MTN Pay as you GO, Prepaid.
Hello Africa, tell me how you are doing- the answer is South Africa and the rest of Africa are communicating like never before. MTN is the largest cell phone , wireless, mobile network operator in Africa. MTN started in 1994 with the group's starting out of South Africa when Cell Phone technology was introduced to the country.MTN sells its services through 70,000 formal and informal outlets, including 17 company-owned service centres, across nine provinces. In 2005 its subscriber base grew by more than 27 percent to a total of 10.6 million subscribers.
MTN's network is based on Ericsson equipment and provides data using GPRS, 3G and HSDPA technology.
Amazing the one country can cover so many countries to provide raw and pure communication, most driven through a prepaid billing mechanism. MTN has operations in 21 countries in Africa and the middle east which include :
* Afghanistan (Investcom),
* Benin (Investcom),
* Botswana (Botswana Mascom),
* Cameroon (MTN Cameroon),
* Republic of Congo (MTN Congo SA),
* Cote d'Ivoire (MTN Cote d'Ivoire),
* Cyprus (Investcom),
* Ghana (Investcom),
* Guinea Bissau (Investcom),
* Republic of Guinea (Investcom),
* Iran (MTN Irancell),
* Liberia (Investcom),
* Nigeria (MTN Nigeria),
* Rwanda (MTN Rwanda),
* South Africa (MTN South Africa),
* Sudan (Investcom),
* Swaziland (MTN Swaziland),
* Syria (Investcom),
* Uganda (MTN Uganda),
* Yemen (Investcom), and
* Zambia (MTN Zambia).
In South Africa prepaid is often referred to as "Pay as you Go", MTN has a number of prepaid plans which represent some of the cheapest deals when it comes to services and plans that are not contract based, these include :
>Pay as you Go Best Price Plan Adviser
>Pay as you Go Call Per Second Peak
>Pay as you Go Call Per Second Peak Maximiser
>Pay as you Go Call Per Second
>Pay as you Go Call Per Second Plus
For more information about MTN's prepaid plans please visit the MTN website directly
MTN has always been a proud sponsor of sports in South Africa and in Africa at large, sponsorships include CAF Champions League football competition as well as MTN becoming the official event sponsor of both the MTN ODI series and the MTN Domestic Challenge within South Africa.
