MTN provides free mobile Wikipedia, Momaths

MTN South Africa has signed a partnership agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation that oversees Wikipedia, to offer its customers free access to Wikipedia. MTN will be the first operator in South Africa to offer this public service to...

MTN launches lowest prepaid call rate

On Sunday (23 February 2014) MTN South Africa introduced a R30 MTN Pay As You Go bundle that will see its prepaid customers experience guaranteed and reduced rates of 90c, 95c and 99c per minute for making On-net (MTN to MTN), Off-net (MTN to other networks) or...

Foreign exchange gains to boost MTN earnings

MTN has alerted shareholders that it will have significantly higher earnings for the year ended 31 December 2013. The group expects an increase of between 25% and 30% in headline earnings per share (HEPS) and attributable earnings per a share (EPS) for the year ended...

Cell C hits back at MTN action

The move by MTN to launch a legal challenge to ICASA’s newly-announced mobile termination rates, which have now been put on hold, has been met with criticism from parts of the market. Jose Dos Santos, acting-CEO of Cell C, has submitted a scathing indictment on the...

Behind the MTN action against Icasa

MTN’s decision to take legal action against Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) over the recently announced mobile termination rates (MTR) is a game-changing step that could have ramifications for years to come, according to Steven Ambrose,...