{"id":226379,"date":"2026-03-08T13:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/namibia\/namibia-mtc-rules-out-immediate-telecom-tower-spin-off\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:25:37","slug":"namibia-mtc-rules-out-immediate-telecom-tower-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/namibia\/namibia-mtc-rules-out-immediate-telecom-tower-spin-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: MTC Rules Out Immediate Telecom Tower Spin-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"35\"><em>Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) says it has no immediate plans to separate its tower and other passive infrastructure assets into a standalone company, distancing itself from a trend gaining traction in the global telecommunications industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"38\">Telecom operators in several regional and international markets have increasingly spun off tower portfolios and other passive infrastructure into independent entities. The model is often used to unlock capital, improve operational efficiency and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202603060142.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Namibia\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) says it has no immediate plans to separate its tower and other passive infrastructure assets into a standalone company, distancing itself from a trend gaining traction in the global telecommunications industry. Telecom operators in several regional and international markets have increasingly spun off tower portfolios and other passive infrastructure into independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":226380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[723],"tags":[258,256,18890,4706,724,257,10967,254,53849,13292,18892],"class_list":["post-226379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-namibia","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-mtc","tag-namibia","tag-namibia-news","tag-news","tag-rules","tag-south-africa-today","tag-spinoff","tag-telecom","tag-tower"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}