Abstract:

In South Africa, there are numerous telecommunication service providers which include; Vodacom, Cell C, MTN and Telkom among others. These companies provide wireless, mobile and cable telecommunication services. In order for this services to be provided, software services as part of infrastructure a needed. Software development is therefore a requirement and software development methodologies (SDM) must be in place to enable this. The telecommunication industry however, does not have a well-documented list of the SDMs that are used to fashion these software products.