As mobile networks seek new revenue opportunities in Africa, a mobile data battle is being waged across the continent.

“Vodacom this week announced a 100% increase in revenue from data traffic in its African networks outside South Africa, while the comparatively mature South African market had 20 percent growth,” reports Business Day.

Voice revenue increased 27 percent outside South Africa, but for the first time fell — by 2.6 percent — inside South Africa.

During the opening session of the AfricaCom conference in Cape Town recently, Romeo Khumalo, chief operating officer of international business for Vodacom, stressed that mobile data represented the biggest opportunity for operators across the continent, reports Business Day.