30 results
- 24 Nov 2020
Disputed Airtel Shares: O and O Networks Limited, Ecobank Appeal Judgement
O&O Networks Limited is appealing an unfavourable Court of Appeal Judgment that was delivered yesterday, and relating to shares that it previously owned in Airtel Networks Limited. The case is…
- 14 May 2012
Airtel Capped Best Network, Launches Intelligence Nerve Centre
Airtel Networks Limited was last Wednesday capped the mobile telecommunications operator with the best service quality in the country by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The even…
- 7 Dec 2022
5G: Airtel Emerges Sole Bidder of Second 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction
Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel) has emerged as the sole bidder for the advertised 3.5GHz spectrum band. This was announced by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in a press statement sent…
- 21 Oct 2019
NCC Approves of Airtel to Disconnect Globacom Network Over Debt
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network. The regulatory agency said the approval was because of…
- 21 Mar 2019
O&O Network Appeals Court Order to Deposit N22.5Bn for Airtel Shares
O&O Network has filed a notice of appeal against the ruling of the Federal high court ordering it to deposit N22.5 billion with the chief registrar of the court pending the determination of the…
- 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…
- 11 Feb 2015
Airtel Completes ASO Network, Reveals Plans for Enterprises’ Data Coverage
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecoms operator, has scaled up its investments in its Enterprise network infrastructure in a renewed drive to deepen its network quality and provide innovative solutions to…
- 17 Mar 2019
Forfeiture Claim on Airtel Shares False- Subsidiary of Ecobank Group
O&O Networks Limited, Special purpose vehicle owned by the Ecobank Group has said that contrary to certain media reports, there is no forfeiture order of the Federal High Court of Nigeria in its…
- 9 Feb 2024
Airtel Africa Establishes a Fibre Asset Network
Airtel Africa has entered the intense fight for the continent's fibre market by establishing Airtel Africa Telesonic Limited to manage its fibre assets. This week, the company unveiled Telesonic, a…
- 9 May 2023
Airtel Africa Pays N58.7bn for Spectrum License Renewal
Airtel Africa has announced that its Nigerian subsidiary, Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Nigeria), paid N58.7 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to renew its 2×10 MHz 2100 MHz…
- 6 Mar 2017
Millicom, Airtel Unite in New Operation
Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Millicom) and Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel) have announced an agreement for Tigo Ghana Limited and Airtel Ghana Limited to combine their operations in Ghana. As…
- 16 Mar 2014
Airtel Pledges Commitment to FG's National Broadband Plan
Airtel Networks limited, has pledged its commitment to the Federal Government’s plan to address the penetration and utilisation of broadband. This is coming a few months after the Federal Government…
- 17 Feb 2016
Airtel Adopts Yahaya Hamza Primary School, Zaria
Airtel Networks Limited, has announced the adoption of Yahaya Hamza Primary School, Zaria, Kaduna State, as part of its education initiative, Adopt-a-School. The adoption was announced yesterday,…
- 11 Oct 2020
Appeal Court Orders Airtel to Pay N4.8Bn Judgement Debt
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has ordered Airtel Networks Limited to pay a debt of N4,888,434,208.92 to a telephony products and services distributor, Plus Limited while upholding an October…
- 26 Jan 2026
Court Fines Airtel N210m for Unauthorised Use of ‘Nigeria Go Survive’ Song
Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday awarded a total of N210 million in damages against Airtel Networks Limited for copyright infringement arising from the…
- 1 Sept 2016
Airtel Mulls Listing on NSE
The Management of Airtel Networks Nigeria Limited has hinted at a possible listing of the company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in no distant time. According to Daily Trust, Segun Ogunsanya,…
- 24 Apr 2017
Five Years Later, Airtel Rolls Out 4G Service Pan Nigeria, Partners ZTE
Airtel Networks Limited, has announced a strategic partnership with ZTE, Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment/systems Company and world leader in mobile Internet hardware and solutions,…
- 20 Dec 2017
Bharti Airtel To Become 2nd Strongest Teleco in Rwanda After Millicom’s Deal
By peter oluka Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 17 countries across Asia and Africa, Tuesday said that, through its…
- 7 May 2014
Airtel Restates Commitment to SME Growth in the Country
Airtel Networks Limited, one of the Nigeria’s leading telecommunications companies, has restated its commitment to boosting SME growth and contributions to the economy. Tolu Ojo, the…
- 23 May 2013
Akanmu Resigns as CMO of Airtel
Olu Akanmu, has resigned his appointment chief marketing officer, Airtel Networks Limited, with the company to pursue other interests-with effect from Wednesday, May 22. According to Mr. Segun…
- 17 Feb 2012
Econet Wireless Wins Again as International Tribunal Awards it Damages
Econet Wireless Limited has said it has come out victorious for a second time in less than a month in long-running legal cases to establish its ownership rights to shares in the Bharti Airtel…
- 28 Apr 2026
Court Orders MTN, Airtel to Keep Airtime and Data Credit Running
Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and Airtel Networks Limited from suspending or restricting airtime and data credit services operated by Nairtime Nigeria…
- 14 Nov 2019
Airtel Nigeria Eyes $70m Spectrum for Better LTE Services
The proposed acquisition of additional 10 MHz spectrum in the 900 MHZ band in Nigeria for a consideration of $70 million has been announced by Airtel Africa Plc, a leading pan-African provider of…
- 30 Apr 2026
Court Order Ensures Access to Essential Airtime and Data Services for Millions of Nigerians
The Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja Judicial Division, interim injunction on 24 April 2026 restraining MTN Nigeria Communications PLC and Airtel Networks Limited from suspending or interfering…
- 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…
- 4 Sept 2024
Airtel Nigeria gets approval for three licenses
National Communications Commission (NCC) has granted three licences to Airtel Nigeria Telesonic Limited, a subsidiary of Airtel Africa. These new licences will enable the company to expand its fibre…
- 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…
- 21 Dec 2015
MTN, Lawyer Urge Court to Declare NCC's $3.9Bn Fine Illegal
MTN Nigeria has urged the Federal High Court, Lagos to quash the $3.9 billion sanction imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The action came as a lawyer, Abubakar Sani, in a…
- 10 Jul 2014
Airtel Divests Telecoms Tower Assets to Helios Towers
Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and Helios Towers Africa (“HTA”), the leading…
- 16 Dec 2021
Lawyer Slams N1Bn Suit against NCC, Others over Network Shutdown
Gloria Ballason, a human rights lawyer, has filed a N1 billion suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the legality of the shutdown of telecommunication networks and internet services in…