Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes Cell C’s wholesale division grew revenue 20% to R1.76-billion in the year to 31 May 2026, adding 1.2 million mobile virtual network operator subscribers. Data traffic from those MVNO users rose 131%, against 47% growth across the group as a whole. It was comfortably the strongest performance in the group….
Africa Analysis expects South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda to account for 85% of the continent’s MVNO subscriber base by 2030. (Image source: iStock) South Africa is leading Africa’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market as banking, retail and digital businesses increasingly embed mobile connectivity into their existing customer ecosystems. This is according to the…
South Africa’s mobile market has not stopped growing. It has stopped growing in the segment the current generation of operators was built to serve – the consumer subscriber market. South Africa has 124 million active Sim cards against a population of around 65 million, according to GSMA Intelligence. About 46.6 million people are aged 15…
Dominic Cull South Africa’s burgeoning mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) space is set to take centre stage as parliament discusses proposed amendments to the country’s most important piece of ICT sector legislation, the Electronic Communications Act (ECA). An updated Electronic Communications Amendment Bill was approved by parliament earlier this week and is likely to be…
Cell C is looking to cement its position as the leading network for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in South Africa — even as rival MTN launches a challenge to its dominance. In an investor presentation published by its main shareholder, Blu Label Unlimited Group, on Tuesday, Cell C outlined its strategy as it undertakes…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has warned that discounted pricing by mobile virtual network operators could have adverse consequences for the entire mobile telecommunications industry if MVNOs continue to offer data to their customers at prices lower than infrastructure owners like MTN. MVNOs have no physical network infrastructure of their own, instead relying on mobile…
The number of MVNOs in the South African market continues to grow quickly, but other aspects of the market – including the number of participating mobile network operators and network enablement platforms – have also expanded since TechCentral last updated this list in 2024. The three newest MVNOs in South Africa are Old Mutual Connect,…
