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TOP STORY – MTN to pump R1.5bn to fight against vandals, load-shedding at its towers

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GUEST – Charles Molapisi, Chief Executive Officer at MTN South Africa

MTN SA has set aside R1.5 billion for its network, to keep customers connected, while countering load-shedding, site vandalism and battery theft. The mobile operator today took members of the media on a site tour in Soweto to see how its base stations are increasingly being targeted by criminal syndicates. MTN also demonstrated the measures it is taking to make it difficult for the criminals to vandalise the critical infrastructure.

With persistent load-shedding and a rise in vandalism and theft aggravating SA’s fragile economic recovery and impacting service delivery, Michele Gamberini, MTN SA chief technology and information officer, said the R1.5 billion was the company’s move to “harden” the network and keep customers connected.
30 Mar 2023 5PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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