MTN boss says SA lost 15 years of development over spectrum delay: South Africa now has the same spectrum as neighbouring countries even though they have smaller markets
MTN boss Ralph Mupita contends that the delay by the South African government in the release of spectrum cost the country about a decade and a half’s worth of development.
webinar this week, Mupita said that MTN South Africa has 179 megahertz of multiband spectrum — after the recent spectrum auction — and “that’s the same as Zambia, which is a much smaller market … Markets like Nigeria and others have more spectrum.” Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.
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