Shenge Buthelezi on Vodacom signing Mr Price Mobile as its first MVNO partner

What's Next with Aki Anastasiou

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Shenge Buthelezi discusses Vodacom’s extensive MVNO offerings. Buthelezi is the Managing Executive of Wholesale and Carrier Services at Vodacom South Africa. He has worked at Vodacom for over 16 years and has held several important roles in the company’s Wholesale and Carrier Services business unit during this time – including Executive Head, Programme Manager, and Account Manager. In his current role, Buthelezi leads this business unit and is focused on fostering, maintaining, and growing strategic partnerships that grow revenue and profitability for Vodacom South Africa. In this What’s Next interview, Buthelezi discusses what makes Vodacom Business South Africa’s most trusted enterprise telecommunications provider, in South Africa. He then focuses on the company’s MVNO offering and the signing of its first MVNO partner: Mr Price Mobile. Buthelezi explains why Vodacom has entered the MVNO industry and why the network provider is a great partner for companies that want to launch their own MVNO. He highlights that Vodacom has built a mobile virtual network enablement platform to support its MVNO offering. Buthelezi concludes the interview by discussing the many exciting opportunities Vodacom’s wholesale business is working on moving forward.