A CEO says the group had taken note of a provisional report from South Africa's Competition Commission inquiry into data services.
South Africa's telecom giant MTN has operations in different countries including Nigeria, where it was fined in 2015 for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered SIM cards. AFP/File/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Mobile phone company MTN said on Thursday it met its medium-term revenue growth target in the first quarter by delivering 10% year-on-year growth led by strong operational performance in South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana. “In South Africa, we implemented changed pricing for pre-paid propositions where we reduced, materially the out-of-bundle tariffs, making data services much more affordable.”
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