHAT TO HEELS &
WHEELS TODAY
14
ARE YOU STILL USING
PAPER?
above. Spoiler: it's amazing.
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PREPAID
How to take
control of your
personal;
finances
Prepaid is always good
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SORT YOUR FINANCES
The Differentiator can help you!
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youth is our future.
The
figures in South
Unemployment
is the highest it has ever been.
Africa
to 60% of people below the age
Up
35 will not find a job or get the
of
to get valuable work
opportunity
this reason The Differentiator has
For
the BOSA initiative
launched
for people below the age
exclusively
35. of
you have an entrepreneurial spirit
If
would like to own a BOSA shop
and
T H E O K O E K E M O E R
bosa print & post
experience.
speak to us.
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THE DIFFERENTIATOR

Revenue is R106 billion per
Mobile
annum.
Service Revenue was
•Mobile
billion for the 12 months
R78.8
30 September 2015 of
ending
mobile voice: 53% and
which
data: 38%
mobile
Mobile Networks, Vodacom
Four
MTN 35%, Cell C 23%,
39%,
2%. Telkom
Africa has around 80 million
South
connections. The networks
mobile
under pressure and are cutting
are
margins.
are gaining momentum
MVNOs
the likes of FNB and Mr Price
with
launching in the last 24
Mobile
followed by the likes of
months,
MVNO does not have its own
an
frequency allocation of
licensed
spectrum, nor does it
radio
have all of the
necessarily
required to provide
infrastructure
telephone services. Even
mobile
MVNOs do not own the
though
spectrum or wireless
wireless
they give a virtual
infrastructure,
of owning a wireless
appearance
These operators lease the
network.
capacity from traditional
wireless
and then repackage it for
operators
specific vertical industry
a
The main added value
application.
MVNOs provide is billing and
that
care functions. In that
customer
MVNOs own the customers.
sense
generally provide both voice
MVNOs
data services to end users
and
either a prepaid or post-paid
through
agreement.
subscription
major challenge to setup MVNOs is
A
IT and network integration.
the
most MVNOs deploy
Therefore,
which then provide the
MVNEs
with the MNO, financial
agreements
and business plan
modelling
turnkey billing and CRM
development,
commercial functions such
systems,
credit and collections, sales and
as
and customer care
distribution
An MVNE provides the
services.
architecture and may enter
technical
a wholesale agreement with a
into
MNO, to enable mobile service
host
Differentiator has a relationship
The
an MVNE and could broker a
with
features
looking
for your SIM?
The Mobile Revenue in South Africa is worth R106 billion per annum with an estimated 80
million connections. MVNO's are gaining momentum with FNB and Mr. Price Mobile and
Virgin Mobile the biggest.
B Y J O H A N V A N Z Y L
Current market
What is an MVNO?
What is an MVNE?
provision.
Me&You and Boksel more recently.
transaction for a potential MVNO.
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THE DIFFERENTIATOR

HEELS & WHEELS
The Differentiator
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HEELS & WHEELS

HEELS & WHEELS

HEELS & WHEELS

companies such as FNB and
Large
use Enterprise Document
Discovery
Solutions to deliver
Delivery
to their millions of
statements
on a regular basis. The
customers
in postage fees alone is
saving
Companies also use this as
massive.
marketing tool and the
a
Differentiator has a distribution
The
in place with the software
agreement
T H E O K O E K E M O E R
Are you still
using paper?
opportunities are endless!
developer/enabler.
Speak to us and start saving today!
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who can’t obtain a contract
Consumers
because of their credit record can
cellphone
because instead of buying something
card,
borrowed funds (through credit), you buy
with
pre-loaded solutions are electricity and
Other
water.
Differentiator can help you to set up your
The
solution.
pre-paid
G E T P R E P A I D
PREPAID
IS ALWAYS
GOOD
This offers better economic inclusion.
card issued by a financial institution that is
A
with funds and is used like a
pre-loaded
credit card. A prepaid credit card
normal
in the opposite way of a normal credit
works
things with funds that have already been paid.
almost always get a prepaid SIM card.
B y J o h a n v a n Z y l
Prepaid is always good!
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