{"id":13478,"date":"2022-06-25T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=13478"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:13:20","slug":"mtn-ghana-memorable-milestone-in-telecommunications-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/mtn-ghana-memorable-milestone-in-telecommunications-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Ghana memorable milestone in telecommunications in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MTN Ghana has come a long way in good and in bad with a lot of tales to tell. Quite a few of their memories is worth capturing as was confessed by the Mobile Telecommunications Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MTN Ghana as they have come to be known started off as Scancom in 1994 it changed through acquisitions to Spacefon through to MTNGH (SCANCOM PLC) of today.
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First Telecom to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange<\/p>

MTN adjudged Ghana’s number one company for two years running.<\/p>

The company with the largest number of Shareholders in Ghana<\/p>

The first company in the world to use Mobile Money to buy shares<\/p>2020<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First Operator to launch 4G plus<\/p>2019<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First mobile operator to offer 4G services and only provider with 4G services available in all region in Ghana.<\/p>2016<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First company to activate the 15 million subscriber milestone.<\/p>2015<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Leading tax payer and adjudged the Best Tax payer in Ghana in 2013 and 2014, 2017, 20188 and Platinum Award in 2019.<\/p>2013<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First mobile operator in Ghana to record 10 million subscribers<\/p>2011<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First indigenous African company to sponsor the World Cup 2010 (MTN Group)<\/p>

First to build an ultra-modern switch and data center<\/p>2010<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First in Africa to introduce Blade Cluster Technology<\/p>

First to introduce 3G commercial service<\/p>

First to launch Mobile Money<\/p>2009<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First telco in Ghana to launch dynamic tarriffing (MTN Zone)<\/p>2008<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First telco to set up a Foundation in Ghana<\/p>2007<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First to launch fixed mobile (FWAP)<\/p>

First to provide telecommunications coverage in all 10 regions and district capitals in Ghana<\/p>2006<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First to launch electronic recharge<\/p>2005<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First to launch EDGE in Ghana<\/p>

First to launch GPRS in Ghana<\/p>2004<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spacefon launched the first prepaid service and christened it SNAP<\/p>1998<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Introduced itemised billing<\/p>1997<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First to introduce GSM technology in Ghana (with attendant enhanced services like caller ID, call waiting, forwarding, holding, barring and transfer, SMS and conference calls)<\/p>1996<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The transitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Scancom<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Spacefone<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Spacefone Areeba<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Areeba<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
MTN GH<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
More Information<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

– About MTN Ghana History<\/a>
– MTN Group<\/a><\/p>\n

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MTN Ghana as they have come to be known started off as Westel a full Ghanaian network until it passed on to Spacefone through to MTN of today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[350,572,457,1158],"class_list":["post-13478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-ghana","tag-mtn","tag-network","tag-telecom"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}