MTN boss Ralph Mupita contends that the delay by the South African government in the release of spectrum cost the country about a decade and a half’s worth of development.
Speaking at a PSG Think Big webinar this week, Mupita said that MTN South Africa has 179 megahertz of multiband spectrum — after the recent spectrum auction — and “that’s the same as Zambia, which is a much smaller market … Markets like Nigeria and others have more spectrum.”
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