First National Bank (FNB) has announced a partnership with MTN that will see the company\u2019s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), FNB Connect, run on its infrastructure.<\/p>\n
MyBroadband contacted the bank to ask what this means for its existing MVNO agreement with Cell C, and a spokesperson confirmed FNB Connect would run on both networks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased to join forces with MTN to deliver even greater value to all our customers,\u201d said FNB CEO Jacques Celliers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis collaboration is consistent with our efforts to leverage reliable network infrastructure in the market to accelerate our delivery of cost-effective data and voice plans and other ICT services.\u201d<\/p>\n
MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi said the partnership is part of their broader efforts to support MVNOs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis partnership marks a significant milestone for both FNB and MTN,\u201d Molapisi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy combining our strengths, we are poised to create a truly exceptional network experience for FNB Connect users while also enabling access to a broader range of ICT services, beyond just connectivity, for FNB customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cell C announced last week that it switched off the last of its towers<\/strong><\/a> and has fully migrated to using a “virtual radio access network” provided by MTN for its prepaid and MVNO customers.<\/p>\n Cell C contract customers were already using Vodacom’s network through a roaming deal.<\/p>\n The company has assured that the MTN-built “virtual RAN” still uses Cell C’s own radio frequency spectrum resources and that it still operates its own core network and remains fully in control of the customer experience.<\/p>\n First National Bank and MTN have announced a “strategic network collaboration”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":426272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[75200,18390,5922,35,24676,42],"class_list":["post-498045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-charles-molapisi","tag-first-national-bank-fnb","tag-fnb-connect","tag-headline","tag-jacques-celliers","tag-mtn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498049,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498045\/revisions\/498049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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