MTN is working to expand its 5G coverage, despite uncertainty about the allocation of new spectrum, and has deployed 5G towers in Polokwane and Emalahleni, with more towns to follow.
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Telkom has joined MTN and Vodacom in shutting stores in violence-torn KwaZulu-Natal, and has now decided to close its outlets countrywide until further notice as a precautionary measure.
Cell C said on Wednesday that is has made significant progress in migrating its customers off its own radio access network to the network of roaming partner MTN.
Icasa said late on Friday that it is nearing a “settlement breakthrough” with telecommunications operators that will allow a planned spectrum auction to proceed.
The president has encouraged mobile operators, Icasa and the department of communications to engage in mediation to get South Africa’s spectrum auction back on track.
President Cyril Ramaphosa hit out at telecommunications companies for bringing legal action against plans to issue more broadband spectrum, urging them to resolve the matter.
MTN South Africa has renewed its sponsorship of the Springboks for a five-year period in a deal understood to be worth hundreds of millions of rand.
MTN Group has partnered with the International Finance Corporation to train mobile money agents across South Africa to target unbanked and underbanked segments of the population.
Vodacom spent more than R10-billion on its network in South Africa in the financial year to 31 March, outpacing rival MTN, as it ramped up investment to deal with soaring demand.