Category: Telecommunications

Vodacom to acquire 20% stake in Kenya’s Safaricom

Vodacom Group Ltd, the African subsidiary of Vodafone Group, has reached an agreement to acquire...

Telecom sector defies economic headwinds, grows 5.78% in Q3 2025

Nigeria’s telecommunications sector demonstrated remarkable resilience in the third quarter of 2025, posting a real...

NAICOM orders NIN linkage for insurance policies

The National Insurance Commission, has issued a directive mandating individual customers of insurance companies to...

Telecoms sector cuts 383 jobs amid soaring operating costs — Report

The telecommunications sector shed 383 jobs in one year as operating costs surged, according to...

5G adoption soars in Nigeria amid infrastructure shortfall – Report

Nigeria is witnessing a rapid surge in the uptake of 5G-enabled smartphones, even as the...

Telecom operators record unprecedented surge in data usage – Report 

Telecom operators in Nigeria, including MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and other Internet Service Providers, are witnessing...

MTN eyes fibreX broadband expansion to eight million homes

MTN Nigeria aims to expand its FibreX broadband network to over 8 million homes by...

ONSA dismantles cartels disrupting telecoms infrastructure – NCC

Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Aminu Maida, announced that the Office of the...

FG scraps 5% telecom tax on calls, data

The Federal Government has officially removed the five per cent excise duty earlier imposed on...

Nigerians shift to WhatsApp calls as voice tariffs rise

Nigerian mobile phone users are transiting to data calls over increasing tariffs charged by telecommunications...

T2 partners Huawei to rebuild ailing core network

T2, the Nigerian telecom operator formerly known as 9mobile, has turned to Chinese infrastructure giant...

T2 posts first monthly growth of the year

Telecommunications company T2, formerly 9mobile, posted its first subscriber growth of the year in July,...