MTN South Africa and Lynk Global, a satellite company, have said they have completed the first successful test of a satellite ...

MTN and Lynk Global have conducted the first satellite-to-mobile voice call in Africa using an unmodified phone.

Molapisi said the call showed MTN's ability to complement its ground-based cell towers and other infrastructure with LEO ...

MTN South Africa and Lynk Global have carried out Africa’s first satellite-to-mobile device phone call, in the sparsely populated North West province. The call in Vryburg enabled MTN and Lynk Global ...

MTN South Africa and Lynk Global, an American low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite provider, disclosed on Thursday that they have ...

MTN SA and Lynk Global trial Africa's first 'cell tower in space' satellite-to-phone voice call JOHANNESBURG, 28th MARCH 2025, –/ Centre for African Journalists, (CAJ) News Africa – AS part of our ...

MTN Group’s South African unit and U.S.-based low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite provider Lynk Global announced that they have ...

Africa has long struggled with limited mobile network coverage, especially in remote areas where traditional cell towers are costly and difficult to deploy. Satellite-to-mobile technology could play a ...

The South Africa Weather Service has issued several warnings of severe thunderstorms and rain leading to localised flooding ...

MTN just tested a new technology in the small agricultural town of Vryburg that could soon bring big improvements to ...

On a day in the high summer of 2023, we find ourselves in the Sandveld, our Karoo Space bakkie careening around like an Isuzu ...

A high pressure centre to the west extends a ridge over Tasmania. The high crosses today and moves into the Tasman sea on Friday. A cold front to the southwest will approach Tasmania late Friday, ...