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The government has refuted claims by an MTN rival that the mobile operator pressured it into backing Iran's nuclear programme when it bid for a licence.
The JSE dipped 0.2%, as investors sold telecom MTN Group and retailers on concerns a recent advance was overdone, shifting into media firm Naspers and other battered shares.
MTN is looking to gain a foothold in North Africa and is willing to spend $5bn on an acquisition there, says CEO Sifiso Dabengwa.
Insurer Sanlan and MTN will soon make health services available through cell phones.
The MTN Group says it has appointed Ignatius Sehoole as vice president for the South and East Africa Region.
MTN and India's Reliance Communications may be reopening merger negotiations after a failed deal two years ago, according to a news report.
The share price of Egyptian telecom giant Orascom has spiked after the firm said talks with MTN about the takeover of some of its assets are concluding.
The SA government has called on Algeria to ease the way for MTN to buy Djezzy, which will make it the world's third-biggest cellphone service provider.
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MTN has launched the first uncapped mobile broadband contracts in SA.
There is resistance to MTN's plans to buy Orascom, which could make the SA firm the fourth-largest cellphone group in the world.
Bharti Airtel's first profit fall in three years has put more pressure on the firm to integrate its $9bn purchase of Zain's African assets to cope in a cut-throat market.
Egypt's Orascom Telecom is in talks to sell its embattled Algerian unit Djezzy to MTN and the Algerian government takes a positive view of the sale, a senior government source says.
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