High capital costs, compliance and minimum spends are shutting smaller players out, says Backspace Technologies.
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South African operators have agreed interim measures to curb Sim fraud while pressing government for Rica reforms.
Armed with $17-billion in spectrum, SpaceX is said to be eyeing the launch of its own mobile network business.
South Africa’s next mobile growth story will come from connecting machines, not people, writes Pambos Soteriades.
South African mobile users spend far less time on 5G than their counterparts in markets like India, a new analysis shows.
The JSE-listed telecommunications group’s annual report, published on Friday, gives no clue as to what it paid Nkosana Makate.
MTN Group is targeting R30-billion in AI “value” by 2030, split across three bets it ranks by execution confidence.
New MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman wants R4-billion to R6-billion in savings by 2029 via a “structural reset”.
MTN Group’s Ambition 2030 strategic plan targets tripled fibre, fintech up 13-fold and a doubling of data usage.
South Africa’s banks built their MVNO defence around voice. But the war has moved to data, where telcos hold the advantage.