Vodacom is a leading African communications group providing mobile communications and related services to 39.6 million customers as at 31 March 2009. Its mobile network covers a total population of approximately 182 million people across five countries: South Africa, Tanzania, the DRC, Lesotho and Mozambique. The Group provides a wide range of communications products and services, including but not limited to: voice, messaging, broadband and data connectivity, and converged services. Vodacom has operations in South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho and Mozambique, with scope for a greater continental footprint through its recent acquisition of Gateway Communications.