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Vodacom South Africa

Carrier Check & Mobile Network Specifications

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Vodacom logoThe Vodacom carrier from South Africa is denoted by codes: 655 01. The followings IDs are called HNI (Home network identity). This code is created by the combination of two other Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC). The first three numbers stand for the MCC and they are used in order to identify the region which the carried comes from (in the following example it’s South Africa). The last numbers of the HNI code are equal with the MNC and this ID is given for the specific mobile network operator.

Besides Vodacom South Africa has assigned country code + 27. This number + 27 is equal with international calling code and it’s simply the telephone dialing prefixes used for calling Vodacom numbers.
Vodacom uses 2 GSM bands, 1 UMTS bands, 3 and 0 CDMA bands.. You can read the specific frequency bands in the table below. All bands of the Vodacom are display in MHz units.
Another important information in Vodacom South Africa architectures is the standard of used protocols. It also uses 5 protocols such as GSM, UMTS, LTE, CDMA.

The ISO standard code of Vodacom is ZA. You can see more info about this mobile network operator at https://www.vodacom.co.za/. How to check Vodacom coverage? How to check if your phone will work in South Africa? Those information will help you figure out if your device will work in the Vodacom roaming. Use out database and check out if your device will be locked or unlocked in Vodacom.

Use our CARRIER LOOKUP TOOL in order to make sure that your phone number is using Vodacom network.

If you'd like to find out whether your device is going to work with Vodacom (South Africa), please check the details below:

All you need to do is compare bands specification from your mobile network with the bands used in your device. You can check the supported bands for your phone by using out phone database.


Name Vodacom
Company Vodacom
Country South Africa flag South Africa
Country ISO ZA
Country code + 27
Carrier website https://www.vodacom.co.za/
Carrier codes
  • 655 01
Coverage map Unknown
Subscribers 39 433 000 (August 2020)
GSM bands
  • 900 (E-GSM)
  • 1800 (DCS)
GSM protocols
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
UMTS bands
  • B1 (2100)
UMTS protocols
  • DC-HSDPA 42.2
  • UTMS
LTE bands
  • B1 (2100)
  • B3 (1800+)
  • B8 (900)
LTE protocols
  • LTE

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