{"id":852,"date":"2025-05-16T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=852"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:29:09","slug":"mtn-and-airtel-ink-network-sharing-agreement-in-nigeria-uganda-to-cut-costs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=852","title":{"rendered":"MTN and Airtel ink network-sharing agreement in Nigeria, Uganda to cut costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MTN-Airtel-banners-936X500-v2-1536x820-1-1024x547.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MTN-Airtel-banners-936X500-v2-1536x820-1-1024x547.webp 1024w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MTN-Airtel-banners-936X500-v2-1536x820-1-300x160.webp 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MTN-Airtel-banners-936X500-v2-1536x820-1-768x410.webp 768w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MTN-Airtel-banners-936X500-v2-1536x820-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MTN Group and Airtel Africa have signed an agreement to share network infrastructure in Nigeria and Uganda, a strategic move aimed at reducing rising operational costs while expanding mobile coverage to underserved areas. The rare collaboration underscores a broader shift toward cost optimisation among African telecom giants as currency devaluation and economic headwinds strain profitability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2025\/03\/26\/mtn-and-airtel-network-sharing-agreement\/\">To read more click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN Group and Airtel Africa have signed an agreement to share network infrastructure in Nigeria and Uganda, a strategic move aimed at reducing rising operational costs while expanding mobile coverage to underserved areas. The rare collaboration underscores a broader shift toward cost optimisation among African telecom giants as currency devaluation and economic headwinds strain profitability&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}