MTN used its keynote session at the recent GSMA-mHA Mobile Health Summit to state that partnerships with various players in the value chain are necessary if mHealth is to grow beyond test pilots into a mainstream global opportunity. “We can sell airtime well but we are not specialists in healthcare – our philosophy is to partner with companies that know,” commented Christian De Faria, SVP, Commercial & Innovation, at African operator giant MTN. “We have to complement each other and be respectful of the regulatory environment in every country. By partnering we know that the service we provide will be reliable and up to standard.” With pilots up and running in countries such as Ghana and South Africa, De Faria claimed that “mHealth is not a question of if or when, it is already happening. It is a must.”