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  1. Luis

    MTN spent R160 million due to battery theft and base station vandalism

    MTN spent R160 million due to battery theft and base station vandalism South African mobile network operators are spending hundreds of millions of rands annually to protect their base stations from theft and vandalism, as well as replacing damaged or stolen equipment. MTN South Africa told...
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  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN reveals pro forma profit from potential IHS acquisition

    MTN reveals pro forma profit from potential IHS acquisition MTN Group revealed its takeover of international cellular tower infrastructure company IHS resulted in a pro forma profit of R2.011 billion in its 2025 financial year. The African telecoms giant announced it would purchase the...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN service revenue surging everywhere in Africa except in SA

    MTN service revenue surging everywhere in Africa except in SA MTN recorded a 20% increase in service revenue across all its markets in the first quarter of 2026, but growth in South Africa continued to remain flat. In a Q1 2026 trading update on Tuesday, the company explained that one of the...
  5. Luis

    MTN Online School sees nearly half a million registered users

    MTN Online School sees nearly half a million registered users MTN’s Online School added more than 4,700 new users between December 2025 and February 2026, a spokesperson for MTN South Africa told MyBroadband. First launched in 2021 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, MTN’s Online School...
  6. Luis

    MTN Group CEO made R99.31 million in one year

    MTN Group CEO made R99.31 million in one year MTN South Africa's new chief executive officer (CEO), Ferdi Moolman, received total remuneration of R18.032 million in his first two months at the head of the African telecoms giant's local business. The amount was published in MTN's 2025...
  7. Luis

    The engineers behind South Africa's best mobile network

    The engineers behind South Africa's best mobile network Zoltan Miklos and his team of engineers and planners have created the best mobile network South Africa has ever seen. MTN recently won the coveted MyBroadband ‘Best Mobile Network in South Africa’ award for the eighth year in a row.
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN has highest MyBroadband Insights' Network Quality Score in Q1 2026

    MTN has highest in MyBroadband Insights' Network Quality Score in Q1 2026 MyBroadband Insights has released its Q1 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report, which shows that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa. The findings were based on more than 315,000 speed tests conducted by mobile...
  9. Luis

    MTN executive pay in the spotlight

    MTN executive pay in the spotlight MTN's annual general meeting (AGM) is around the corner, and if 2025 is anything to go by, executive pay will rank high on the agenda. Last year, shareholders voiced their unhappiness with MTN's executive remuneration and implementation report.
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    The man who put Apple on the map in South Africa

    The man who put Apple on the map in South Africa Brian Seligmann, a trailblazer in South African tech and telecommunications, was a pioneer, executive, and founder who witnessed the birth of the digital age from the front lines. From marketing Apple products to spearheading MTN’s mobile data...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    How MTN became South Africa's top mobile network

    How MTN became South Africa's top mobile network Former MTN South Africa CEO and current Eskom chairman, Mteto Nyati, says that strong leadership and a partnership with Huawei enabled it to become the best mobile network in South Africa. “We were battling poor network coverage, frequent...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN launches Pi mobile and Home Internet plans

    MTN launches Pi mobile and Home Internet plans MTN has launched Pi, a new suite of mobile and Home Internet month-to-month products that customers can manage from a dedicated app. The mobile network operator is offering a special three-month launch promotion where new customers can get up to...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big MTN profit swing

    Big MTN profit swing MTN shareholders are getting a big dividend payout as a result of excellent performance in the company's 2025 financial year. Africa's largest telecoms company posted a R27.40 billion profit after tax for the year ending 31 December 2025, a major turnaround from a loss of...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN must quit Iran — economist

    MTN must quit Iran — economist MTN should cut its losses and exit Iran, as it faces either reputational or financial harm if it fails to act following the outbreak of widespread protests against the country’s authoritarian theocratic regime. That is the view of Iraj Abedian, economist and...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN rolls out opt-in for number porting between MVNOs

    MTN rolls out opt-in for number porting between MVNOs MTN has made a major improvement to stop fraudulent SIM swaps and number porting between its mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), requiring customers to opt in to complete these processes. Numerous data leaks and phishing attacks have...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Real Please Call Me inventor calls Makate payout a "great crime"

    Real Please Call Me inventor calls Makate payout a "great crime" Ari Kahn, the man who invented, patented, and helped launch “Call Me” while on contract with MTN in November 2000, says Vodacom’s settlement with Nkosana Kenneth Makate is “absolutely unconscionable”. Vodacom and Makate announced...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    SIM registrations must be linked to Home Affairs data

    SIM registrations must be linked to Home Affairs data Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has called for a "more sophisticated" SIM card registration system in South Africa, and Farhad Khan, former MTN Zambia CEO and independent consultant, agrees. Speaking to 702, Kahn said the Regulation of...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN pauses smartphone trade-ins until further notice

    MTN pauses smartphone trade-ins until further notice MTN South Africa has temporarily suspended smartphone trade-ins for discounts as part of a comprehensive review of the process. The company confirmed the development after an MTN customer reported that he was unable to get a discount on an...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Three-year validity for all data bundles a bad idea — Mobile networks

    Three-year validity for all data bundles a bad idea — Mobile networks Cell C, MTN, and Vodacom have warned that making all data bundles last three years would remove their ability to create affordable products for lower-income customers and strain their networks. “Mandating that all bundles...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Afrihost's uncapped 4G and 5G changes

    Afrihost's uncapped 4G and 5G changes Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has made significant changes to its fixed-4G and fixed-5G packages, including adding a new fast uncapped option on Vodacom's network for R799 per month. The ISP no longer explicitly distinguishes between its 4G and...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN planning big cloud data centre expansion

    MTN planning big cloud data centre expansion Africa’s largest wireless carrier, MTN, is in talks with US and European firms to build out data centres on the continent to power artificial intelligence services, said chief executive officer Ralph Mupita in an interview. The Johannesburg-based...
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