mtn

  1. Jan

    Best-selling smartphones in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's top-selling smartphone models revealed Samsung's Galaxy A series budget and mid-range smartphones dominate device sales at two of South Africa's major mobile networks and a large general goods retailer. MyBroadband asked the country's four biggest mobile networks and several...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • apple cell c game hisense honor huawei incredible mobicel mtn oppo samsung takealot telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    MTN CEO warns South Africa risks becoming a failed nation-stated

    South Africa risks becoming a failed state MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has warned that if South Africa does not act as a country to address the crises it faces, it risks becoming a failed nation-state. “We have time, but the time is now to act very decisively around these crisis issues that the...
  4. Jan

    MTN 2022 annual results released

    MTN reports huge profits MTN has released its annual results and reported a 42.8% increase in profit across the group from R17 billion in 2021 to R24.3 billion in 2022. In South Africa, revenue increased 3.9% from R48.7 billion to R50.6 billion, with service revenue increasing 3.6% from R39.4...
  5. Jan

    Load-shedding costs MTN R695 million in topline revenue

    How much load-shedding cost MTN Telecoms operator MTN has estimated that load-shedding cost its South African business R695 million last year. In the MTN Group annual results for 2022, South Africa's second-biggest mobile network said that operating conditions were significantly impacted by...
  6. Jan

    Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa meets with network bosses

    Minister of Electricity meets with Vodacom and MTN South Africa’s newly-minted Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, met with mobile network operators on Thursday. “This morning I met with mobile network operators to understand their energy needs, as it relates to the protections of...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • charles molapisi deon geyser kgosientsho ramokgopa lunga siyo mtn shameel joosub telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. Jan

    Top neighbourhoods for mobile broadband - March 2023

    Load-shedding crushes data speeds in South Africa's top mobile broadband neighbourhoods Analytico’s latest research shows that Bryanston, Century City and Garsfontein had the fastest mobile Internet in South Africa at the start of 2023. The results are based on 267,853 tests done on the...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • analytico cell c mtn napafrica rain telkom teraco vodacom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    Vodacom finally fixes disappearing data problem on LTE — Cell C doesn't

    Data worth thousands disappearing from Cell C An investigation by Analytico has revealed that data disappears from Cell C SIMs connected to a 4G network even when mobile data is disabled. Analytico performed separate tests for disappearing airtime and data with SIMs from all four major network...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • android cell c disappearing data long term evolution (lte) mtn telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Jan

    Power cuts a huge problem for 5G - WAPA

    Eskom load-shedding is killing 5G in South Africa Although 5G is more power efficient, cellular towers using the technology consume more electricity than LTE because it supports much higher speeds. “One of the selling points of 5G is that it’s more ‘eco-friendly’ than LTE,” said Wireless...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • 5g eskom load-shedding mtn paul colmer rain telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Competition Commission greenlights Santam deal to acquire MTN device insurance policies

    Santam deal to buy MTN device insurance policies gets green light The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve Santam’s proposed acquisition of MTN device insurance policies underwritten by Guardrisk. According to the Commission, the proposed transaction...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • competition commission competition tribunal guardrisk momentum insure mtn sanlam santam
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    Best-rated ISPs in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's top ISPs at the start of 2023 Analytico's latest South African ISP rankings revealed that Afrihost is South Africa's top-rated Internet service provider (ISP), followed by Axxess and Mweb. It is the first report that used Analytico's new rating methodology, which considers more...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • afrihost analytico atomic access axxess cell c cool ideas cybersmart mtn mweb rain rsaweb supersonic telkom vodacom webafrica
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Jan

    MTN notifies shareholders of big headline earnings increase

    MTN tells shareholders to expect big profit jump MTN has notified shareholders that it expects to report 35% to 45% higher earnings per share, and 12% to 22% higher headline earnings per share than last year. The network operator said it is finalising its results for the year ended 31 December...
  13. Jan

    MTN pre-RICA'd SIM card crackdown

    MTN cracks down on illegal SIM cards Mobile network operator MTN has started clamping down on illegally-registered SIM cards sold by its partner distributors. The company recently sent a notice informing them it would automatically start deregistering SIMs that were not activated three days...
  14. Jan

    IHS Towers considers buying Telkom's tower unit

    MTN-owned company considers buying Telkom's cellular towers New York-listed IHS Holding Ltd. is weighing a bid for South Africa’s Telkom SA SOC’s tower unit, according to people familiar with the matter. Deliberations are focused on the structure of the potential deal, although Telkom remains...
  15. Jan

    MTN and Huawei announce solar power partnership

    MTN and Huawei's big solar plans MTN is collaborating with Huawei to roll out RuralSolar to provide Internet access to remote and rural African communities. RuralSolar is an affordable solution to make network connectivity available in regions where rolling out networks were previously unviable.
  16. Jan

    Nokia is replacing one of MTN's network equipment vendors in South Africa

    Nokia and MTN sign 5G deal for South Africa Nokia has announced that MTN South Africa selected it as one of its 5G radio access network equipment providers. This is the first time MTN has selected Nokia, and the network equipment provider said it would replace one of MTN's existing suppliers.
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN publishes table detailing all contract subscription fee hikes

    MTN publishes table detailing all contract subscription fee hikes MTN has published a complete list of the pricing changes for subscription fees on mobile contracts. The mobile network operator recently announced it would hike these prices by an average of 5.1% from 1 April 2023.
  18. E

    MTN system issues, unable to RICA or SIMSWOP for 2 weeks now

    HI there. So we work on Afrihost - MTN and all my staff have pre-paid company phones. The staff member I fired a week ago have our main business number and I am unable to get the phone back from him. Been a painful week with MTNs system that is unable to do sim-swop or RICA for the past 2 weeks.
  19. Jan

    MTN announces contract price hikes

    MTN hikes contract prices MTN has announced it will increase the monthly subscription fees on its consumer cellular contracts by an average of 5.1% from 1 April 2023. The mobile network operator said the hikes were informed by a "challenging market environment placing pressure on the industry".
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • contract prices ernst fonternel eskom loadshedding mtn
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X