MTN and Vodacom announce technology deployment firsts

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Guest authors

Two of Africa’s biggest operators – Vodacom and MTN – have, coincidentally, announced technology deployment firsts for the continent in the past few days – one involving MIMO, the other involving 5-band RRU commercial deployment.

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