BT partners with MTN to offer business services across Africa
UK operator group BT has embarked on a rare foreign adventure by partnering with the B2B arm of pan-African operator group MTN.
UK operator group BT has embarked on a rare foreign adventure by partnering with the B2B arm of pan-African operator group MTN.
A group of five operators plus one towerco have joined forces to give budding young companies the ability to reach a worldwide audience.
South African operator group MTN delivered its 2021 numbers and they seem to be headed in the right direction.
Africa-based telco group MTN is waving goodbye to the CEO of its South African unit Godfrey Motsa.
MTN’s plans to back quietly out of its struggling Middle Eastern operations took a step forward this week when it announced the sale of its mobile business in Yemen.
Consolidation of the South African telecoms market may be on the cards if a report from Bloomberg has any substance.
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Eir plans gigabit expansion in Ireland; MTN enjoys mixed H1; Nokia in smart grid trials.
Ethiopia has formally announced that it will launch the process to award a second new mobile licence later this month, including a permit to offer financial services. But despite the removal of what has been widely seen as a key stumbling block in the liberalisation of the country’s telecoms market, African telco giant MTN is reportedly no longer interested.
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: MTN warns of H1 earnings fall; Orange combines with SSE Networks for improved maritime connectivity; Brussels looks into latest Facebook acquisition.
MTN this week became the latest major telco to commit to deploying OpenRAN technology, which it claims will be a “game-changer” in emerging markets.
Ethiopia has shared the names of just two bidding groups for its two available telecoms licences, a disappointing outcome from one of the world’s last great liberalisation opportunities.
Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson is helping out MTN South Africa with its 5G RAN, transport and core.
MTN has announced it will be partnering with Parallel Wireless to deploy 5,000 OpenRAN sites across its network.
Connecting the African continent is always going to be a complicated job, but the availability of handsets is now the biggest challenge according to MTN CEO Rob Schuter.
MTN has announced the acquisition of music streaming platform Simfy at AfricaCom and outlined the future of the telco, which doesn’t look very much like a telco anymore.
Ericsson has teamed up with operator MTN to undertake what they claim is the first 5G technology and applications trial in Africa.
South Africa-based telco MTN has released its quarterly figures, and while it is not a complete disaster, things could certainly have gone better.
Ericsson and Qualcomm have successfully paired up with MTN South Africa, to complete a lab trial for a Cat-M1 solution focused on MTN’s IoT ambitions.
MTN has appointed Rob Shuter as its new CEO, following the resignation of Sifiso Dabengwa after the Nigerian business unit was fined $5.2 billion after failing to manage its subscriber base appropriately.
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