The telco giant partners with China Mobile, Unisoc and KaiOS to bring affordable 3G `smart feature phones' to Africa in the first quarter of 2019.
The roaming agreement means Cell C's customers will have access to MTN's 3G and 4G services outside of the main metro areas.
MTN CEO Rob Shuter tells AfricaCom that the group will re-launch the service in SA in the first quarter of 2019, and will then extend Mobile Money to Nigeria.
The company's results have been buoyed by a 54% increase in mobile revenue, while its BCX subsidiary continues to struggle.
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The telco added 4.8 million customers across its group in six months, with 2.5 million coming from SA.
The Mara Group taps SA as one of the countries that will manufacture what's being described as a truly African smartphone.
The telecoms ministry unpacks the legal cost implications of its spectrum allocation fight with the Independent Communications Authority of SA.
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Analysts say roaming agreements reduce the pressure on smaller operators to continue investing extensively in network infrastructure in order to compete with larger rivals.
Global Industrial Service looks to take on established players in the market with the imminent arrival of AWS data centres in SA.
The Telkom-owned company commences the Section 189 process, which sets out the legal requirements for retrenchments.
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Telkom is switching from MTN to Vodacom for roaming, signing a multi-billion-rand agreement for both roaming and facilities leasing.