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In an effort to get consumers off legacy 2G and 3G devices, MTN is launching an own-branded 5G smartphone.

MTN South Africa, China Telecom and Huawei will collaborate on 5G, cloud, AI and business solutions.

MTN South Africa has helped police bust a criminal syndicate alleged to be involved in one-time Pin scams.

The Africa Net5.5G IP Gala Summit concluded successfully as part of the 27th AfricaCom event in Cape Town.

Fixed-wireless access through 5.5G, or 5G-Advanced, promises much faster speeds but demands more spectrum.

MTN Group reported an 18.5% fall in service revenue in the third quarter, hit by the devaluation of the Nigerian naira.

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

MTN has made SuperFlex, which provides unlimited local phone calls and an allocation of data, a permanent offering.

Sim waste is a massive and growing problem, with local operators producing an estimated 180 million cards annually.

The Competition Tribunal’s decision to block a merger between Vodacom and Maziv will likely derail the sector’s M&A plans.