MTN debuts pan-African cloud services

Aug 20, 2015

MTN has launched an Africa-wide cloud services offering based on Azure Pack and a strategic relationship with Microsoft. Alpheus Mangale, chief enterprise business officer at MTN SA, points out that the partnership will see MTN bringing Azure services to all African markets through its 47 data centres on the continent. The core benefits of cloud computing are agility, flexibility and security, he says.

MTN disappointed as Tribunal scuppers deal

Aug 19, 2015

The decision by the Competition Tribunal to scupper the proposed network sharing deal between MTN and Telkom has been described as “regrettable” by MTN. The company has issued a statement, as follows: “MTN has noted the recommendation of the...

Competition Commission bombs MTN-Telkom deal

Aug 18, 2015

The Competition Commission today informed Telkom and MTN South Africa that it has not recommended the approval of the proposed transaction between the two companies to the Competition Tribunal. Telkom and MTN South Africa signed a heads of agreement in 2014 to extend...

MTN performance hampered by strike

Aug 5, 2015

The performance of MTN South Africa during the six months ended 30 June 2015 was hampered by handset supply chain challenges and industrial strike action during the period. Despite this, the operation continued to show encouraging growth in service revenue, driven...

KZN university wins MTN challenge

Jul 31, 2015

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has won the inaugural MTN SA Foundation ICT Challenge and the overall National Championship title at the recent Enactus National Competition 2015. The championship title has qualified UKZN to represent South Africa at the...