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BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2015
GLOSSARY
CONTINUED
Word
Definition
telco
Telecommunications
ticketing
For events and transport, includes sport, travel, entertainment, lifestyle
and expos
touch points
Devices through which consumers are able to purchase Blue Label
products and services
TPC
The Prepaid Company Proprietary Limited
TPPC
The Post Paid Company Proprietary Limited
transactional services
Includes money transfers, payments of bills and the like
unbanked
People without bank accounts
underbanked/badly banked
People with poor access to mainstream financial services, such as banks
and therefore rely on alternative financial services or alternatively people
with bank accounts who do not make effective use of the broader
services offered by the bank – they merely deposit and withdraw cash
from their accounts
UniPIN
Universal PIN for prepaid electricity
USSD
Unstructured supplementary service data
value added
Measure of wealth the Group has created in its operation by “adding
value” to the cost of products and services
VAS
Value-added services
Viamedia
Viamedia Proprietary Limited
virtual distributor
Distribution of e-tokens of value in electronic format
virtual prepaid airtime
Airtime top-up in an electronic format
WAP
Wireless application protocol
WASP
Wireless application service provider
WASPA
Wireless Application Service Providers Association
ZOK
ZOK Cellular Proprietary Limited