MTN Group shares soared by 18.1% on Thursday after Africa’s biggest wireless carrier started a R15-billion disposal plan to shore up the balance sheet.
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MTN Group announced the disposal of its share in a Botswana joint venture as Africa’s biggest wireless carrier by revenue kicks off a drive to raise at least R15-billion from asset sales and strengthen the balance sheet.
MTN South Africa improved service revenue by 4.2% in the 2018 financial year while at the same time growing operating margins, parent MTN Group said on Thursday.
MTN Group is considering the sale of its stake in Botswana’s largest wireless carrier, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could raise R2.5-billion.
Liquid Telecom is giving serious thought to leveraging its spectrum asset in the 3.5GHz band, which happens to be ideally suited to the roll-out of next-generation 5G mobile broadband technology.
MTN South Africa has implemented new data rollover, transfer and out-of-bundle features to comply with Icasa’s new data regulations and has said it won’t charge users for data rollover.
Liquid Telecom said on Thursday that MTN South Africa will roam on its soon-to-be-launched 4G/LTE network. MTN will be Liquid Telecom’s first customer on the network.
The Johannesburg-based telecommunications provider said headline earnings per share are expected to rise by between 80% and 90%.
Vodacom has backed down over plans to charge customers for data rollover after a public outcry. In a statement on Wednesday, the operator said it will no longer charge for data rollover.
Vodacom will comply with communications regulator Icasa’s new data expiry rules from this week, but the country’s largest mobile operator has said it will charge users to roll over their unused data.