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Can't use your phone during load shedding?📱 Mobile networks are taking strain from blackouts and ongoing cell tower battery theft. 😣 Read more: loadshedding stage6 stage5 Eskom STAGE6LOADSHEDDING

Cell networks across the country have taken immense strain due to load shedding. File photo: Moneyweb

Molapisi assured that teams were hard at work to try and find a solution to network blackouts, which were occurring under stage 6 more than stage 4 load shedding. Molapisi said in Nigeria, 95% of NTN sites do not rely on the energy grid, and have achieved 99.9% availiability on the network, thanks to an energy mix.

“So, depending of course on the outlook and eventually the solution that will come or may not come, we will have to enhance the availability of our sites. “We have a responsibility to meet this moment with courage, with a solution mindset, and rather be the camp of solution providers than be the camp of stone throwers.”Molapisi told Moneyweb that load shedding would in no way impede pushing for 5G coverage.

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