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MTN: No deal with Reliance

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:57:13 +0000

South Africa’s largest mobile phone network operator said Friday it was unable to agree on a deal in talks with an Indian telecom company.MTN Group Ltd. cited unspecified legal and regulatory issues for the failure of its talks with...

Reliance Communications (RCcomm) and MTN merge could see Anil Ambani as Chairman

Vikas — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:18:17 +0000

Anil Ambani, the head of Reliance Communications that is in merger talks with South African telecom major MTN, could end up with a 35% stake and also become the chairman of the merged entity, a UK media report...

MTN: Go start something

Balendu — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:31:37 +0000

MTN, largest cellular service operator of South Africa, has recently launched this television advertisement to maximize its consumer base. But interestingly the advertisement has not mentioned cellular at any point of time. Therefore, it can...

MTN likely to impose tariffs for Skype service

Bhagaban — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:13:32 +0000

MTN, which provides broadband services in the African countries, has decided to take a tough stand on Skype and MXit that it considers hampering its networks by consuming bandwidth. The MTN customers are using Skype services for making VoIP calls...

Mobile phones to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa

Ritu — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:59:20 +0000

The US Government and the leading mobile phone companies have joined together to fight HIV/AIDS and other health related issues in 10 African countries. Mobile Industry leaders, including Motorola, MTN and Voxiva have partnered with the...

South African mobile operators restrain customers of accessing VoIP

Bhagaban — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:27:15 +0000

It seems that South Africa is also taking cruel steps towards VoIP. The latest developments in country’s telecom sector shows that mobile phone operators are planning to block VoIP as soon as possible. If it happens, then there would be an...

South Afirca's MTN is planning to provide TV on mobile phones

Ritu — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:49:29 +0000

South African cellular operator MTN is talking with Naspers’ MultiChoice pay-TV business to provide television on mobile phones by 2010. According to Buckley McGrath, head of MTN South Africa’s corporate business unit, company is...