MTN to invest $3.5bn in Nigeria’s economy
The MTN Chief, Mcebisi Jonas, has revealed that the company plans to invest $3.5 billion in the Nigerian economy over the next…
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Nigeria’s telecoms investment hits $75.6bn – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission reported on Wednesday that as of 2021, the country’s telecoms sector has received 75.6 billion dollars in both…
Phone users hit 233m, add 2.5trn to GDP – NCC
The National Communications Commission has stated that as of April 2023, there were 223.8 million mobile phone customers in Nigeria, and in…
Unified exchange rate’ll help telecom sector – ATCON
The proposed unified exchange rate by President Bola Tinubu has been hailed by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria as a development…
MTN to build new $320m fiber network
The largest mobile network provider in Africa, MTN Group Ltd., plans to invest $320 million in an inland fiber cable that will…
Telecom workers threaten to embark on three-day strike
Bisola David Huawei Technologies Company Limited has been served with a three-day warning strike notice by the Private Telecommunications and Communications…
How Airtel Africa investors lost N556bn in one day
Airtel Africa Plc, one of the largest telecoms companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, suffered a loss of around N556…
Airtel commissions Gombe’s largest primary school
Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company, announced the opening of its seventh adopted school, Government Day Primary, as part of its ‘Adopt-A-School’ corporate…
How mobile subscriptions hit 4.61 million in 2022 – NCC
New industry figures from the Nigerian Communications Commission show that mobile subscriptions have increased by 4.61 million, reaching 226.84 million in 2022.…
NCC approves harmonized short codes for telecom services
The Nigerian Communications Commission has instructed mobile network operators to start implementing authorized harmonised short codes for offering specific services to telecom users in…
Nigeria has 100% broadband penetration – Buhari
The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, claimed that broadband penetration was at 100% throughout the nation. According to The Punch, he…
Debt: MTN, Airtel, others to disconnect banks’ USSD code
Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria, Gbenga Adebayo, has revealed that network operators will detach banks from…