MTN want to withdraw the 3G network starting from 2025.

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MTN - which was one of the effective bidders within the broadband range - plans to have 5G organize scope that covers 25% of the country’s populace by the conclusion of the year, pushing it to 60% in five years' time.

 

The arrange is supported by MTN's later procurement of a add up to of 100MHz of range over the 800MHz, 2 600MHz and 3 500MHz recurrence groups. It paid R5.2 billion for the range.

As it switches to 5G, the company wants to start decommissioning 3G in 2025/26.

Talking to financial specialists on Friday evening, the group’s CEO Ralph Mupita said its South African commerce, which is the biggest after Nigeria, had the slightest sum of range within the gather some time recently the sell off. Taking after the sell off, MTN South Africa is presently "within the center of the pack".

Concurring to Mupita, the company had to be inventive in its usage of the accessible spectrum.

Spectrum refers to the invisible radio frequencies that wireless signals travel over, which allows for cellphone communication – as well as for satellite TV, air traffic control, and two-way radios.

3G is the third generation of wireless communication technology, which was launched in 1998. 4G is much faster than 3G, while 5G is  10 times faster than the 4G, allowing speeds of around 200Mbps.

MTN SA has been on a path of expanding its network capacity, including 4G and 5G rollout as part of its growth strategy. The company has established more than 1 000 5G sites so far.

"The ambition is clear, this year we will deliver 25% population coverage on 5G, and by 2025 we are going to take the coverage on the 5G layer to 60%," said chief executive Charles Molapisi.

"The (3G) decommissioning will bring with it the range that we are progressing to utilize on the 5G layer or indeed the 4G. We see 4G innovation as long term," he said, including 

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