MTN grows subscribers by 3.5 million

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an advertising poster for MTN on a street in Lagos, Nigeria
DURBAN – 
MTN Group has grown its subscribers by 3.5 million in the quarter to end September, with active data subscribers increasing by 4.7 million quarter-on-quarter to 87 million subscribers. 
The group now serves 244 million customers across its 21 markets. 
In the nine months period, the group’s service revenue increased by 9.6 percent and its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin improved by 0.6 percent to 35.1 percent. 

Source: iol.co.za