MTN South Africa will reach 25% coverage of South Africa’s population with 5G infrastructure by the end of the year, and 60% by 2025.
MTN South Africa has announced that it will offer uncapped 5G access at R999 p/m, upgrading its current LTE plans.
IHS Towers has finalised a transaction with MTN South Africa to buy 5,709 of the mobile operator’s towers for the value of R6.4 billion.
For the first time MTN South Africa is now offering uncapped fixed-LTE connectivity, priced from R499 p/m for a 10Mbps connection.
MTN Group has announced that its Nigerian telecommunications operator has bled five million mobile subscribers in Q1 2021.
Two major bids have been submitted to operate in Ethiopia – one from MTN Group and the other from a Vodafone-led consortium.
The former CEO of MTN Group, Rob Shuter, was paid R73.8 million in his final seven months at the telecommunications firm.
MTN is launching new capped broadband packages, ranging from 120GB per month to 1TB per month at decent prices.
MTN has launched new data bundles specifically for people under 25, hoping to give access to young people who need it more than most.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the MTN Group is planning sell its R4.2 billion stake in Jumia Technologies.
South Africa will be the first market where the MTN 5G network is launched, during a live event hosted on YouTube on June 30th.
The MTN Group is facing claims in the US courts that it paid protection money to terrorist groups in the Middle Eastern country of Afghanistan.