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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.

The Competition Tribunal is guilty of damaging regulatory overreach in blocking Vodacom’s Maziv deal.

Pressure is mounting for publishers to find reliable and privacy-compliant methods of collecting user information.

From hourly 1GB prizes to a R3-million grand prize, MTN is giving back to a winning nation this summer.

Telkom has argued that data rollover and time-based bundles are key to its ability to compete.

MTN has argued that competitive market forces are already doing what Icasa aims to achieve through regulation.