All about MTN
Who we are
MTN is a pure-play emerging markets mobile telco operator at the forefront of technological and digital changes. From our headquarters in Johannesburg and guided by our values, we are delivering a bold, new digital world to our 217 million customers across Africa and the Middle East - one of the world's fastest growing regions for mobile telecommunications.
Established in South Africa at the dawn of democracy as a leader in transformation, we have grown rapidly by investing in advanced communication infrastructure and by harnessing the talent of our people. We now offer voice, data and digital services to retail customers in the 22 countries in which our operations have telecoms licences. We also offer enterprise solutions to corporate and public sector customers in a total of 24 countries. Our brand is among the most admired brands in Africa as well as among the most valuable African brands.
With a market capitalisation of R257 billion at the end of 2017 we were the ninth largest company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Our belief
Everyone deserves the benefits of a modern connected life.
Our vision
To lead the delivery of a bold, new digital world to our customers.
Our purpose
To make our customers' lives a whole lot brighter.
What we offer
| Our market segments We provide a wide range of communication services to customers across our footprint, and manage the business by market segment: consumer, enterprise and wholesale. |
The opportunities ahead
Consumer will remain the biggest segment of the market, accounting for around 70% of the predicted revenue pool in 2020. It will be followed by enterprise, generating about 26% of the market revenue pool, and wholesale, with about 4%. |
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Consumer We connect people and communities through voice, messaging and data-access services; we enable people to make financial transactions using their mobiles and bring them entertainment and online platforms, apps and online ventures through lifestyle, mobile financial services and e-commerce offerings. |
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Enterprise |
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As a committed partner to small, medium and large private enterprises and the public sector, we drive agility and growth through connectivity, communication and collaboration solutions over world-class infrastructure. This includes unified communication (voice, messaging and video), cloud and hosting services, connectivity, managed mobility (the Internet of Things) and security. |
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Wholesale |
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MTNGlobalConnect offers wholesale international voice, interconnect and roaming services to group operations and other telcos, leveraging our extensive international and domestic fixed infrastructure across Africa and the Middle East. |
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Markets included for consumer – 22 opco markets.
Markets included for enterprise – SA, Nigeria, Iran, Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Kenya.
Markets included for wholesale – 24 countries with MTN footprint in Middle East and Africa (including South Africa, Nigeria and Iran).
Source: Analysys Mason; Ovum, Telegeography and Delta Partners analysis.