Business

Former MTN Nigeria CFO joins Terragon Group

Former Chief Financial Officer of MTN Nigeria, Andrew Bing has been appointed as an independent non-executive director (NED) on the board of Directors of Terragon Group. This appointment, a result of the last board meeting which was held in London comes against the backdrop of the company’s recent transition into a data and marketing technology […]

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Business

GSMA, DFID in Alliance to Push Ghana into Mobile-enabled Digital Transformation

The GSMA, DFID, and are in an alliance with the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ghanaian Government and UNDP to help Ghana harness the power of mobile to deliver life-enhancing services and support the SDGs in Ghana Details about the initiative were unveiled at at a high-level roundtable between the Government of Ghana and mobile industry […]

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Telecoms

MTN Gets Ericsson, Qualcomm into IOT Deal

South Africa’s second biggest mobile operator, MTN, is stepping up its Internet of things (IOT) game. This after the telco roped in Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson and US-based Qualcomm Technologies to complete a lab trial for a Cat-M1 solution with MTN South Africa, in support of MTN’s IOT ambitions. The parties said this is the […]

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Business

Go and Merge, NCC Tells ISPs

THE Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) has advised embattled Internet Service Providers, (ISPs) in the country to consider merging or change their business model in order to remain relevant in the telecoms industry, even as the economic recession persist. Responding to the complaints of ISPs at a stakeholders forum, held in Lagos, South West Nigeria, the […]

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Telecoms

Airtel Deepens Internet Connectivity with Home Broadband Service

TELECOMMUNICATIONS services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has unveiled its Home Broadband Service in line with its commitment to deepen Internet connectivity as well as empower telecoms consumers to share data with a number of people without worrying about cost and other limitations. The new Airtel Home Broadband delivers superfast broadband service via data terminals such as […]

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Business

New Board Takes Over Etisalat Nigeria, Belo-Osagie Quit

A new board of directors have taken the management of Etisalat Nigeria following the restructuring of the company and the subsequent resignation of the erstwhile founding chairman, Hakeem Belo-Osagie. Belo-Osagie who had chaired the board since inception of the company had to step down after the restructuring of the telecommunication company, a development which is […]

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Telecoms

National Broadband Plan May flop, Warns Telecos

THERE are indications that the current National Broadband Plan of the federal government may turned out to be a failure if urgent steps are not taken to address the plight of Tier II telecoms operators who offer broadband services in the country. According to the operators, who are sub-group members of the Assiocaition of Telecommunications […]

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Telecoms

TECNO Mobile Smartphone Launch Shakes East Africa Market

PREMIUM mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile, had Thursday unveiled its latest handset to hit the for this market’s generation. The Camon CX will be available in 41 countries across Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, allowing consumers to take brighter, clearer and faster selfies than ever before. Since the Camon series was African market […]

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Telecoms

MTN Remains Largest Operator, Records Highest Internet Subscription

Despite the challenges arising from the sanctions it had suffered in the last few years, MTN Nigeria has remained the leading mobile network operator in the country as well as spearheading the leadership of data service in the sector. Latest statistics obtained by TechnologyMirror from the National Bureau Statistics, (NBS) in its first quarter March […]

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Telecoms

Facebook Spreads Creative Ideas from West Africa to California

Facebook intends to take feedback and inspiration from the developer and content creator communities back to California following his visits to Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal this week. Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer who was in West Africa to find out how the region’s creatives, developers and entrepreneurs are using Facebook and Instagram to bring their […]

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