Editing Economy of South Africa (section)

===Service industry===
{{See also|Telecommunications in South Africa|Tourism in South Africa}}
[[File:Canal walk cpt.jpg|thumb|[[Canal Walk]] shopping centre in Cape Town]]

==== Tourism ====
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==== Telecommunications ====
The domestic telecommunications infrastructure provides modern and efficient service to urban and rural areas. This includes cellular and internet services from 5G to Gigabit Broadband.

In 1997, [[Telkom (South Africa)|Telkom]], the South African telecommunications [[parastatal]], was partly privatised and entered into a strategic equity partnership with a consortium of SBC (AT&T), in exchange for a monopoly to provide certain services for 5 years. Telkom assumed an obligation to facilitate network modernization and expansion into the unserved areas.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} A Second Network Operator, Neotel was to be licensed to compete with Telkom across its spectrum of services in 2002. Licensing officially began in late 2005.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Five mobile-phone companies provide service to over 50 million subscribers, with South Africa considered to have the 4th most advanced mobile telecommunications network worldwide.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The five major cellular providers are [[Vodacom]], [[MTN Group|MTN]], [[Cell C]](Vodacom), Telkom Mobile(8.ta) and Rain, with Neotel owned by Liquid Telecoms not offering mobile service anymore.

South African companies which provide services related to the Space industry, also increasing, and with the correct government legislation and support, this sector is expected to grow in South Africa.