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MTN budgets R1.5-billion to fight vandals, power cuts

will spend at least R1.5-billion this year – and possibly much more – as it moves to secure its network against severe load shedding and criminal vandalism at its base stations.Michele Gamberini

Coupled with this, a plague of criminal activity at its high sites – with thieves making off with batteries, copper cables and even generators – is making it difficult for Gamberini said MTN will use the R1.5-billion allocated to building resilience in its network this year to protecting its infrastructure from vandals and deploying thousands of additional batteries to ensure its sites remain operational during severe load shedding.

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