SWAZILAND’s defence force has flatly refused to share its communications tower with the country’s only cellphone network provider, MTN. The defence force fears the cellphone company might gain access to army secrets. MTN wanted to use the tower in the remote town of Siteki to extend its coverage into the south-western rural areas. But army chief Brigadier Fonono Dube said at the weekend he was concerned MTN technicians may gain access to intelligence information distributed via the communications tower. “We have advised the company to construct its own tower where it can work without interference, just as we want to work without any fears of people picking up our intelligence,” he said.