Editing Telecommunications in Eswatini (section)

==Ownership and regulation==
[[Eswatini]] is one of the last countries in the world to abolish an almost complete monopoly in all sectors of its telecommunications market. Until 2011, the state-owned operator, [[Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications]] (EPTC), also acted as the industry regulator and had a stake in the country's sole mobile network, in partnership with South Africa's [[MTN Group]]. In a bid to enter the mobile market independently, SPTC transferred its stake in MTN and the regulatory authority to the government. In return, Swazi MTN received a [[3G]] licence and the right to provide its own backbone network and international gateway. However, proposals have been made to reinstate SPTC's monopoly on the national backbone and the international gateway, and MTN is challenging SPTC in the courts over its move into the mobile market.<ref name=Budde-Swaziland-2014>[http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Swaziland-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband.html "Swaziland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband"], BuddeComm. Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref>