An amount of R749 million has been invested in the Western Cape this year by MTN.
According to the mobile telecommunications company, this is part of MTN’s Modernisation of Network South Africa project (MONZA) which will see an additional 1,350 sites finalised across the country, with total 5G coverage set to reach 179 sites in the province.
The General Manager for Western Cape Operations, Paul Newman, said their three targets for the Western Cape this year are to improve the availability of the network, increase data throughputs, and expand 5G footprint. “With improved access to data changing lives, our aim is to make significant inroads into plugging existing data gaps in South Africa. We are making major strides and our progress on network modernisation in the Western Cape is already almost 72% complete,” he said.
He added that their aim is to make significant inroads into plugging existing data gaps in the country. “We are making major strides and our progress on network modernisation in the Western Cape is already almost 72% complete,” he said.
He said this boosting of coverage into villages and peri-urban regions aims to bring network and connectivity to people in the most remote rural settlements of South Africa. He said digital access has benefits as people use it to access crucial information and educate themselves. ”And so now as the recovery begins, we need to further harness the benefits of connectivity to create more employment and growth opportunities for our people, communities and our economy.
“Areas like Khayelitsha, Mitchellsplain and Philipi will benefit, all the way through to the Southern and Northern Cape. With the completion of the National Long Distance (NLD) project in 2021, major commuter routes such as N2 will see a huge boost in-network coverage,” said Newman.
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