Brighter moments
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MTN partners with KaiOS Technologies, China Mobile and UNISOC to launch Africa’s First 3G Smart Feature Phone
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MTN launches BRIGHT Strategy
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MTN celebrates ten years of its employee volunteer programme, 21 Days of Y’ello Care
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MTN acquires multimedia and telecoms company Smart Village as it starts rolling out fibre-to-the home across South Africa
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MTN named overall winner in Rwanda’s first Corporate Social Responsibility awards
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MTN voted the most valuable and most admired African brand in 2014 Brand Africa100™ rankings
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MTN wins Nedbank Sustainable Business Award for ReadySet and ReadyPay solar-powered charging solutions in Rwanda and Uganda
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MTN partners with Rocket Internet, a world-leading internet incubator, to enhance internet in Africa and the Middle East
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MTN launches commercial LTE network in South Africa, the largest rollout of its kind on the continent
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Newsweek’s Green Rankings names MTN among the top 250 companies in the world making a positive environmental impact
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MTN placed in Top 250 Companies in the World in 2011 Newsweek Green Rankings for Positive Environmental Impact Management (listed 123rd)
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MTN is the only African global sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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MTN rated as one of 30 hottest brands in the world by Ad Age
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MTN Business deploys server virtualization offering in South Africa
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MTN hits the 100 million subscribers mark in Africa and the Middle East
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MTN launches mobile money in Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Yemen
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MTN Group awarded African Mobile Operator of the year at the third annual CommsMEA Awards
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MTN pioneers instant messaging in South Africa, enabling groups to chat simultaneously in real time
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MTN sponsors South Africa’s oldest knock-out football tournament, which becomes MTN 8
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Online banking services, as well as MultiChoice to provide mobile TV in South Africa
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MTN reaches 40 million subscribers across the Group
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MTN is one of the first operators in Africa to bring 3G to the market
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MTN is listed in UNEP’s Global Top 50 companies for sustainability reporting
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MTN wins licence to operate in Cyprus, launching the country’s first 4G network in 2015
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MTN VillagePhone launched in association with Grameen Foundation, creating opportunities for entrepreneurs in Uganda’s rural areas
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MTN makes SA’s first video call, using its new 3G-enabled network
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MTN Business is launched to deliver dedicated connectivity solutions and services to the corporate sector
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MTN installs a solar-powered payphone on Lake Victoria for local fisherman
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MTN is the first operator in South Africa to offer General Packet Radio Services (GPRS)
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Formally inaugurated by Nelson Mandela, the MTN SA Foundation is established to manage MTN’s multimillion rand CSI fund
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MTN acquires first-tier ISP Citec to enhance data services offering to the business sector
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MTN becomes a tier-one Internet Service Provider (ISP), trading as MTN Network Solutions
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MTN International is established
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MTN becomes first cellular network in Africa to receive ISO 14001 rating for environmental management
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MTN offers SA's first two-way PC-to-cellphone messaging app as a free and international service
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MTN wins licence to operate in Rwanda, becoming its leading telecoms company within five years
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MTN wins licence to operate in Uganda, quadrupling the country’s teledensity in four years
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MTN acquires services provider Transtel Cellular
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MTN begins its international expansion drive
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MTN acquires South Africa’s biggest service provider in M-Tel, creating the blueprint for network owned service provision
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MTN develops telemetric app for vehicle tracking and theft recovery via GSM
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MTN launches prepaid solution PayAsYouGo, so that even unbanked South Africans can reap the benefits of having their own cell phone
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MTN makes Short Message Service available to its customers, heralding the age of SMSs
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M-Cell becomes a public company, with 25% of MTN Holdings and 60% of M-Tel
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MTN creates a community services division to increase teledensity in disadvantaged areas
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MTN offers free calls to emergency services for the first time in South Africa
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MTN changes the face of customer service in South Africa with Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
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MTN rolls out South Africa’s first GSM payphones, which can carry both voice and data
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The first call is made on the MTN network, the year Nelson Mandela is sworn in as South Africa’s first democratically elected president
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There are four million landlines in South Africa and only 1% of black South Africans own a phone