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South Africa’s Telkom under pressure as shares plummets

South African company, Telkom is facing pressure on its profit margins as its share price falls by more than 30 percent over the last month. It was gathered that this was a result of poor results and the failure of telecommunication giant, MTN to take over the operator. The company had earlier warned its stakeholders […]

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NIN: MTN, Airtel bar 9.7 million subscribers

The Mobile Telephone Network and Airtel have reportedly barred 9.7 million of their subscribers from making outgoing calls over their inability to link their National Identification Numbers to their Subscriber Identity Module. The telecommunication companies disclosed this in their recent earnings reports. The report stated that 16.2 million subscribers whose lines were barred had submitted […]

MTN has been given the approval to take over the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway construction under the road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme of around ₦202.8 billion.
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FEC okays MTN’s ₦202bn Enugu-Onitsha road takeover

MTN has been given the approval to take over the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway construction under the road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme of around ₦202.8 billion. According to The Punch, The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday made the announcement through the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Fashola disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after […]

MTN launches 5G network
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MTN launches 5G network

Telecommunications giant, MTN, launched commercially launched the fifth-generation technology, in Nigeria on Sunday. The launch took place during an event that enabled guests to test the use of the technology. Nigeria becomes the third African country to have launched the 5G network, after Kenya and South Africa, following MTN’s establishment of the technology in Lagos. […]

MTN launches 5G network
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MTN tests 5G in Lagos, six other states

Telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc on Thursday began an open 5G experiment in preparation for the imminent launch of 5G services in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Owerri, and Maiduguri. According to The PUNCH, the Nigerian Communications Commission has set August 24 as the date when 5G licensees must begin rolling out. Meanwhile, […]

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MTN, Guinness, Unilever, 27 others commit to PLWDs’ employment

Over 30 multinational companies and institutions including MTN, Unilever, Guinness, among others, have pledged to engage qualified Persons Living With Disabilities in their various workforces, the Federal Government announced on Friday. Speaking on the side-lines of the Inclusion Works Programme organised by Sightsavers Nigeria in Abuja, which focused on empowerment and employment for PLWDs, the […]

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NIN registration hits 80.7 million weeks after SIM ban

The Nigeria Identity Management Commission has issued 80.7 million National Identification Numbers, exactly 19 days after the agency deactivated about 72 million telecommunication subscribers for failing to comply with the Federal Government’s NIN-Subscriber Identity Module policy. The data on NIMC’s portal showed that the number of issued NINs hit 80.7 million on April 23, 2022, […]

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SIM-NIN: Telcos lose N76bn, subscribers stranded

Telecommunication companies have lost about N75.78bn as subscribers struggle to link their National Identification Number to the Subscriber Identity Module, about 22 days after the Federal Government directed telecom companies to bar defaulting consumers from making outgoing calls. On April 4, the Federal Government directed telcos to restrict outgoing calls on all lines that had […]

FG halts planned 5% tax on GSM calls, SMS
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NIN: Bar outgoing calls from unlinked SIMs, FG orders telcos

The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number effective today, April 4, 2022. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this in a statement on Monday, saying that the […]