Most significantly, the closing value of the Nigerian
naira at 20,42 naira per rand has strengthened by 5% from the exchange rate
at 31 March 2005. The strong prepaid subscriber
growth in the last quarter was partially as a result of connection promotions.
MTN South Africa launched broadband (3G and EDGE) services in June 2005.
"Africa is a significant and growing contributor to the world's
energy economy, but diseases like malaria continue to wreak havoc on
the health of African people.

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In line with these results, the
adjusted profit after tax (PAT) of R6,7 billion for the nine-month period was
very satisfactory being only 8% lower than the R7,3 billion (restated ) for
the prior 12-month period. The strong growth in subscriber
numbers was fuelled by sustained demand and very low connection fees. Blended ARPU declined to US$22 but has remained
strong and relatively stable throughout the period, with a marginal ARPU
level of approximately US$14.
MTN Cote d'Ivoire recorded 1 079 000 subscribers as at 31 December 2005,
being a 16% increase from 932 000 since acquisition.
FOOTBALL SPONSORSHIP
In line with the MTN Group's commitment to football , MTN South Africa and
Infront Sports + Media have signed an exclusive agreement for the rights to
provide video material on mobile phones from each match during the 2006 FIFA
World Cup(TM) in June. For more information,
please visit http://www. Economists believe that malaria is responsible for a
growth penalty of up to 1.
Today's announcement comprises 24 grants including programs
specific to nine African countries and international programs
promoting the research and development of new medicines and advocating
for international change and support.

About the ExxonMobil Africa Health Initiative

ExxonMobil established the Africa Health Initiative in 2000 to
support and centrally fund activities related to the prevention,
control and treatment of malaria.

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The Group is reporting on this basis for the first time. The prepaid component of the subscriber base continued to
drive this growth and increased by 30% or 1 971 000 net connections to 8 581
000 subscribers representing 83,8% (31 March 2005: 82,6%) of the total
subscriber base.
During the year, the Group obtained competition approval for the sale of
Orbicom, and this transaction was concluded at a profit to the Group of R23
million.za.

ExxonMobil Announces More Than $5 Million in Grants for Malaria

Medisend International: For the supply of medical, surgical,
diagnostic and therapeutic medical supplies and equipment to hospitals
in need in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.
Centre de Support en Sante Internationale de Institut Tropical
Suisse au Tchad: For the rehabilitation of the Kome health clinic in
Chad.

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Says Phuthuma Nhleko, MTN Group CEO: "We are satisfied with our results
and in light of the Group's strong free cash flow generation, especially by
the South African operation, coupled with its strong financial position, we
are pleased to declare a dividend of 65 cents per share for the period. The acquisition of the 51% controlling interest for R1,398 billion
became effective on 1 July 2005. As a business with
major oil and gas production operations in five African nations and
petroleum retail, marketing and distribution activities in more than
twenty, ExxonMobil is keenly aware of malaria's devastating impact on
individuals, communities and economies.
Africare: For community based malaria intervention and early
treatment in Angola (particularly focussed on refugees and internally
displaced persons).

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As expected, because of the slower uptake of new data services, more
than 95% of data revenue is still being generated by SMS.
MTN Nigeria continued to perform well, increasing its subscriber base to
8 370 000, a 50% growth since 31 March 2005.
The acquisition of the 100% interest for R347 million became effective on 10
August 2005.
MTN Congo Brazzaville recorded 210 000 subscribers as at 31 December 2005
with an ARPU of US$21.
Project Hope: For a 'Village Health Bank' pilot program in
Mozambique.

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The MTN Group has changed its financial year-end to 31 December in line
with its operational cycle and to align itself with its international peer
group. The postpaid base increased by a healthy 19% over the
nine-month period to 1 654 000 subscribers.
Last night, 22 March 2006, MTN South Africa went live with High Speed
Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) or 3G Evolved. MTN Nigeria has managed to increase tariffs from the extremely low
levels in February 2005. MTN
Uganda still enjoys its position as the market leader , with 63% of mobile
market share. MTN purchased 100% of this company for R656 million
which was effective on 1 December 2005. In 2005, the MTN Group successfully
purchased a 49% shareholding in Irancell of Iran. An African child dies from malaria every thirty
seconds.

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Included in the
total number of postpaid subscribers are 281 000 My Choice Top-up subscribers
who generate significantly lower ARPU than average postpaid subscribers. The
tariff environment has remained competitive, particularly in the reseller
market. A second operator has been licensed but has not yet
commenced operation .

3 percent per year in some African
countries.
Population Services International (PSI ): For social marketing of
long-lasting insecticide treated bednets in Angola and Cameroon.

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MTN Nigeria 's network roll out is
proceeding as planned with the commissioning of 498 new base stations and
five new switches during the nine-month period. The
acquisition of the 44% interest for R846 million became effective on 29
September 2005.
On the assumption that current market conditions endure, the MTN Group
Board expects the Group to continue to show good subscriber growth, maintain
a strong market position in all of its existing operations and deliver
sustainable and increasing medium- to long-term returns to its shareholders. As a
consequence, the Board expects continued satisfactory growth in earnings for
the year ahead.
The licence, which is valid until October 2006 and is exclusive for the
territory of South Africa, covers all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World
Cup (TM) and also gives MTN full access to the archive material from the 2002
FIFA World Cup(TM), which took place in Korea and Japan.
The MTN Group has secured the title sponsorship of the Africa Cup of
Nations for 2006 (which was successfully held in Egypt in January to
February) and 2008 , as well as the CAF Champions League until 2008.
UN Foundation: AFRICA LIVE, the Roll Back Malaria Concert
featuring Youssou N'Dour, Senegal, March 2005.

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As almost half of the Group's revenue and profit is generated outside of
South Africa, the fluctuation in the functional currencies of the Group's
international operations against the rand continues to affect the Group's
consolidated results. The ARPU decreases were the
result of continued penetration into lower usage segments.
Data services contributed 8,2% towards total revenue, excluding handset
revenue. This investment is now accounted
for as a subsidiary. In terms of the licence, 10% of the equity in this business will
be available for ownership by Zambians.
American Red Cross: For bednet distribution in conjunction with
national measles vaccination campaigns in Equatorial Guinea and Chad.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS for the Nine-Month Period Ended 31 December 2005

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, - Group subscribers
exceed 23 million
- Revenue of R27,2 billion
- EBITDA of R11,2 billion
- EBITDA margin of 41,3%
- PAT of R 6,7 billion
- Adjusted HEPS of 338,2 cents
- Headline EPS of 359,8 cents
- Dividend per share of 65 cents
- New investments in Cote d'Ivoire (51%), Zambia (100%), Botswana (44%),
Congo Brazzaville (100%) and Iran (49%)
The MTN Group is pleased to announce continued strong growth for the
nine-month period ended 31 December 2005.

The overall contribution by all the Group's operations outside of South
Africa, including the new acquisitions, increased to 44% of revenue, 56% of
EBITDA and 49% of adjusted HEPS, from 40 %, 50% and 44% respectively for the
prior 12-month period.
3G coverage is currently available in the key metropolitan centres while 31%
of the South African network is EDGE enabled. This provides customers with
high-speed access to MTN South Africa's data offerings as well as video-based
services . The focus of the operation remains on
maintaining network quality standards while increasing coverage in the
rapidly expanding market.
PROSPECTS
The Group's vision is to be the leader in telecommunications in
developing markets. The
campaign teaches preventative actions and distributes discount
vouchers for long-lasting insecticide treated bednets to pregnant
women. The program will combine micro-credit lending with health
education.

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"We believe that improvements in public health serve as the basis
for broader economic and social gains," said Mr. Tillerson. The project includes community education on
prevention and case management, volunteer training, and the provision
of anti-malarial drugs and literature.

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REVIEW OF RESULTS
The MTN Group reports adjusted headline earnings per share (HEPS) of
338,2 cents for the nine months to 31 December 2005 (the period) compared
with 366 cents for the 12-month period ended 31 March 2005.8 Mbps (megabits per second) with a maximum potential of 14 Mbps in the
future. Irancell has awarded the infrastructure tenders and is expected
to launch commercially by September 2006.

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Total capital expenditure for the period was lower than
expected at R3,8 billion. As previously reported, identifying the most
appropriate mechanism to broaden the Nigerian shareholder base continues to
receive attention and further announcements will be made at an appropriate
time. However, increased market penetration resulted in ARPU
declining slightly to US$15. Details will be made available at a
later stage. As at 31 December 2005, the MTN
Group recorded more than 23 million subscribers across its operations in
Africa.
World Economic Forum - Global Health Initiative: To support the
establishment of technical standards for workplace malaria management,
create advocacy materials and negotiate public-private partnerships.

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Basic headline earnings per share is 359,8 cents compared to
382 cents (restated) for the prior 12-month period .
Looking ahead, we expect to continue to show good subscriber growth in all
our operations. Postpaid and prepaid ARPU experienced decreases to R541 (March 2005:
R576) and R93 (March 2005: R97) respectively . The implementation of this
technology is a first for Africa and 11th in the world. HSDPA improves
the end-user experience by increasing peak downlink data speeds initially to
1.mtn.
Malaria also presents major obstacles to social and economic
development.

ExxonMobil Africa Health Initiative

2005 Grant Awards include:

Academy for Educational Development / Netmark: To run the
successful Help Us Help campaign in Cameroon, Ghana and Zambia.

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During August 2005 , MTN Banking, a joint venture wit Standard Bank, was
launched in South Africa to leverage the strategic mobile banking opportunity. In order to further consolidate its position on the
continent and to diversify its investment portfolio, the Group will continue
to explore value-enhancing expansion opportunities, principally in Africa and
the Middle East. Opportunities complementary to the core mobile telephony
business will also be pursued.
Capital expansion programmes in Nigeria, South Africa and Iran are expected
to provide further impetus to subscriber and revenue growth.

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OPERATIONAL REVIEW
MTN South Africa achieved strong subscriber growth in both the postpaid
and prepaid segments with subscribers increasing by 28% to 10 235 000 at 31
December 2005. It is encouraging to note that more than 57 000 subscribers have
utilised MTN's 3G offering. Irancell
On 21 November 2005, the Minister of Communications and Information
Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued the second GSM licence to
Irancell Telecommunications Services Company (Irancell) . This is an exciting greenfield opportunity with Iran's
population estimated at 69 million and current mobile penetration at
approximately 11%. The rights granted are in the category of Mobile
Telephony .
Issued by MTN Group Corporate Affairs
About the MTN Group
Launched in 1994, the MTN Group is a multinational telecommunications
group, operating in Africa and the Middle East. Nine out of ten
malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly in young children
and pregnant women . ExxonMobil is proud to support Africa's progress towards this
public health goal.
MENTOR (Malaria Emergency Technical and Operational Support): To
build the capacity of Angolan emergency health providers by
disseminating and developing standardized use of Roll Back Malaria
best practice in malaria prevention, diagnosis and case management.

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The results of the new operations are only accounted for from the effective
date of acquisition and the full financial benefits of the acquisitions will
only be reflected in the 2006 financial year.
All profits generated by the MTN Nigeria business to date have been
reinvested into the Nigerian operation. Market share is
estimated at 47% and ARPU for the six months ended 31 December 2005 was
US$20.

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This increased the rand value of the Nigerian assets and
liabilities, while the average exchange rate of 20,23 naira per rand is 6%
stronger than the average rate for the prior 12-month period. Nine hundred and eighty
kilometres of optic fibre have been installed, which will only be
commissioned in the next financial year, and this will significantly increase
backbone capacity. Mascom Wireless Botswana recorded 479 000 subscribers on 31
December 2005, an estimated market share of 67% and an ARPU of US$21. The partners' share was funded through a commercial
arrangement. MTN customers will be able to activate a service via the MTNLoaded
portal, WAP, USSD or Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to have content
delivered to their cellphones. Through our Africa Health Initiative, we
are working to support governments and health care providers to reduce
the impact of this devastating disease," said Rex Tillerson,
president , Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Malaria is a disease that is preventable, treatable and curable,
yet every year there are at least 300 million acute cases of malaria
globally, resulting in more than one million deaths.
Medicines for Malaria Venture: To support the development and
discovery of new malaria drugs.

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In line with its vision to be the leader in telecommunications in
developing markets, the MTN Group successfully concluded acquisitions during
the period in Cote d'Ivoire (51 %), Zambia (100%) and Congo Brazzaville
(100%), which are being consolidated as subsidiaries, as well as in Iran
(49%) and Botswana (44%), which are being proportionally consolidated as
joint ventures .
ARPU has remained constant at R149. MTN acquired a 49%
share in Irancell. MTN operates in 10 African countries - Botswana, Cameroon, Cote
d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville ), Rwanda, South
Africa, Swaziland, Uganda and Zambia.

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Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of
R11,2 billion also demonstrated sound growth when compared to the EBITDA of
R12,0 billion for the prior 12-month period.
The new acquisitions accounted for 3,5% of revenue and 3,7% of EBITDA,
but had an insignificant impact on adjusted HEPS for the period as the
positive contribution of the new operations was offset by exchange losses and
finance costs related to the funding of the acquisitions.
MTN Nigeria continues to hold the largest share of the local market with
an estimated 47% market share. The growth in subscribers is largely due to the launch of
per-second billing as well as the "Me2U" airtime transfer product.
Aggressive marketing and promotional strategies helped MTN Uganda
increase its mobile subscriber base by 26% to 982 000 from 31 March 2005. The MTN Group is listed on
the JSE Limited under the share code: "MTN".
Every adult who accompanies a child under five years to the
vaccination post will receive a free bednet .

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Although not
directly comparable with the prior 12-month period ended 31 March 2005 ,
revenue of R27,2 billion for the current period compares favourably to
revenue of R29 billion for the prior 12-month period.
Programme Germano Cameronais Sante / Sida: Community education
relating to safe water and sanitation (cholera prevention) in
disadvantaged communities in Cameroon.

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This increases
the rand earnings contributed by MTN Nigeria.
As expected, blended ARPU for the nine-month period declined by 8% to
R169. ARPU
declined to US$16 for the period, driven by the connection of lower usage
subscribers. In addition,
the company was capitalised with EUR150 million (US$175 million) as part of
the licence requirement and MTN funded its own and its partners' share of
working capital.

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The MTN Group acquired the remaining 40% in MTN Network Solutions, a
first-tier Internet Service Provider, to better position itself in a
converged telecommunications environment . MTN Swaziland increased its subscriber base to 213 000,
a 36% increase from 31 March 2005 and still enjoys 100% mobile market share.co.
Safe Blood for Africa: For the continuation of efforts (training ,
testing, equipment) to ensure a disease-free blood supply in Nigeria.

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MTN Strengthens Leadership in Africa With Strong Results and Declares Dividend

The reported adjusted HEPS and adjusted PAT exclude the beneficial
financial impact of the further recognition of the deferred tax asset
accounted for by MTN Nigeria, as well as the effects of an obligation which
one of our subsidiaries has to purchase a certain portion of its own equity
("put option"). As at 31 December 2005, these new operations accounted for 1
866 000 subscribers, being 8%, of the Group's 23,2 million subscriber base.
Other operations
MTN Cameroon has maintained market leadership in a highly competitive
trading environment and has an estimated market share of 54% and 1 248 000
subscribers.
With 100% mobile market share MTN Rwanda recorded 275 000 subscribers and
an ARPU of US$17. The MTN Group funded the licence fee of EUR300 million
(US$350 million) through a commercial arrangement with Irancell. The Group currently has operations in 10 countries across
Africa, and commencement of commercial operations in Iran is expected in the
second half of 2006.
In April 2000, African Heads of State committed themselves to an
intensive effort to halve the malaria mortality for Africa 's people by
2010. While malaria is the focus, other
health-related projects are funded where there is significant
identified local need.
Harvard Malaria Initiative: To research the mechanisms and
genomics of the African malaria parasite, to identify novel drug
targets, and to train African scientists in anti-malarial drug
techniques.

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MTN achieved its
first HSDPA call to corporate customers on 29 November 2005. MTN Zambia recorded a 6% increase in
subscribers, since acquisition, to 97 000 subscribers with an ARPU of US$20.

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IRVING , Texas----Exxon Mobil
Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced more than $5 million in
community grants to help fight malaria in Africa.