Unwanted Messages: How NCC Makes 8 Million Mobile Lines ‘Untouchable’

Unwanted Messages: How NCC Makes 8 Million Mobile Lines ‘Untouchable’

‘ATCON Honours NCC for Consumer Initiative’ Not less than eight million telecommunication mobile lines (8Million) have been reserved as untouchable from unsolicited telemarketing and unwanted messages, this the industry regulator, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The Executive Vice Chairman...
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Jumia Declares 31-Days ‘Black Friday Festival’ in Nigeria

Jumia Declares 31-Days ‘Black Friday Festival’ in Nigeria

Jumia Nigeria, an e-commerce firm, said it would deepen online shopping in Nigeria with its up to 80 per cent discount Black Friday Festival. Black Friday is a shopping season, where shops offer promotional or discounted sales. Mrs Juliet Anammah,...
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MTN Appeals N4Billion Industrial Court Ruling for ex-Employee

MTN Appeals N4Billion Industrial Court Ruling for ex-Employee

Telecoms giant, MTN Nigeria, has rejected the verdict of the National Industrial Court which awarded cost of over N4billion in favour of a former employee of the telco, noting that it had filed an appeal against the said judgement at...
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MTN, TD Mobile Okay Freetel ICE 2 Android Smartphone

MTN, TD Mobile Okay Freetel ICE 2 Android Smartphone

TD mobile and MTN have thrown their weight behind Freetel ICE 2- the latest android smartphones- from Japanese Original Equipment Manufacturer- designed for the Nigerian market. They vouched the device is okay to experience qualitative services if used in the....
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MTN Returns to Profit-making After Turbulent 2016

MTN Returns to Profit-making After Turbulent 2016

MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator, says it has moved away from a turbulent 2016 that highlighted the risks of the company’s emerging markets strategy to a profit-making firm. MTN said on Thursday in Johannesburg that it’s earnings for...
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MTN Set New Tariff Plan Without Regulatory Approval

MTN Set New Tariff Plan Without Regulatory Approval

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to the country’s largest telecom firm MTN, seeking clarification on the manner in which it set new tariffs for its over 10 million customers, without its approval. In the letter, dated July 7,...
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SAVE MTN, AIRTEL, ETISALAT, GLO, FROM DISTRESS, ALTON URGES NCC, CBN

SAVE MTN, AIRTEL, ETISALAT, GLO, FROM DISTRESS, ALTON URGES NCC, CBN

Telecommunications operators have urged Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to re-priotise its foreign excahnge regime policy and the industry suspended data floor price in order to save operators from economic distr...
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MTN To List Shares on Nigeria Exchange Dec.

MTN To List Shares on Nigeria Exchange Dec.

MTN General Manager, Mr Nikiwe Tsaagane has the telecommunication company would list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this year. Tsaagane, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology,...
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‘Struggling’ MTN, Airtel, Etisalat, Glo Customers Reduced to 149 Million

‘Struggling’ MTN, Airtel, Etisalat, Glo Customers Reduced to 149 Million

Active telecommunication subscribers in Nigeria has reduced from 152,467,198 in March, 2017 to 149,249,510 in the month of April. The telecommunications industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/...
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Twenty-One Telecoms Operators Quit Nigeria in 10 Years

Twenty-One Telecoms Operators Quit Nigeria in 10 Years

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) says 21 telecommunications operators have gone into extinction in the country in the last 10 years. ALTON Chairman, Mr Gbenga Adebayo made this known during the ”Broadband Summit 201...
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