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  1. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. CoolEscalator

    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Good day All. As you may have seen we have officially launched Fixed 5G on Vodacom https://mybroadband.co.za/news/industrynews/610272-cool-ideas-launches-5g-fixed-wireless-internet-in-south-africa.html Pricing and packages can be viewed here: https://coolideas.co.za/5g-packages/ Details: Cool...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Unlimited calling plans comparison — August 2025

    Unlimited calling plans comparison — August 2025 Numerous unlimited voice calling plans are available in South Africa for under R500 per month, including several with bundled mobile data. In recent years, South Africa's two biggest mobile networks — Vodacom and MTN — and several mobile virtual...
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  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Mcebisi Jonas claims he is victim of "information war" in US-South Africa trade storm

    Mcebisi Jonas claims he is a victim of "information war" in US-South Africa trade storm MTN chairman and special envoy to the United States, Mcebisi Jonas, has alleged he is the victim of an information war led by well-connected people who want to make South Africa a pariah state. President...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's most trusted data centre companies

    South Africa's most trusted data centre companies Teraco and Vodacom are the most trusted data centre providers in South Africa’s business market, ahead of MTN and BCX. This result comes from Analytico’s latest Business Technology Survey, conducted in August 2025 and completed by 1,057...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN quietly throttling fixed-LTE products

    MTN quietly throttling fixed-LTE products MTN has implemented a hidden network optimisation algorithm as a safety net to manage its 4G network capacity. This adds a layer of throttling in addition to its regular Fair Usage Policy (FUP) for uncapped products. Two industry sources who spoke on...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN share price plummets after SA management shake-up

    MTN share price plummets after SA management shake-up MTN Group Ltd.’s shares plunged after revenue at its South African unit fell, prompting the continent’s biggest mobile-phone operator to revamp its management. The shares fell as much as 10% in Johannesburg — the most since March 2023 —...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN service revenue surges in first half of 2025

    MTN service revenue surges in first half of 2025 MTN put up an impressive financial performance during the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), with service revenue and subscribers surging in two of its biggest markets. For the six months ending 30 June 2025, MTN Group's service increased by 23.2% to...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN shareholders can expect big earnings increase in H1 2025

    MTN shareholders can expect big earnings increase in H1 2025 MTN expects to report a substantial improvement in earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) when it releases its interim results for the first half of 2025 (H1 2025). In a trading statement on Thursday, MTN...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN spending R300 million on Gauteng network in 2025

    MTN spending R300 million on Gauteng network in 2025 MTN South Africa plans to spend R300 million on upgrading its Gauteng network as part of a broader R4.5-billion national investment to improve its connectivity services in South Africa. Most of the budget allocation in Gauteng will go...
  19. Attic

    Cool Ideas Fixed LTE (MTN) Odd Throttling (?) Behaviour

    Hello all. I am sitting with a very strange issue, one of which I am not sure how to resolve, so I thought I would put it out here for all the clever online peoples to have a look at, to potentially offer solutions (Or to maybe even just tell me that I'm not alone) We have been with Cool Ideas...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN launches affordable smartphone campaign — plans to sell 1.2 million devices with prices from R99

    MTN launches affordable smartphone campaign — plans to sell 1.2 million devices with prices from R99 South Africa's second-biggest mobile network MTN has announced a major initiative to offer more than 1.2 million of its prepaid customers affordable 4G smartphones with prices starting from R99...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Vodacom and MTN explain why they cannot offer affordable uncapped mobile data plans

    Vodacom and MTN explain why they cannot offer affordable uncapped mobile data plans South Africa's two biggest mobile networks prefer to offer full-speed capped products over throttled uncapped mobile data plans due to local user preferences and potential capacity overloads. In developed...
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