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BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2014
GLOSSARY
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Word
Definition
Telco
Telecommunications
ticketing
Bus, train and airline ticketing, as well as for events and entertainment
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
under-banked/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