VIDEO: Inside MTN’s vandalised base station

.ITWeb tours of one of MTNza’s vandalised base stations in Soweto. connectivity networking PowerCrisis MTNSA

However, MTN is fighting back against the syndicates by reinforcing security at these critical facilities.According to MTN, apart from grappling with power cuts, vandalism is costing the company a fortune.

“Our service is not only important in making people communicate but also to ensure basic services. Most of our public services rely on connectivity, so without connectivity, there is no public service. Our network has to be over 95% available all of the time.”“First, we have to build power backups in our sensitive equipment – base stations and microwave links. We provide backups through generators as well as batteries. In some sites, we use both batteries and generators.

He pointed out MTN replaces and optimises power batteries on more than 3 000 sites in less than one year. “We are implementing several actions to make the lives of the thieves a little more difficult by hardening our sites. We are building bunkers and shelters for our batteries and also replacing copper cables, which are lucrative to the thieves, with aluminium cables.”

With MTN having embarked on a major rural network rollout drive, the protection of these sites is paramount, and numerous initiatives are being deployed, says the telco.

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