Showmax and MTN have partnered to make it easier for Zambians to pay for the streaming service. The streaming service that bundles the best of African and international entertainment with live premium sport from SuperSport, is simplifying payments in Zambia by partnering with MTN Mobile Money (MoMo). As part of its local-first strategy, Showmax tailors [...]
Indications have emerged that the telecommunication giants, MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria, will likely be the first two players to deploy the Fifth Generation, 5G network in Nigeria by January 2022. Prof. Umar Dambatta, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), revealed that the commission had granted Airtel right to demonstrate its own 5G [...]
MultiChoice Group has launched a fixed-wireless Internet access service called DStv Internet in South Africa offering three data packages designed for streaming media. The service is aimed at consumers who do not have access to fibre services. According to Multichoice, DStv Internet is a fixed-wireless-access service, meaning that customers can now get connected to the [...]
MTN South Africa partnered with Nokia to modernize its network, enhance connectivity and voice services. The operator believes that this move puts it on a strong path to 5G evolution. MTN South Africa will be leveraging Nokia’s 5G infrastructure and IMS for its Voice over Broadband, Voice over WiFi, and Voice over LTE (VoLTE), a [...]
eMedia Holdings has rolled out a free streaming platform, eVOD (e-Video on Demand), in a three-year partnership with mobile telecommunications partner MTN. eMedia’s exclusive partnership with MTN will enable 32 million MTN users and other network subscribers to watch never seen before dramas and movies on any device at any time. Moreover, MTN customers who [...]
The South African giant in telecommunications, MTN, and compatriot financial services Sanlam are joining their forces to offer insurance products to the telecommunications operator’s subscribers in Africa, where relatively few have an insurance cover. The Sanlam-MTN Alliance will build a digital insurance and investment business, which will be an integral part of MTN’s fintech offering, [...]
The South African operator MTN is planning to invest approximately $11.8 million in network expansion in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. According to the CAJ News website, both the LTE and 5G networks will be expanded by MTN in the Eastern Cape province. The hope is that the additional investment will enable the mobile operator [...]
MTN South Africa is expanding its 5G coverage and has deployed 5G towers in Polokwane in Limpopo and Emalahleni (Witbank) in Mpumalanga. “MTN is making strides with its 5G technology rollout strategy,” stated, Kagiso Moncho, MTN General Manager for Northern Region. MTN South Africa is also investing ZAR 350 million (24 million USD) in the [...]
South Africa’s mobile and broadband operator MTN Group has picked five partners to roll out an open radio access network (OpenRAN) in Africa to expand 4G and 5G services more quickly and cheaply. A radio access network (RAN) connects individual devices to other parts of a network through radio connections. MTN said it will launch [...]
South Africa’s MTN Group will bid again for an Ethiopia operating telecom license in the second round if mobile financial services are included. Mobile financial services are key to MTN’s strategy as it continues to evolve from just providing voice to also providing data, digital services and mobile payment and lending solutions as demand for [...]
