Vodacom South Africa announced that over 1 billion rand has been earmarked for network investment in Gauteng in the current financial year, reported Telecompaper.com on Aug 19, 2014. Of this amount, a large portion will be used to upgrade and increase Gauteng\'s 3G coverage in the major townships. By the end of March 2015, the operator hopes to add more than 400 new 3G sites. In a statement, the operator said the upgrade will increase network capacity and provide improved voice quality and mobile data speeds in areas such as Soweto, Orange Farm, Alexandra, Thembisa, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve.