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M-Cell incorporated in South Africa and owned 25% of MTN Holdings

M-Cell converted to a public company with investments that include a 25% shareholding in MTN Holdings and a 60% shareholding in M-Tel (now MTN Service Provider)
MTN Holdings acquired Service Provider M-Tel

MTN International expands into Africa, acquiring licences in Uganda, Rwanda and Swaziland
MTN South Africa awarded ISO 9001 accreditation for network
MTN South Africa awarded ISO 14001 accreditation for environmental management
M-Cell increase its stake in MTN Holdings to 72%

MTN International acquired a National GSM 900 licence in Cameroon
M-Cell acquired the remaining shareholding in MTN Holdings from Transnet
Johnnic Communications acquired 4.6% of M-Cell from Transnet, consolidating the Johnnic Group's control of M-Cell

MTN International acquired National GSM 900 and GSM 1800 licences in Nigeria at the cost of US$285 million, and launched operations in August 2001
M-Cell acquired CiTEC, a tier-one Internet Service Provider (renamed MTN Network Solutions in May 2002), to increase the range of data services provided to corporate customers

M-Cell was renamed MTN Group Limited to reinforce African presence and awareness of the brand
MTN Nigeria commenced with construction of Y'helloBahn, a 3 400 kilometres-long countrywide microwave radio transmission backbone
MTN management and staff acquired an 18,7% interest in M-Cell (now MTN Group) through the acquisition of the interest held by ICE Finance BV/Transnet- the shares are held in trust by Newshelf 664 which in turn is owned by a Trust for the benefit of management and staff

MTN Group free float increase to just under 75% after Johnnic unbundled a 31,9% stake
MTN Nigeria secured a US$395 million loan to fund the further expansion of its infrastructure in the country
First Sustainability Report published

MTN celebrates 10 years of operations
MTN records almost 10 million subscribers across all its operations
MTN qualifies for inclusion in the JSE Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index

MTN records 14 million subscribers across its operations, 8 million of whom are in South Africa
MTN capital investments amount to R7,6 billion
MTN International opens office in Iran (April)

MTN Group Limited acquired Investcom LLC for a total of US$5.526 billion (R33.5 billion). This transaction has created a pre-eminent mobile operator in the emerging markets of Africa and the Middle East operating mobile networks in 21 countries, covering a population under licence on a combined basis of approximately 488 million people and serving in excess of 28 million subscribers.
FIFA 2010 sponsorship announced. MTN Group will be the exclusive global mobile sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa�, which will be held on the African continent for the first time in FIFA�s 50-year history.
Rural Telephone Project (�Phone Lady Initiative�)of the MTN Nigeria Foundation won the 2006 GSM Association award in the category of Best Mobile Community Service
FM list of Top Companies 2006, MTN ranked second in the annual Financial Mail (FM) Top Companies survey and noted as the only company to appear in the FM�s top 20 in all four years since its inception
MTN Group recognised as the African Mobile Operator of the Year at the inaugural CommsMEA Awards in Dubai
MTN received the gold award in the direct marketing category of the Sunday Times Marketing Excellence Awards 2006 for the www.mtnfootball.com website. The company was also received a gold award in the Sponsorship marketing category for its sponsorship of the MTN Africa Cup of Nations
MTN snatched the Progressive Company of the Year award at the Black Management Forum Presidential Awards for Business Leadership
The MTN Group was awarded the Bond Exchange of South Africa�s (BESA) Spire Award for the Best Debt Issue of 2006 for its ZAR5 billion four-year bond (MTN01) and received 5th place for its ZAR1.3 billion eight-year bond (MTN02) in the same category