The telecommunication group’s current chief executive, Sipho Maseko, will step down at the end of June 2022
Local firms have struggled to adapt to the regulatory environment and the dynamics of an unpredictable market
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Africa’s last absolute monarchy is experiencing its worst unrest in years
A 827-page register compels members of parliament publicly to declare anything worth more than R500, and it makes for interesting reading
The equities rally has come crashing down, along with fears of contagion on the JSE after large-scale sell-offs by investors
The new mobile licence conditions, which insist networks provide educational content for free, will start to bridge the digital divide
Telecommunications and surveillance companies must stop aiding the government’s human rights violations and encroachment on freedoms
The president has called on the mining industry to follow the Minerals Council of South Africa and play its part in the fight against the virus
State technology agency wins first battle in IT tender war, with court to hear rest of the matter on urgent basis
New undersea cables will massively increase bandwidth to the continent
There are factors such as exchange rates, electricity costs, security free and fuel prices that are contributors, but additional spectrum will certainly bring about significant change in the local industry
Without the means to leverage lockdown as a time to grow, Covid-19 reinforces how access to data remains a barrier to young people’s progress
Operators must work together — if each network picks which sites to zero-rate, access to information will be determined by the colour of a person’s sim card
The company produced DefBars, a bespoke music track using SASL for the hard-of-hearing and/or deaf community.
On 28 January, the first batch of MTN contract customers will be migrated onto the new customer service platform.
Customised MTN TikTok data bundles are available to all prepaid customers on *136*2#.
An independent report found MTN to be the best mobile network in SA in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Operations are under way to cater for additional coverage and capacity requirements in selected hotspots.
Commission orders Vodacom and MTN to lower their prices and provide daily, free ‘lifeline’ data
The greatest hurdle to data pricing reduction remains spectrum, says MTN.
With the festive session around the corner, MTN continues to appeal to communities to report theft and vandalism of network towers.
New and existing MTN customers are in for big deals on Black Friday, with a number of huge savings lined up for prepaid, contract and business customers.
MTN gave dog-friendly cakes and donated a year’s worth of dog and cat food to the Roodepoort SPCA.
Ntombizamabele Oscarina Maganga and Andile Angelo Manci drive away in VW Polo Vivos.
Black Friday deals will be available online and in-store to both individual and business customers on 29 November.
The Springboks’ Trophy Tour made a stopover at MTN head office in Fairland, Johannesburg, to thank the employees at its headline sponsor.
Experience that winning feeling during MTN’s summer campaign by playing MTN CakeCrush.
MTN is warning customers to be wary of divulging personal data on online platforms that can be used to defraud them.
Naked Insurance uses AI and chatbots to give consumers insurance cover in under three minutes.
The Informed Decisions solution took top honours at this year’s MTN Business IoT & Conference Awards.
MTN SA customers who download the new MTNApp from either Google Play store or Apple App Store will get 1GB free data, valid for 24 hours.
Developers of the overall winning solution will walk away with a prize valued at R200 000.