{"id":45007,"date":"2013-08-30T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T08:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=45007"},"modified":"2013-08-30T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T13:42:44","slug":"mtn-scoops-guinea-3g-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/45007\/mtn-scoops-guinea-3g-license\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN scoops Guinea 3G licence"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTN Group<\/a> has this month secured a 3G licence in Guinea through a signature of a concession agreement with the licensing authorities.<\/p>\n

The group said that by obtaining this licence, MTN Guinea is the first mobile company in the West African country to have a 3G concession agreement.<\/p>\n

This licence would enable MTN Guinea to have a greater number of sites covered by March 2014, while also providing \u201caccess to high speed internet (broadband) and at a low cost\u201d.<\/p>\n

“This licence represents a huge opportunity that will allow us once again to align ourselves with our new vision which is to offer a digital world to our customers,” said CEO of MTN Guinea, Phumzile Joshua Phike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MTN says it had 2.27 million subscribers in Guinea as at December 2012, and a market share of 75% in a country with 11 million people, having launched in the country in 2006.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, MTN lost out on\u00a0a much\u00a0sought-after telco licence in Myanmar, in South East Asia, however, the group continues to be active in Africa, having secured a value-added licence in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

The group is also believed to have expressed interest in expanding into Madagascar through an acquisition of\u00a0Telecom Malagasy SA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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MTN primed for Ethiopia growth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN wants more spectrum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN\u2019s SA subscriber guidance shock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN lifts revenue, ups dividend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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