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MTN joins Cell C in the MVNO platform business
After years of toying with the idea of launching a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) platform offering, MTN South Africa has finally pulled the trigger on it.
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MTN Nigeria sees massive growth in subscriber numbers
MTN Nigeria on Wednesday reported a sharp rise in subscriber numbers in the third quarter – up 3.9 million from the second quarter to reach 75 million – while active data subscribers climbed by 1.7 million.
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Telkom implores Icasa to probe Vodacom, MTN spectrum deals
Communications regulator Icasa is putting the cart before the horse in forging ahead with plans to licence access to new spectrum bands before it has concluded an inquiry into the mobile broadband services market.
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Ferdi Moolman to step down as MTN Nigeria CEO
Ferdi Moolman, the longstanding CEO of MTN Nigeria, MTN Group’s largest operating subsidiary, will step down from the role at the end of February 2021.
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Cell C is drowning in debt, but it wants to bid for spectrum
Cell C has net debt, excluding leases, on its balance sheet (prior to a planned recapitalisation) of almost R10-billion, but it still wants to participate in South Africa’s upcoming spectrum auction.
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Cell C reports R7.6-billion net loss on network impairments
Cell C has reported an interim net loss after tax for the six months to June 2020 of R7.5-billion, but said this was mainly the result of once-off costs and adjustments and that normalised earnings actually grew by 64%.
Banking
Standard Bank ramps up IT spending to fend off fintech rivals
Standard Bank Group is planning to scale up some of its operations and further digitise its systems to fend off fintech firms encroaching on its client base.
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Why Liquid wants to be more than a telco
Nic Rudnick, the group CEO of Liquid Telecom, sees a future for the company beyond simply providing wholesale and retail connectivity. He wants to reimagine Liquid as a technology solutions company.
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MTN withdraws court challenge against Ghana regulator
MTN’s Ghana unit said on Tuesday it was withdrawing a legal challenge it had filed to the supreme court over the market regulator’s move to designate it a significant market power.
Podcasts
South Africa’s spectrum ITA, unpacked by top experts
In this special edition of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to three top industry experts, Steve Song, Kerron Edmunson and Mortimer Hope, to unpack Icasa’s invitations to apply for spectrum and the Woan licence.