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- 7 Aug 2024
MTN Nigeria Renegotiates Tower Lease Agreement with IHS, ATC Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has renegotiated its existing infrastructure sharing and master lease agreements with IHS Tower Nigeria Limited and ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure Solutions Limited (ATC) . …
- 21 Mar 2024
Errol Ambler-Smith, ATC Nigeria’s CEO Cleared by the Federal High Court of Contempt Allegations
On November 21, 2023, HEDA Resource Centre in Nigeria, without putting the parties on notice and in their absence, obtained an interim order from the Federal High Court in Lagos preventing ATC…
- 20 Dec 2018
ATC Nigeria Confirms Smile Communications is not Indebted It, Withdraws Disconnection Notice
ATC Nigeria has confirmed that Smile Communications Nigeria is not indebted to it. To affirm Smile’s non-indebtedness, ATC has also withdrawn the earlier Disconnection Notice. …
- 21 Jun 2018
Obaseki Lauds ATC Nigeria Over Digital Village
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has commended the American Tower Company (ATC) Nigeria, for the laudable initiative in supporting the state government’s skills development programme for youth…
- 18 Sept 2017
21st Century Technologies Makes History, Becomes Check Point’s ATC in Nigeria
Check Point Software Technologies Limited, the worldwide leader in securing the internet has appointed 21st Century Technologies Limited, Nigeria’s ICT powerhouse as the authorized training centre…
- 14 Nov 2023
ATC Africa Partners MTN Nigeria to Boost Connectivity with Green Energy Sites
ATC Africa, a branch of American Tower Corporation, has formed a strategic partnership with MTN Nigeria, the leading mobile network operator in the country, to enhance wireless connectivity through…
- 8 Mar 2024
Court Sets aside Earlier Order Stopping MTN and ATC from Constructing Base Stations in Nigeria
Justice Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has vacated its Interim Order made on November 21, 2023, barring MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure…
- 24 Jun 2024
Court Dismisses Base Stations Lawsuit Against ATC, MTN
ATC Nigeria, a subsidiary of American Tower Corporation, and MTN Nigeria scored a major victory in court last week over constructing or operating base transceiver stations “within close proximity” to…
- 8 Aug 2024
ATC Africa Appoints Soji Maurice-Diya as New CEO for Nigeria
ATC Nigeria has appointed Soji Maurice-Diya as its new Chief Executive Officer. Soji Maurice-Diya, who joined the company in 2018, initially helped in driving growth and innovation as the Commercial…
- 7 Dec 2023
IHS Reportedly Seeking to Foil ATC’s Deal on MTN Nigeria Towers
IHS Holding has offered improved commercial terms to MTN Nigeria for the lease of 2,500 towers it lost to American Tower Corporation (ATC) saying the move would prevent network disruption in Africa’s…
- 28 Oct 2024
ATC, ProFuturo Expand Digital Education Programme to Nigeria
American Tower (ATC), a provider of digital communications infrastructure, and ProFuturo, a digital education programme promoted by the Telefonica Foundation and Spanish not-for-profit banking…
- 12 Dec 2023
Award of Tower Contract to ATC for 2,500 Sites Final- MTN Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has said that the award of tower contract to ATC for 2,500 sites is final. The telecom giant was reacting to media reports saying that IHS Towers has offered the company improved terms…
- 12 Mar 2024
ATC Masts: Court Disagrees with MTN, Rules that HEDA Resources has Locus to Institute Case
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has ruled that HEDA Resources Centre has a right to institute the case against the ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure Limited and MTN Nigeria over the…
- 13 Feb 2024
Group Seeks to Jail American Tower’s Nigeria CEO for Contempt of Court
Incorporated Trustees of Human Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre have asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to commit the Managing Director of ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure…
- 28 Nov 2015
NCC Boss Pledges End to Multiple Regulations, Taxes
If talks with the Nigerian Governors Forum (MGF) are anything to go by, multiple regulations, taxes and right of way issues will be over soon, according to Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice…
- 15 Jul 2025
Over 5,600 Pupils to Benefit as ATC, ProFuturo Partner on Tech-Driven Learning
American Tower Corporation (ATC) Nigeria and the ProFuturo Foundation have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming the educational sector through digital innovation and technology.…
- 24 Apr 2024
When Will Enough be Enough for MTN Nigeria? -- By Olayiwola Luqman, FCA
The history of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) is replete with controversies and litigation unlike other players in the telecom sector. Some might argue MTN’s size naturally attracts its…
- 16 May 2019
LSETF Partners IBM To Enhance Digital Skills Of Lagos Youths
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) through its technology-driven programme, ‘Lagos Innovates’, has in partnership with IBM, and leading wireless infrastructure provider, ATC Nigeria,…
- 27 Dec 2020
Lagos Pockets Some N4.6Bn from Telcos in 2019
A research conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown that Lagos State earned a total of N4.6 billion from different kinds of charges from telecoms operators in 2019. The…
- 13 Jun 2019
ATCON Unveils Speakers for 5th Edition of TERF
Following the announcement of the date for the 5th edition of its Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF), the National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of…
- 2 Jul 2024
HEDA Appeals Ruling on Construction of New Base Stations
Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lagos which struck out its suit seeking to stop the construction of new base stations. A base…
- 26 Jul 2018
Edo Innovation Hub Maps Sustainability Path, Completes Training for 724 Entrepreneurs
The Edo State Government-backed Edo Innovation Hub, a cluster for innovators and inventors in Benin City, has trained at least 724 entrepreneurs in less than three months of operation and has now…
- 7 Mar 2017
NCC Talks Tough on QoS, Pleads for Forex for Telcos
Worried by the degenerating Quality of Service (QoS) provided by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other service providers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday read the riot…
- 12 Oct 2022
Airtel Africa Partners American Towers Corporation to Expand Green Network
Airtel Africa and American Tower Corporation (ATC) have entered into a multi-year partnership that will enable Airtel, via ATC’s Africa operation, to utilise communication sites to support its…
- 8 Sept 2014
Bharti Airtel Targets $1Bn From Sale of Nigeria Towers
Bharti Airtel is expected to reach an agreement on the sale of its telecom towers in Nigeria for more than $1 billion within the next three weeks. American Tower Company (ATC) is believed to be…
- 3 Dec 2016
NCS Confers Fellowship on Ogochukwu, 13 Others
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has conferred its professional fellowship on members who through their expertise have contributed to the advancement of information technology in Nigeria. Engr. Ifeanyi…
- 3 Nov 2014
Sanusi, Others Caution Against Bill to Ban ATC from Embarking on Strike
Sanusi Mohammed II, Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, said the federal government must do away with obnoxious laws that seek to ban trade unionism in the…
- 6 Oct 2025
ntel Gets Fresh Capital Injection for 2026 Relaunch
cntel has secured another round of undisclosed funding set to return the company to commercial operations by early 2026. Soji Maurice-Diya, The funding, arranged by the Asset Management Corporation…
- 31 Dec 2015
How Tech Helped Tower Operators Curb Generators, Diesel Theft
Some years back when Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications and code division multiple access (CDMA) operators were in control of their telecom towers there were outcries over incessant theft…
- 3 Nov 2014
NATCA Gives NAMA 21 Day Ultimatum
Air traffic controllers under the Uumbrella of the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (NATCA) have issued a 21 day ultimatum to the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency…