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Vodacom Group parent Vodafone Group’s dividend has cracked under the strain of falling revenue, soaring spectrum costs and a $21-billion acquisition, in a grim reality check for Europe’s struggling phone industry.

Despite continued rapid growth in demand for data by customers, Vodacom South Africa eked out a meagre 3.9% increase in data revenue in the 2019 financial year as price cuts and lower out-of-bundle tariffs impacted the top line.