MTN yet to transfer Transnet cellphone numbers to Vodacom
MTN is seeking leave to appeal the court order
Nine months after losing a R325m deal to Vodacom, MTN has still not handed over the contract to its rival. Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub told Business Day on Monday it was “a bit frustrating” that MTN had not complied with orders from the courts and the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) that it transfers all Transnet numbers and relinquishes the contract. MTN, which has provided these mobile voice and data services to Transnet for years, has refused to port the Transnet numbers on the premise that both the first and second versions of the tender process were irregular and skewed in its rival’s favour. MTN said in court documents earlier in 2018 that it wanted Transnet’s contract with Vodacom, which was signed in February, to be set aside as the tender process had been "marred with irregularities". However, the high court dismissed the case in June. But Jacqui O’Sullivan, corporate affairs executive at MTN SA, said the operator had petitioned the Supreme Court of Appeal...
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