{"id":550504,"date":"2006-10-13T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/550504-massive-upgrade-to-mtn-data-network.html"},"modified":"2006-10-13T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-13T11:57:00","slug":"massive-upgrade-to-mtn-data-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/550504-massive-upgrade-to-mtn-data-network.html","title":{"rendered":"Massive upgrade to MTN Data Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">MTN\u2019s General Manager for Data Services, Brian Seligman, said that the company is now moving into the second phase of its 3G deployment, where the number of 3G base stations will be tripled.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Seligman stated that over 1000 new 3G sites will be added to their current tally of 3G towers in this phase of deployment, with a few hundred set to go live in the next few weeks.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This rollout will significantly expand MTN\u2019s current footprint in major cities, as well as add new areas to their current inventory.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">MTN will also be increasing its EDGE footprint countrywide with nearly 1000 new sites being added to its already extensive coverage.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Apart from a dramatic increase in sites, MTN is also in the process of a big upgrade to its data network core.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This upgrade will not only serve to accommodate the expansion of its 3G and general data footprint, but should also serve to improve the quality of service for existing data users.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=55782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discuss this article<\/a> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN said that they are in the process of a massive upgrade to their network, both in coverage and with its core data network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"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":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550504"}],"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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}