MTN Nigeria has collaborated with Gameloft to roll out MTN Gameworld – a new gaming platform for its subscribers. The platform will offer the Nigerian gaming community access to a wide variety of fun and exciting games online through a premium catalogue from Gameloft and other renowned publishers. The Chief Digital Officer of MTN Nigeria, [...]
Bonang Matheba has collaborated with MTN to expand its mobile app, “Bonang Matheba’s World”. “As my world continues to grow, expand and innovate, I am especially honoured to partner with MTN and leverage this development in the mobile digital content space. I’m excited to be able to reach more fans and engage with them directly [...]
South African mobile operator Cell C has reported that it expects to close around 128 stores across the country. Not surprisingly perhaps, a Cell C spokesperson has pointed to changes in the retail environment and the effects of the coronavirus as part of the reason for the shift from physical retail. The company is in [...]
MTN, Africa’s largest mobile operator, announced its plan to exit the Middle East region and focus mainly on the African market. The group’s CEO Rob Shuter, announced, “As part of our ongoing portfolio review, we believe the group is best served to focus in the future on our pan-African strategy. We will therefore be exiting [...]
ZTE, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for mobile broadband and 5G connectivity, has introduced its first 5G wireless router, the ZTE 5G Indoor Router MC801A, in South Africa in partnership with MTN, one of the leading telecoms carriers in South Africa. ZTE 5G Indoor Router MC801A has the latest Wi-Fi 6 [...]
Ethiopia’s communications regulator announced that it has received twelve bids for the two telecom licenses it intends to grant to multinational mobile companies, breaking the state monopoly. Th regulator stated that nine bidders are telecom operators and two non-telecom operators, and one submission was incomplete. Bidders consist of Etisalat, Axian, MTN, Orange, Saudi Telecom Company, [...]
MTN will roll out its new 5G network by the end of June and has started to promote its 5G value proposition in its latest Y’ello magazine. This promotion is part of the launch of the new 5G-enabled Huawei P40 or P40 Pro smartphones in South Africa. The promotion states “Be one of the very [...]
SA mobile subscribers will get better internet speeds and overall better service as the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA), the telecom regulator, has issued temporary radio frequency spectrum to operators to tackle communication challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Friday, ICASA said MTN, Telkom, Vodacom, Rain and Liquid Telecoms have been allocated more [...]
Forbes and MTN have launched ‘Forbes8’, a digital video network that offers more than 3,500 videos designed to influence every facet of an entrepreneur’s journey. By collaborating with MTN in Nigeria, Forbes8 is mainly supporting businesses of all sizes (and consumers working on their side hustles) with entrepreneurial activities. Forbes8 provides information, tips, advice and tools to [...]
TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions to more than 300 communication service providers and OEMs worldwide, has been selected by MTN Group to standardise its radio and microwave network planning tools. MTN Group will deploy TEOCO’s ASSET Radio and ASSET Backhaul across subsidiary networks in 18 different countries. This will give [...]
