Tag: MTN South Africa
MTN SA partners with Huawei to launch Africa’s First 5.5G Network
MTN South Africa, in a strategic partnership with Huawei, has completed the first 5.5G network trial in Africa at MTN Head Office in Johannesburg,...
Sim card insanity in South Africa
South Africa’s mobile network operators produce an estimated 180 million SIM cards each year, around three times the country’s population.
This figure—from a well-placed industry...
MTN loses case in $541K unsolicited cellphones supply for Covid-19 screening
MTN South Africa has lost a case at a special tribunal related to the alleged irregular supply of mobile devices worth over US$541,000 for...
MTN’s Bradwin Roper joins Jumo in senior role
Bradwin Roper will join emerging-markets fintech Jumo as head of payment partnerships from 1 November, once he has completed his tenure as CEO of fintech...
MTN SA capex tops $532.4 million amid load shedding fight
MTN South invested $532.4 million in its network in 2023 as it fought the impact of severe load shedding.
As a result, it said it...
MTN to modernise core networks
MTN South Africa and MTN Nigeria plan to modernise their core network over the next five years after signing a deal with Ericsson for...
MTN SA police contract declared unlawful as Vodacom wins case
The High Court in Pretoria has declared the South African Police Services’ R20-million-a-month ($1.08 million) contract for cellular services with MTN unlawful, Rapport reports.
The...
MTN South Africa is Number 1 again
MTN South Africa has once again been ranked as the country’s best network, this time in the second quarter of 2022.
According to the tech...
MTN on the verge of ousting Vodacom from South Africa Police...
A leaked protected disclosure document has revealed that MTN could oust Vodacom as the provider for a lucrative South African Police Service (SAPS) cellular...
MTN expands 5G deployment in SA, as Ghana piloting stalls
MTN South Africa has reiterated its intention extend its 5G deployment in South Africa to more regions as MTN Ghana suspends an earlier promise...