{"id":404245,"date":"2020-06-02T16:31:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=404245"},"modified":"2020-06-02T16:31:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:31:47","slug":"mtn-plots-new-5g-network-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/404245\/mtn-plots-new-5g-network-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN plots new 5G network in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MTN plans to launch its new 5G network in June, and it has started to promote its 5G value proposition in its latest Y\u2019ello magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/354609-mtn-to-launch-new-5g-network-in-june.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyBroadband<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion in the Y\u2019ello magazine states that MTN will make the \u201cbest network even better with 5G-enabled smartphones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This promotion forms part of the launch of the new 5G-enabled Huawei P40 or P40 Pro smartphones in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe one of the very first South Africans to experience the magic of a 5G-enabled smartphone when you get the Huawei P40 or P40 Pro,\u201d the promotion states.<\/p>\n<p>The operator says 5G enablement gives users greater capacity to connect multiple devices to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>It also improves real-time connectivity features which means \u201cyou can connect to the cloud and other remote services faster than ever before\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MTN 5G launch date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MTN says both post-paid and prepaid customers with 5G-enabled devices and an LTE SIM card qualify for the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent 4G devices will not be able to use the new network, which will require new 5G-enabled wireless devices,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The 5G service is set to be available on current LTE SIM card customer price plan rates.<\/p>\n<p>In its fine print in the Y\u2019ello magazine, MTN states that its 5G network service offering is valid from Monday 1 June 2020 and that it is only available in LTE coverage areas.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that delays in bringing some 5G equipment into South Africa have pushed back the planned launch date slightly.<\/p>\n<p>The company confirmed to MyBroadband that it is now planning to launch its new 5G network later this month.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/394978\/vodacom-launches-5g-mobile-network-in-joburg-pretoria-and-cape-town-check-if-you-have-coverage-in-your-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vodacom launches 5G mobile network in Joburg, Pretoria and Cape Town \u2013 check if you have coverage in your area<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN plans to launch its new 5G network in June, and it has started to promote its 5G value proposition in its latest Y\u2019ello magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":355609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,28],"class_list":["post-404245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-mtn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404267,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404245\/revisions\/404267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}