South Africa’s MTN wants court to scrap or fix 5G spectrum sale process

JOHANNESBURG: South African mobile network operator MTN Group has asked the Gauteng High court to scrap or review the telecom regulator’s auction process for awarding spectrum vital for rolling out 5G technology.

MTN is the latest mobile operator to take the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to court, after smaller rival Telkom sought the court’s help in December to halt the sale, a move ICASA says it will challenge.

The legal disputes threaten to delay the auction that is expected to be held by the end of March.