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- 26 Nov 2017
Airtel’s ‘Lost’ TVC wins Gold at Epica Awards
By peter oluka Barely six months after it won treble awards at the prestigious African Cristal Festival, Airtel Nigeria’s ‘ Lost ’ Television Commercial has, once again, been adjudged gold winner at…
- 12 Sept 2019
9mobile Maintains Lead in Q2 2019 Porting Activities
Telecom operator, 9mobile has maintained its impressive performance on the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) activity chart as it emerged the highest gainer with more subscribers porting into its…
- 5 Aug 2016
Telecom Operators Record 41,578 Porting Activities in June- NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said that telecoms network operators carried out a total of 41,578 mobile number porting activities in the month of June. This is contained in…
- 8 Jun 2021
Telcos Lose 3m Subscribers in April
Telecommunication companies lost more than three million subscribers in the month of April 2021, according to new industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on…
- 3 Feb 2025
9mobile's Market Share Plummets as Subscribers Flee
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) made this known in its Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Networks Operators Report on its website. According to the NCC’s report, out of a…
- 1 Nov 2021
Telcos Lose 14.3m Subscribers in One Year — Report
Telecommunication companies in Nigeria have lost about 14,348,738 subscribers between September 2020 and September 2021, an analysis of data on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) website.…
- 19 Sept 2014
NCC Ranks Glo 2nd Biggest Network
Latest figures from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) rate Glo as Nigeria’s second biggest telecommunications network. Network subscriber information as at the end of June posted on NCC’s…
- 9 May 2025
Tariff Hike Leads to Decline in Nigeria’s Internet Users - NCC Report
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector witnessed a notable decline in internet users following a 50 per cent tariff hike on voice, data, and SMS services implemented in January 2025. The Nigerian…
- 29 May 2013
Court Orders APCON to Vet Airtel Adverts
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) to perform its statutory obligation of vetting advertising materials submitted to it by…
- 29 Mar 2021
Telcos Lose 11m Subscribers to NIN-SIM Registration
Telecommunication companies have lost some 11.84 million subscribers, according to latest industry statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The loss followed the commencement of…
- 27 Apr 2016
GSM Subscriber Base Hit 148.6m
Total number of GSM subscribers which had peaked at almost 150 million in November last year, dropped to 148.6 million by end of the year. However, on a year-on-year basis the industry subscriber…
- 4 Feb 2021
Telcos Rue 3.3m Lines Lost Due to NIN-SIM Link Directive
Federal government’s directive to stop registration and activation of new Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards in the country might have resulted in the loss of about 3.3 million subscribers…
- 5 Sept 2021
Glo, Only Operator to Achieve Customer Growth in July - Industry Report
Nigeria’s digital solutions provider, Globacom, led the growth of the industry in the month of July, 2021, as it added over a million new customers to its base. According to latest published…
- 19 Jun 2022
SIM-NIN Policy: Telcos Lose 12.33m Internet Subscribers in 2021- NCC
The number of Internet subscriptions fell from 154.29 million as of December 2020 to 141.96 million as of December 2021, showing an eight per cent decline on a year-on-year analysis. This is…
- 10 Jul 2012
Protecting Telecom Infrastructure for Quality of Service
The importance of telecommunications in the national life of the country cannot be over-emphasized. There is virtually no aspect of the ever changing economic landscape of the new digital world that…
- 2 Jul 2012
Telecom Industry Rings Worries Over Vandals
The telecom industry waxed worriedly at the weekend over the growing targeted attacks on telecom equipment, infrastructure and telecom workers and urged the government to declare ICT equipment,…
- 1 Nov 2015
SIM Registration Takes Toll on Telcos, Lose 357, 993 Lines in September
The ongoing SIM registration exercise- activation, re-activation and deactivation, is taking toll on the businesses of telecos as over 350,000 lines have become dormant. According to Nigerian…
- 15 Mar 2016
Glo Earns 95% of New Internet Subscribers in January
Globacom has again distinguished itself as the clear leader and preferred network for data services in Nigeria going by the figures for new internet subscribers released by the telecommunications…
- 8 Apr 2014
Internet Users on GSM Networks Shrinks to 63m in February
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) recorded 63,474,364 internet users in February, as against 64,079,270 users in January, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Monday.…
- 7 Nov 2021
NCC Q3 Report Adjudges Glo Leader in Voice, Internet Subscriber Gain
A Quarter 3 report released recently by the regulatory body for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), revealed that mobile network operator,…
- 12 Jan 2025
Suspected Lakurawa Terrorists Kill 3 Telcoms Workers in Kebbi
Terrorists belonging to Lakurawa group have reportedly killed three staff of a leading telecommunication firm. The insurgents were said to have invaded a construction site at Gumki village in Arewa…
- 22 Apr 2019
Police Arrests 10 Suspected Sim Swapping Fraudsters
Oyo State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected fraudsters who specialised in defrauding their victims by swapping their mobile phone SIM cards, through which they would have access to their…
- 25 Jul 2022
Airtel Africa Buys Kenyan Network Spectrum after Losing Nigeria’s 5G to MTN, Mafab
Airtel Africa has purchased additional spectrum in Kenya to extend its operation in the country, eight months after the company lost the 5G bid to its rivals in Nigeria. The telecommunications firm…
- 8 Dec 2017
Airtel's Touching Lives CSR Initiative is Back
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the commencement of the fourth edition of its award-winning and flagship Corporate Social Responsibity (CSR) initiative,…
- 10 Aug 2015
ARS 5: Rivers State Male, Female Teams Qualify for National Finals
Rivers State male and female teams have emerged winners of the South Regional Championship at the ongoing Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) 5 U-17 football tournament held in Port Harcourt at the weekend.…
- 2 Dec 2014
Ahmed, Kwara State Gov,Commends Airtel’s Positive Impact on Society
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecoms operator, has been commended by Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara State Governor, for its laudable contributions towards the socio-economic development of the state through its…
- 15 Apr 2016
MTN Hardest Hit as Nigeria's Telcos Lose Internet Subscribers
Latest data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) released on its website this week shows that the country's leading telecom operator, MTN, lost more than six million internet subscribers…
- 4 Aug 2015
ARS 5: Benue Boys, Plateau girls Emerge Abuja Regional Champions
The male team from Benue State and the female team from Plateau State will represent the North Region at the National Finals of Airtel Rising Star Season 5 slated to hold in Lagos, after emerging…
- 8 Feb 2017
‘Airtel Touching Lives’ Premiere: A Splendid Night in Honour of Charity
The third series of Airtel Touching Lives premiered last weekend in an elegant event in Lagos. The Lantana Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites was decked in the brand’s rich red to welcome high profile…
- 13 Feb 2017
Airtel Touching Lives Season Three Broadcast Schedule Announced
Following the recent premiere, the third season of Airtel Touching Lives began airing on television at the weekend. According to a timetable circulated by Airtel, Africa Magic Urban broadcast the…