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COVID-19 Situation Desk - 20 March 2020 PM
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MTN to increase infrastructure to cope with work-from-home traffic
MTN will expand its access to zero-rated websites by providing free online educational resources to help learners stay on track with their schoolwork.
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MTN drops data prices, offers free services to customers
MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa has announced that the company would reduce its monthly data prices from 15 April 2020. This comes after the Competition Commission released its Data Services Market Inquiry report in December, recommending that mobile networks reduce data prices or face prosecution.
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MTN Group CEO to step down in March next year
The company said its board would find a new CEO during the year to enable a seamless handover.
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Competition Commission ‘hopeful’ of agreements with MTN, Telkom on data costs
Their rival Vodacom reached an agreement with the regulator to cut data prices by 30% from 1 April.
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Vodacom settlement on data prices best option for consumers - commission
The Competition Commission said that it was in talks with MTN and Telkom to follow suit and slash their data prices.
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Vodacom to reduce data prices by 30% from April: Competition Commission
Deputy commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu said the competition instructed Vodacom and MTN to reduce prices by at least 50% and 30%.
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MTN, Vodacom reiterate commitment to affordable data prices
In December, the Competition Commission called on both network providers to reduce the price of data by the beginning of February or face prosecution.
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MTN SA bets on mobile money relaunch to reach millions without bank accounts
MTN will initially offer basic services allowing users to send and receive money via an app or over the mobile network using USSD technology, buy airtime and prepaid electricity, and pay for municipal bills and TV subscriptions.
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MTN to invest $1.6 billion in Nigeria - statement
The company said it planned a capital investment program of $1.6 billion, or roughly 580 billion naira over three years in its network and operations in Nigeria.
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MTN Nigeria says attorney general withdraws demand for tax payment
MTN Nigeria said the letter from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) confirmed that AGF has referred the matter to the Federal Inland Revenue Service and Nigeria Custom Service.
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MTN accused of supporting Taliban in Afghanistan
A complaint has been filed in the district of Columbia, claiming that several western businesses were involved.
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Govt meeting with mobile operators to find ways to lower data costs
Earlier this month, the Competition Commission recommended that service providers reduce the price of data or face prosecution after finding that data prices in South Africa were excessively high.
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MTN SA's mobile money service to go live in Jan 2020
Last year, group Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter told a telecoms conference in Cape Town that the company would relaunch mobile money services in South Africa, three years after canning the service.
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Phuthuma Nhleko steps down from MTN board
Nhleko was behind the overseeing of an orderly transition of the board, including the establishment of the international advisory board.
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MTN will defend its views on data prices if case referred to Tribunal
The country’s competition commission said earlier this month that Vodacom and MTN could face prosecution if they fail to cut data prices within two months.
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MTN to defend views on data prices if referred to competition tribunal - CEO
Earlier this month, Competition commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele said Vodacom and MTN could face prosecution if they do not agree to cut pre-paid data prices in the next two months.
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MTN to oppose regulator's recommendations on data costs
The same was true when comparing local data costs with those outside Africa, Bonakele said.
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How do SA's data prices compare with the rest of Africa?
What does data cost in the other African countries where the big South African two players - Vodacom and MTN - are also active?
