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MTN to switchoff subscribers before official August 30th deadline as 700,000 simcards remain unregistered

MTN to switchoff subscribers before official August 30th deadline as 700,000 simcards remain unregistered

MTN has revealed that it will switch off unregistered customers even before the government’s deadline of 30th August 2017. The announcement comes as the deadline for simcard registration extended by government in April this year clocks down to only 9 days. This was revealed by the MTN chief executive officer, Mr.Wim Vanhelleputte, while appearing before […]

Uganda in need of laws to regulate mobile money services

Uganda in need of laws to regulate mobile money services

In 2009 MTN launched Mobile Money services in Uganda and since then its been a story of moving from glory to glory. In the first year of its launch, Uganda registered one of the fastest growth rates in the use of Mobile Financial Services ever recorded in a single year. No wonder that not long […]

MTN Uganda launches switch to improve telecommunications services

MTN Uganda has broken ground on a new Switching Centre in Kampala, bringing to six the number of Telecommunication Switches the firm is operating in Uganda. Officiating at the ground-breaking ceremony, MTN Chief Executive Officer Themba M. Khumalo and Roko Chairman Rainer Kohler said the project would cost close to US$ 110million in civil works […]