SA's largest cellular operator has already taken an HSPA+ site live, beating Cell C's roll-out.
The company lost a million subscribers in the last three months of 2009.
The company appoints an ICT veteran to boost its enterprise market.
Last week's blast, which injured two people, was gas-related, says the telco.
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The music player now caters for the 'Free Lossless Audio Codec'. [Local rep: Rectron]
It seems impossible to pay that much for connectivity, but that is what MTN expects of one of its subscribers.
Newtec's FlexACM technology doubles capacity for Gateway Communications' African Internet backbone service.
Customers on direct access packages will see a 50% drop in rates.
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