Browsing: MTN South Africa

Under MTN’s new wholesale model, an MVNO that wants aggressive retail pricing can have it, but there’s a catch.

Co-CEO Brett Levy named the single point of exposure when asked about MTN’s push for direct relationships with the banks.

MTN alone has been pushing 90 million Sim cards a year, and says the base is riddled with bad registrations.

MTN’s network spending in South Africa fell 17.1% while Nigeria received nearly three times as much in capital investments.

MTN South Africa cut airtime credit from 42% of prepaid recharges to about 34% over the past year.

MTN South Africa lost 1.1 million prepaid users between March and June as it purged credit-dependent customers.

Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has told TechCentral that the big two would cannibalise themselves chasing MVNOs.

Airtel Africa has switched on what it says is Africa’s first commercial direct-to-phone satellite service, with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Icasa has withdrawn the allegation three days after a councillor raised it in parliament, conceding it had done no investigation.

In recent quarters, MTN South Africa’s voice revenue has fallen by 2.8%, then 8%, then 9.6%. Its latest quarter is down again.