MTN South African has announced that it will spend R4bn more than previously budgeted for on its network in 2016, boosting its capex plan for the financial year to 31 December by 50% to R12bn
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MTN South Africa has expressed concern about government’s plans for allocating new spectrum for 4G/LTE networks, saying the wrong policy risks undermining one of the few sectors in South Africa that is
Mobile network MTN says it has fixed a data network outage but the company hasn’t yet decided whether it will reimburse customers. MTN suffered a data network outage from 2pm on Thursday that
MTN South Africa on Thursday experienced widespread downtime, preventing many of its customers from accessing the Internet. The problems started at about 2pm, the mobile operator said
After the publication of its annual report this week, the headlines focused on former chief executive Sifiso Dabengwa’s R23,7m “golden handshake” following his resignation in November amid the MTN Nigeria fine fallout. We also learnt that chairman
MTN has run what it is calling the first trial of LTE-Unlicensed, or LTE-U, technology in Africa. The technology uses the same shared spectrum typically used for Wi-Fi. The mobile operator conducted the trial at its flagship store in Morningside
MTN South Africa has appointed a new chief customer experience officer, naming Isabella Naidoo to the position. She replaces Eddie Moyce, who resigned. The news of the appointment comes just days after new findings from
Nigeria and South Africa have again served to put pressure on MTN’s subscriber numbers, with group customers declining by 1,4% quarter on quarter for the three-month period ended 31
MTN South Africa has taken an impairment charge of R592m related to over-spending on handsets in 2015. Parent MTN Group revealed in its annual results, published on Thursday, that
MTN’s video-on-demand strategy in the South African market has not worked as expected and will now be radically overhauled. That’s the word from MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati, who was speaking