MTN group have bid for telecommunications licenses in Ethiopia. MTN confirms that it is participating with equity partners in a bid for a telecoms licence in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most-populous country which represents the last and largest telco liberalisation opportunity in the world. Our participation is aligned with our strategy, Ambition […]
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MTN customers in Nigeria will be unable to buy data on their phones effective 12 midnight till 6am on Sunday, the telecommunication company has said. This was contained in a notice by the mobile network operator on Friday night titled, ‘Service Upgrade Notice’.. Due to an upgrade, data purchase will […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has arrested no fewer than five suspects for allegedly engaging in fraudulently registration and sale of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the arrest was part of the commission’s […]
Innovative and youth-focused telecommunications company, 9mobile has restated its commitment to supporting initiatives that promote a culture of reading and publishing, especially among the youths. The telecom company gave this assurance while marking this year’s World Book and Copyright Day, an event set aside to promote reading, publishing and […]
Telecommunications firm, MTN is committing about $10 billion in the next five years to improving infrastructure, especially telecoms on the continent. The firm, which operates in about 17 African countries, with the largest market being Nigeria, said investment in the telecommunications industry is only going to increase in the years […]
Inundated with requests from the telecom industry for trial Frequencies in certain Spectrum bands for the purpose of verification of certain concepts and theories, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made some clarifications in this regard. The NCC recently said in a public notice titled: Proof of Concept (PoC) […]
Smile Nigeria has explained the recent network outage experienced by its customers. In a statement issued in Lagos, the company regretted the inconvenience the outage may have caused its customers. Smile disclosed that the outage was due to network upgrade and modernization activities that it embarked upon to strengthen its […]
Mr. Muhammed Rudman, Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Nigeria’s first and only neutral IXP, will chair NITRA TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2021 which is slated to hold on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. The event will gather industry stakeholders in the Cloud hosting services […]
Federal Government says it has concluded plans to Kick-start the new rollout of the Digital Switch Over, DSO, in Lagos State, scheduled for April, 29, 2021. DSO, is the process of transitioning from analogue to digital television broadcasting. The transition from analogue to digital television decision followed a treaty agreement […]
Telecommunications companies have insisted that the banks have to pay the N42 billion debt for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and called for the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the dispute. Representatives of mobile network operators said at the […]