| Word | Definition |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| ARCC | Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee |
| BLD | Blue Label Distribution Proprietary Limited |
| BLDS | Blue Label Data Solutions Proprietary Limited |
| BLT; Blue Label/Blue Label Telecoms Limited; Company | Blue Label Telecoms Limited |
| CEC | Comm Equipment Company Proprietary Limited |
| Cell C | Cell C Limited, launched operations in 2001, seven years after the launch of the two incumbents, Vodacom and MTN (launched in 1994) |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| the Companies Act | Companies Act, No 71 of 2008, as amended from time to time |
| CPI | Consumer price index |
| Deloitte | Deloitte South Africa |
| EBIT | Earnings before interest and taxes |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation |
| ECL | Expected credit losses |
| EIR | Effective interest rate |
| EPS | Earnings per share |
| ERM | Enterprise risk management |
| ESG | Environmental, social, and governance |
| FD | Financial Director |
| FNB | First National Bank Limited |
| FVOCI | Fair value through other comprehensive income |
| FVTPL | Fair value through profit or loss |
| GCorr | General Commission on Religion and Race |
| Group | Blue Label Telecoms Limited and its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |
| HEPS | Headline earnings per share |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IRBA | Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors |
| ISA | International Standard on Auditing |
| ISAE | International Standard on Assurance Engagements |
| IT | Information technology |
| JSE | Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited |
| King IV | King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa |
| LGD | Loss Given Default |
| LTI | Lost Time Injury |
| LTIP | Long-term Incentive Plan |
| MOI | Memorandum of Incorporation |
| MVNO | Mobile virtual network operator |
| NCI | Non-controlling interest |
| NERSA | National Energy Regulator of South Africa |
| OCI | Other comprehensive income |
| OSI | Oxigen Services India |
| PD | Probability of Default |
| Remco | Remuneration Committee |
| RMB | Rand Merchant Bank |
| ROCE | Return on capital employed |
| SAICA | South African Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| SARB | South African Reserve Bank |
| SIM card | Subscriber identification module card |
| SMS | Short message service |
| SNGGT | SizweNtsalubaGobodo Grant Thornton Inc. |
| SPV | Special purpose vehicle |
| STI | Short-term incentives |
| TJ | Transaction Junction Proprietary Limited |
| TSR | Total shareholder return |
| TPC | The Prepaid Company Proprietary Limited |
| USD | US dollar |
| VAT | Value added tax |
| WACC | Weighted Average Cost of Capital |
| ZAR | South African rand |
BLU Label Unlimited Integrated Annual Report 2025
