MTN ordered to pay its ex-network operations manager ₦4.8 billion

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, to pay its former Network Group Operations Manager, Mr Paul Odunewu, $13,419,728.54, £10,000 and ₦2,540,000 (totalling ₦4, 825,036,735.9) following wrongful termination of employment. According to correspondent, Justice Oyejoju Oyewunmi made the order on Wednesday, September 27, […]

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MultiChoice acquisition to become crystal clear in June

Top management employees at the MTN Group head office in Johannesburg, South Africa, have hinted that the company will take a stand by the end of June on its plans to acquire MultiChoice Africa. This is coming two years after MTN acquired a ₦34bn licence to provide digital pay television broadcasting services in Nigeria, and […]

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S.Africa allows telecoms operators to keep broadband spectrum until 2028

Six South African telecom companies, including MTN Group and Vodacom, will be able to keep their in-demand broadband spectrum until their licences expire in 2028 after agreeing to buy at least 30 percent of the government’s new Wireless Open Access Network, the communications minister said on Thursday. Minister Siyabonga Cwele told journalists an agreement was […]

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