MTN secretly locks down 4G broadband customers in South Africa

MTN quietly implemented a new rule on 1 January 2026 that locks the SIM cards of fixed wireless customers with older LTE/4G routers to the device.
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MTN South Africa quietly implemented a new rule on 01 January, locking the SIM cards of fixed wireless customers with older 4G routers to the device, MyBroadband reported. Afrihost, a major ISP that ...