Telecoms

MTN Nigeria to Run Limited Trial of e-SIM Technology

In its continued drive to lead digital transformation, foster inclusion, improve customer experience and maintain the highest quality of service for its customers MTN Nigeria Plc (MTN) today announced the trial of e-SIM services on their network based on approvals received from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The next step in the evolution of Subscriber […]

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Telecoms

Glo Marks Smartphone Festival with Six Months’ Bundled Data for Customers

In its bid to offer more value to customers and consolidate its leadership in Nigeria’s telecommunications market, digital transformation leader, Globacom, has announced a phone festival for the benefit of its teeming subscribers. Called the Glo Smartphone Festival, it is designed to offer subscribers who purchase mobile phones from any Gloworld outlet up to six […]

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Telecoms

Layer3 Marks 15th Anniversary, Reflects on Growth Impact

Layer3, an information technology (IT) services provider has reassured its numerous customers of enhanced quality service delivery, just as it marks its 15th anniversary. Speaking on the company’s anniversary, the CEO of Layer3, Oyaje Idoko, said the occasion was an opportunity to reflect on its growth over the past decade-and-half. “For 15 years, we have […]

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Telecoms

Airtel Deploys India’s Largest Open Cloud-based VoLTE Network

Nokia said its CloudBand-based software products are powering Bharti Airtel’s Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network in India. The network supports over 110 million customers, making it the largest cloud-based VoLTE network in India and the largest Nokia-run VoLTE in the world. The cloud-based VoLTE deployment allows Airtel to provide its mobile customers faster and more […]

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Technology

NCC Unveils N9m Grant for Virtual Hackathon on Covid-19 Tech-Driven Solutions

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has opened entry for adaptable digital solutions for addressing the impacts of pandemic and epidemic prone-diseases from technology hubs, startups, and innovation digital SMEs in Nigeria. The commission, in a public notice on its official website said though a regulator it also supports the development of innovative services and life-changing solutions, […]

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Telecoms

ATCON Pledges Support for Implementation of NCC’s Five Year Strategic Management Plan

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has said that it will give support to the implementation of the five year Strategic Managment Plan of the Nigerian Communications Commission, which unveiled by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy,Dr. Isa Pantami in the nation’s capital city, Abuja. President of ATCON, Mr. Olusola Teniola in […]

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Business

NCC Signs MoU with FIRS to Verify VAT Amount Payable by MNOs in Every Transaction

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to ensure the tax agency ascertain accuracy and completeness of value added tax (VAT) elements and other taxes payable in the transactions of telecoms operators. With the MoU, the FIRS will be able to integrate an […]

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Telecoms

MainOne, AWALE Partner to Support Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

West Africa’s connectivity and data center provider, MainOne, has gone into partnered with AWALE, a neutral network operator that provides high speed data transmission capacity via its fiber optic cables installed on the national transport and electricity, to support the Crisis Cell of the Ivoirian Government in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure […]

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Telecoms

Kwara Govt Slashes Right of Way for Fibre Optic Cable from N5,500 to N1 Per Km

The Kwara State Government, South West, Nigeria, has joined the list of states in the country slashing the Right of Way for telecommunications infrastructure, following a directive from the Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq ordering the slashing of the Right of Way (RoW) fee for telecommunications firms from N5,500 per linear metre to N1 per kilometre of […]

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Telecoms

Again, MTN Name Most Admired African Brand

MTN has again been ranked as the ‘Most Admired African Brand’ based on spontaneous consumer responses in Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands 2020 survey. The survey, which was released on Monday, shows that MTN is also the only African brand in the rankings of the ‘Most Admired Brands in Africa’. #MTN has again been […]

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