We asked South African mobile network operators how their efforts to fight battery theft and vandalism at their towers are going.
Vodacom says it spends approximately R100 million each year fighting battery theft at its base stations but added that incidents of theft and vandalism at its sites have stabilised over the past year.
It said this is thanks to its investment in security at its base stations. The mobile operator uses several methods to protect its infrastructure, including:Cementing batteries in vaults and housing them in concrete cubes;Through community and South African Police Service engagement. “Over the past years, MTN has put additional security measures and partnered with various stakeholders to protect its network infrastructure, such as local policing forums, law enforcement authorities, private security companies and communities at large,” said O’Sullivan.
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