MTN LTE supporting more devices soon
MTN will be launching more devices able to connect subscribers to its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the coming weeks.
Subscribers that want to use MTN’s LTE network will need to get a new SIM card and pay an LTE “Value Added Service” subscription fee in addition to the data package they’ll need to buy.
This is according to general manager for product, innovation, and development at MTN SA, Mike Fairon.
It was recently reported that LTE support for the iPhone 5 became available on MTN, and the network said it also plans to soon bring to market other phones, an LTE dongle (USB modem), and routers.
Asked whether they will also be offering the LTE model of the BlackBerry Z10, Fairon said that they are in discussions with BlackBerry on the Z10 and that MTN will receive devices for testing.
He explained that the LTE BlackBerry Z10 is certainly something they are looking at and want to range, but that it just has to go through their approval process.
MTN will also be launching more LTE-capable tablets to join the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE it already has on offer, Fairon said.
The expansion of its LTE services will include the launch of new packages too, MTN said, though it will only reveal details closer to the time.
Mike Fairon, general manager for product, innovation, and development at MTN
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