30 results
- 8 Sept 2025
MTN to Shut Down 2G, 3G Services in Ghana
MTN Ghana has announced that it will adopt a gradual approach in winding down its 2G and 3G networks, ensuring that subscribers are given ample time to adjust to newer technologies. According to…
- 1 Oct 2018
Addressing Key Dichotomy In Africa’s Telecom Market With Virtualized 2G
By Christoph Fitih Africa is taking a giant leap of ‘faith’ when it comes to mobile telecom. The region, where over 50% of the population still has no access to mobile phones, has suddenly seen a…
- 4 Jan 2024
ITU Says Nigeria, Others Still Largely 2G, 3G Dominant
International Telecommunications Union (ITU), of the United Nations, has said that Nigeria and the rest of Africa have the lowest 5G coverage rate in the world at only 6 per cent as of December 2023.…
- 10 Dec 2018
Nigeria, Others to Lag as Latest Mobile Technologies Adoption Soar
Nigeria and other sub Saharan African countries have been predicted to still retain second generation (2G) mobile technology in the next five years when other regions of the world would have migrated…
- 18 Dec 2020
Hotspot Network Taps Parallel Wireless for Network Coverage to Nigeria Villages
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the U.S.-based Open RAN company delivering the world's first software-defined end-to-end 5G 4G 3G 2G Open RAN solutions, has been selected by Hotspot Network Limited, a…
- 2 Feb 2017
GSMA Says Low Power Wide Area Networks to Lead IoT Connections
The GSMA has announced that Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) connections are set to exceed 2G, 3G and 4G and become the leading technology for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, with 1.4 billion…
- 10 Feb 2017
Facebook Lite Users Hit 200m
The faster, more data-conservative version of the Facebook mobile app, Facebook Lite, now has over 200 million monthly active users. The app is only 252Kb in size and was designed for 2G networks and…
- 16 Feb 2026
4G Dominates Nigeria’s Broadband as 5G Lags Behind
Nigeria’s broadband landscape remains anchored by 4G LTE at 52.95% market share in December 2025, with 2G holding steady at 37.37%, while 5G penetration crawls at just 3.77%, per Nigerian…
- 16 Feb 2009
TextNigeria Restates Commitment to Quality Mobile Service
TextNigeria, a local mobile marketing solutions company securing distribution rights for 2G and 3G GSM technology, has pledged to continue offering excellent services to its teeming customers.…
- 7 Sept 2009
Ericsson Sponsors e-Health /Telemedicine Conference
World's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators and leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, Ericsson is lending its weight behind the 4th eHealth and telemedicine…
- 18 Sept 2017
Subscribers Groan as 4G Technology Delivers Narrow Band
Telecommunications operators have been involved in the race of adoption of latest technology in service delivery from 2G to 3G and now 4G LTE. These migrations are aimed at delivering reliable and…
- 28 Oct 2014
Ericsson, Telenor Ink Five-Year Agreement for Radio Hardware
Ericsson has entered into a five-year global framework agreement with Telenor Group to provide radio hardware and professional services. The deal, covers the rollout of 2G, 3G and 4G…
- 10 Nov 2015
Network Innovation: The Road to SDN
Most of operators in West African are facing the challenges in the communications network evolution from 2G & 3G to LTE, or from mobile network to fixed mobile convergence (FMC). With the…
- 15 Sept 2010
4G Technological Upgrade and Access Issues
Telecommunications is a space where changes in technology use in delivery of services has posed a challenge for operators. All the different types of technology that operators are using in service…
- 8 Feb 2010
Technological Changes and Telecom Access Issues
One major challenge in telecommunications development in countries especially, those referred to as third world is providing telecommunications access to semi urban cities as well as rural areas. To…
- 7 Oct 2016
LTE to Dominate Machine2Machine Market After 2021- Ovum
Ovum’s latest forecasts show that cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections (not including NB-IoT) will reach 733 million globally by 2021.Ovum’s latest report, “Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M)…
- 2 Feb 2009
3G Network Systems: The Choice & Challenge for Nigeria (1)
In 1995, The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) commissioned a study under the title of ‘Study into Cellular Mobile Telecommunications Market in Nigeria’. The report of that study…
- 31 Jul 2022
Building a Network for Everyone
By Muhammed Rufai The impact connectivity has had on the Nigerian economy and the everyday lives of Nigerians cannot be underestimated. Nigerians were first introduced to the potential of mobile…
- 30 Dec 2016
Top 4 Solutions to Common Mobile Network Issues Faced in Nigeria
Have you ever found yourself in a dire situation where you need to make a super urgent call but your phone network will just not connect …or it connects but you cannot hear the person, vice versa?…
- 8 Nov 2021
eBusiness Life Takes A Deeper Look At the 5G Technology and What it Holds for Nigeria At 5G/GSM @20 Forum
As Nigeria is celebrating 20 years of deployment of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and the Federal Government has set in motion the deployment of the fifth generation (5G) technology,…
- 12 Oct 2018
3G to Emerge Dominant Technology in Africa for the Next 7 Years - Report
The GSM Association's (GSMA's) latest report, The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2018, suggests 3G will emerge as the dominant technology in the region over the next seven years, accounting for…
- 13 Feb 2014
Operators Face ‘Perfect Storm’ of Commercial and Tech Challenges in 2014
Mobile operators are facing a ‘perfect storm’ of challenges in 2014 according to wireless experts Real Wireless. The independent consultancy is warning that carriers have yet to grasp the scale of…
- 23 Jun 2016
GSMA Welcomes 3GPP Completion of LPWA Technologies
The GSMA welcomes the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP) decision to standardise three Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) technologies in licensed spectrum in Release 13. The specifications which…
- 27 May 2021
Ericsson Launches Three-sector Radio for Efficient Site Upgrades, Capacity Boost
Ericsson continues to expand its range of radio products and solutions to simplify site upgrades and capacity expansions as communications service providers execute their network evolution…
- 27 Jul 2015
Ericsson, Airtel Extend Partnership on LTE Deployment
Ericsson has been selected by Airtel Gabon as its sole supplier for the deployment of a new LTE network. The agreement also includes transformation of the existing mobile radio access and core…
- 6 Feb 2015
IDC Ponders On M2M Market for African Mobile Network Operators Viability
While machine-to-machine (M2M) opportunities may be limited across the African continent, significant potential for growth exists, particularly in respect to the deployment of M2M energy, utility,…
- 8 Dec 2009
Nigeria Eyes 4G to Stir Broadband Revolution
Though the 4th generation (4G) mobile technology is still being developed, Nigeria is already looking up to the technology, heir to 3G technology to meet the ever changing telecommunications…
- 18 Feb 2015
UNICEF, Airtel Form Pan-African Alliance to Empower Children & Youths
UNICEF and Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, have entered a partnership agreement to expand their collaboration…
- 3 Jul 2015
How Airtel Emerged 3rd Global Largest Mobile Operator
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, has become the third largest mobile operator in the world in…
- 6 Sept 2015
Infinix Hot 2 x510: Affordable and Dependable Smartphone
Infinix Hot 2 X510, built on Google's Android One framework, is definitely a refresh of last year's hottest entry level smartphone the Infinix Hot. Key is the affordability of the smartphone, which…