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South Africa’s telecommunications giants face off in the high court in Pretoria on Thursday and Friday.

MTN still has the fastest mobile network overall in South Africa, though Vodacom has overtaken its rival in 5G speeds.

Industry body ACT has told Icasa that the satellite licensing regime should not benefit some players over others.

The Competition Tribunal has been criticised over lengthy delays in concluding investigations of key deals in the ICT sector.

Blue Label Telecoms shares have gained 71% in the past 12 months on the expectation of a turnaround at Cell C.

A ransomware group called RansomHouse appears to have been responsible for an attack on Cell C that compromised the data of some of its clients.

Cell C says it has been impacted by a “cybersecurity incident”, and that some customer data has been exposed.

MTN Group is exploring partnerships with low-Earth-orbit satellite providers, group CEO Ralph Mupita said.

The average post-paid subscriber on MTN’s network consumes 21.9GB of data a month – up 44% year on year.

A new report from BMIT shows the MVNO market is poised for further strong growth in the next five years.