MTN Group subscriber base down 1.4% in Q1

(Telecompaper) MTN Group subscribers decreased by 1.4 percentin the first quarter to about 229 million at the end of March, impacted by the disconnection of subscribers in Nigeria due to the subscriber registration required there. On a constant currency basis data revenue increased by 20.1 percent annually, contributing 24.2 percent to total revenue. Voice and data traffic increased by 12.1 percent and 123.3 percent respectively year-on-year. The company said the contraction was mainly in N