MTN recaps itself
MTN has scrapped its two uncapped data packages and introduced new data price plans. The operator says it stopped allowing new connections on its “Uncapped Lite” and “Uncapped Pro” plans from 1 June. Existing subscribers to these packages will, however, have the offers honoured until their
DA airtime campaign irks ANC
The ANC in Gauteng has called on its members to boycott mobile operator MTN after the Democratic Alliance began running an election campaign printed on 2,5m of the operator’s prepaid airtime vouchers. The Sowetan newspaper reported on Tuesday that the DA bought advertising space on MTN vouchers to be sold in spaza shops
Cell C to offer unlimited calls, but…
Cell C has launched an unlimited calling plan, Straight Up Infinity, for R999/month on a 24-month contract. But there’s a big catch: the rate applies only to on-network calls and, with Cell C being relatively small next to Vodacom and MTN, it’s unclear how many people will benefit from the plan – except least-cost
New CEO for MTN SA
MTN South Africa has a new CEO. Chief financial officer Zunaid Bulbulia will take the reins at the telecommunications operator from Karel Pienaar, who has been named as chief strategy officer at the MTN group. Pienaar’s appointment will see MTN’s mergers and acquisitions and strategy functions being separated, with Khumo Shuenyane
Q3 launch for Neotel 4G network
Neotel will launch a fourth-generation (4G) telecommunications network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology in Gauteng in the third quarter of the year, the company said at a press conference on Wednesday. However, the network will be limited in scope, with only 50 base stations at launch, CEO Sunil Joshi
MTN nabs R5m airtime suspect
Mobile operator MTN said on Wednesday afternoon it has worked closely with the South African Police Service to arrest an individual suspected of stealing airtime vouchers worth about R5m. Reports elsewhere said incorrectly that the thief, who was apprehended on the West Rand in Gauteng, had stolen
Phuthuma Nhleko to chair MTN board
Former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko is rejoining the group’s board, this time as its chairman, outgoing chairman Cyril Ramaphosa announced at its annual general meeting on Tuesday. Nhleko, who was appointed as the group’s CEO in 2002 and led a series of acquisitions across Africa and the Middle East that built MTN into a leading
MTN to sign up 200 millionth customer
MTN expects to sign up its 200 millionth active subscriber before the middle of the year, its CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa, told shareholders at the group’s annual general meeting in Roodepoort on Tuesday. By the end of April, MTN had signed up 197,4m subscribers in the 22 markets in Africa and
MTN ‘vindicated’ in court case
MTN South Africa said on Friday that it had been “vindicated” by the Johannesburg labour court, which had found “no merit” to claims by a former employee, Violet Magagane, that she was retrenched for exposing allged corruption at the cellphone network operator. Magagane had said she
MTN, Absa to fight Sim-swap fraud
MTN and Absa have formed a task team to keep a “close eye” on fraud and “bring about new ways to rapidly clamp down on it”. The decision to create the team follows an urgent meeting where executives from the two companies discussed the recent spate of Sim-swap fraud cases. The special
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