10 unbelievable things you didn't know about MTN

16:54 - 17 November 2015

A man speaks on a mobile phone as he walks past a MTN shop at a shopping mall south of Johannesburg June 6, 2012. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

A lot has been made of the fine and the consequences on the South Africa-based company but a lot of people barely know more than just the basics about Africa’s largest telecoms company.

Telecoms giant MTN Nigeria has constantly been in the news for the past few weeks over the $5.2 billion fine imposed on it by the NCC.

A lot has been made of the fine and the consequences on the South Africa-based company but a lot of people barely know more than just the basics about Africa’s largest telecoms company.

Here are 10 things you didn’t know about MTN:

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It was originally called
MTN was the second company in the world to implement the Pay As You Go system.
MTN began expanding into other parts of Africa in 1997 starting with Rwanda, Uganda, and Swaziland.
MTN expanded into Nigeria in 2001.

READ: NCC says $5.2 billion fine remains