These areas in the Western Cape are set to benefit from MTN’s latest expansion – including 5G

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Telecom provider MTN says it will invest over R700 million into the Western Cape to expand connectivity and rollout 5G.

Telecoms group MTN says it will invest R749 million into the Western Cape as part of an expansion drive into urban and rural areas.

This expansion programme is part of MTN’s Modernisation of Network South Africa project , which will see an additional 1,350 sites finalised across South Africa, with total 5G coverage set to reach 179 sites in the Western Cape alone. “We are making major strides and our progress on network modernisation in the Western Cape is already almost 72% complete,” said Newman.Philipi; andMTN aims to have over 100 rural deployments nationally in highly underserved areas by the end of 2022.As MTN continues to face the problem of battery theft and tower vandalism, Newman said that the operator will spend R10.5 million on fixing damages caused by vandalism in the province.

 

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