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Glossary
Word
Definition
3G Mobile
3G Mobile Proprietary Limited, a private company which procures high end branded
mobile handsets for supply to Cell C and major retailers in South Africa and beyond. Its
wholly owned subsidiary, Comm Equipment Company (CEC), provides the financing to
Cell C for the mobile handset element of postpaid contracts
Act/the Act/Companies Act
Companies Act, No 71 of 2008, as amended from time to time
ADRs
American Depository Receipts
AEON
Blue Label’s proprietary switch through which all transactional capability is accessed.
Banking grade transactions are switched through the Postilion platform
AEON EVD
The Aeon Electronic Voucher Distribution platform is a central repository in which
electronic (or virtual) stock is housed. It is referenced by other internal platforms like
EVMS, AMS and AEON
AGM
Annual General Meeting
AMS
Airtime management system
ARCC
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
ARPU
Average revenue per user
B2B
Business-to-business, a commercial transaction between businesses
B2C
Business-to-consumer, a commercial transaction between a business and a consumer
B-BBEE
Broad-based black economic empowerment
BGCSA
Boys & Girls Club of South Africa
BLD
Blue Label Distribution Proprietary Limited
BLDS
Blue Label Data Solutions Proprietary Limited
BLM
Blue Label Mexico S.A. de C.V.
BLT
Blue Label Telecoms Limited
Blue Label/Blue Label Telecoms
Blue Label Telecoms Limited
Cell C
Cell C Proprietary Limited, launched operations in 2001, seven years after the launch
of the two incumbents, Vodacom and MTN (launched in 1994)
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIPC
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Company
Blue Label Telecoms Limited
content aggregator
An organisation which gathers web content and applications from different online
sources for reuse and resale
CPA
Consumer Protection Act
CRC
Customer relation consultant
CRM
Customer relationship management
CSDP
Central Securities Depository Participant