Times Of Swaziland: MTN’S COMPETITOR READY

MTN’S COMPETITOR READY
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BY MDUDUZI MAGAGULA on 01/02/2015 06:25:00


MBABANE – Swavitel says preparations to launch a second mobile telephone
network company in Swaziland are at an advanced stage.
The company is awaiting a decision of the Regulator of the Swaziland
Communications Commission (SCCOM) on its application to register.
Mthunzi Morris Shabangu, one of the directors, hopes that a decision from the
regulator would come immediately after opening of Parliament.
He said this information was relayed to his company by Stan Motsa, former
regulator before he left office.
Swavitel has a multinational directorship.
It was registered with the office of the Registrar of Companies, which is under
the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade on November 11, 2013.
It has one listed director in Shabangu, a Swazi man, aged 35.
Some of the directors are based in Swaziland others in Maputo Mozambique and
Vietnam.
Vietnam is a country in South East Asia, bordered on the north by China and to
the west by Laos and Cambodia.
Speaking exclusively to the Times SUNDAY, Shabangu said the Swazi company had a
connection with Vietnam-based mobile operator Viettel Telecomm.
He said its directors were part of the successful Vietnam’s telecommunication
Viettel Group brand, which has also established a partnership operation in
Mozambique.
Shabangu said the directors met last week to finalise details of the company’s
launch.