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- 4 Oct 2021
Airtel Africa Announces Offer to Buy Out Nigerian Minorities
Airtel Africa has announced that Airtel Networks Ltd., (Airtel Nigeria), its subsidiary, has initiated a process to buy back 8.27 per cent minority shareholdings at N55.81 per share. Simon O’Hara,…
- 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…
- 21 Jul 2020
NCC Recalls 41.2m Unused Lines, Okays New Numbering Plans for 37 Telcos
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn some 41, 240,448 million lines that have been left inactive or unused by telecommunications licencees across 36 states of the country over the…
- 10 Dec 2021
5G Deployment: NCC Conducts Mock Auction of 3.5 GHz Spectrum
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the…
- 6 Feb 2012
Rule of Law @ Test in Econet Wireless Dispute
After long drawn years of legal tussles in and out of court corridors, the recent judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna reinstating Econet Wireless Ltd’s equity in Airtel Networks…
- 1 Feb 2021
COVID-19: Lagos Lawyer Asks Court to Stop NIN Registration
A Federal High Court Lagos on Monday, fixed Feb.15 to hear a suit challenging the ongoing process of linking the National Identification Number (NIN) with Mobile lines. Justice Mohammed Liman fixed…
- 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…
- 15 Nov 2021
CBN Grants Airtel Approval-in-Principle to Operate Super Agent
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Airtel Nigeria the approval in principle to operate super-agent network in Nigeria. Airtel Africa, the parent company of Airtel Nigeria, announced this in a…
- 24 Feb 2022
3.5GHz Spectrum: MTN, Mafab Pay for Licences
MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. Dr.…
- 30 Jun 2020
Mustapha, Airtel Staff Bags 5 Years Jail Term for Fraud
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has sentenced Jeremiah Mustapha, a customer service representative of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, to five years Imprisonment for facilitating N2.2 million fraud.…
- 2 Dec 2021
NCC Debunks Allegation that it Moved 5G Deadline After only MTN Submitted Bid
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied media reports that it moved 5G deadline after only MTN submitted bid. The Commission debunked this in a statement issued by the Dr Ikechukwu…
- 24 Feb 2014
NCC Slams N647m Fines on GSM Operators over Poor Service
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday slammed a total fine of N647.5 million on Airtel, Globacom and MTN Nigeria, the three major GSM service providers for failing to meet the Key…
- 10 Jul 2017
Dangote, 6 Others in Trouble for Breaching Telecom Law
Federal government has reportedly threatened to prosecute Alheri Engineering Company Limited, a telecoms business unit of Dangote Group and six other companies for contravention Nigerian…
- 5 Mar 2024
Barred Phone Lines: Lagos Lawyer Demands N10Bn Damages from Telcos, NCC
Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, Lagos-based activist and lawyer, has dragged telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria as well as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to a Lagos Federal High…
- 9 Aug 2014
FG to Cut Taxes for Telcos
Federal Government is planning to reduce taxes on telecommunications infrastructure to encourage firms to spend more on their networks, Dr Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications…
- 22 Feb 2016
Operators, Google, GSMA Align Behind Adoption of Rich Communications Services
Global operators, including América Móvil, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Globe Telecom, KPN, Millicom, MTN, Orange, PLAY, Smart Communications, Sprint, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera,…
- 11 Jun 2021
Swedish Embassy, NOTAP to Collaborate in Capacity Building for Nigerians in Technology, Innovation
The Swedish Embassy has expressed willingness to collaborate with the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) in building capacity for Nigerians in Science, Technology and…
- 15 Mar 2019
Court Faults Bharti Airtel Purchase of Airtel Nigeria Shares from Ecobank
Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Bharti Airtel’s purchase of Airtel Nigeria shares from Ecobank in 2018 was contemptuous and amounted to a flagrant disobedience of a court order. The…
- 9 May 2013
NCC Slams Fines on GSM Majors over Sim Cards
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed fines on four mobile services operators for contravening the provisions on pre-registration of SIM Cards in Nigeria, infurtherance of the…
- 2 Nov 2012
Segun to Replace Swaroop as Airtel Nigeria Boss
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced the appointment of Segun Ogunsanya as the chief…
- 9 May 2022
MTN Expresses Readiness to Deploy 5G ahead of Timeline
MTN Communications Nigeria (MTN Nigeria) Plc has said it was ready to roll out the fifth generation (5G) services ahead of the timeline contained in the Information Memorandum (IM) prepared by the…
- 13 Apr 2021
ScholarX Partners with Airtel to Launch Mobile Learning Platform
ScholarX Technologies Ltd., an EdTech start-up has announced a strategic partnership with leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, to launch LearnAM, a new mobile learning…
- 3 Nov 2024
MobileCoreX Taps Wireless Technology Labs in Multi-Million Dollar Deal to Build New Mobile Core Network across Nigeria
Wireless Technology Labs (WTL) today announced that it has been chosen by MobileCoreX Ltd (MCX), Nigeria’s premier Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE), to spearhead the development of the country’s…
- 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…
- 11 Nov 2014
Aflix Storms AfricaCom with Samsung Pre-installed Aflix App
Africa’s leading Video-on-Demand streaming service, Aflix is showcasing its services including a Samsung Smart TV pre-installed Aflix app at the 2014 AfricaCom in Cape Town, South Africa. Aflix which…
- 12 Jul 2015
Airtel Nigeria Names Owolabi as HR Director
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Gbemiga Owolabi as director, Human Resources. According to the telco, the appointment, which takes…
- 26 Apr 2022
CBN Grants Airtel Full Super-Agent License
Airtel Nigeria has been granted a full super-agent license from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is coming six months after Airtel announced it had secured the license in principle. The latest…
- 28 Jun 2019
Airtel Africa Drops 15% in Early Trade after London Debut
Airtel Africa shares fell as much as 15% on Friday after its London stock market debut, hitting a low of 67 pence ($0.85) against an initial public offering price of 80 pence. It was trading at 70.5…
- 29 Jun 2016
GSMA Launches Initiative for Rich, Interoperable Messaging Experiences
GSMA hasannounced that AIS, Axiata Group, Beeline, Bell Mobility, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal…
- 14 Dec 2021
5G: Mafab, MTN Emerge Winners in Nigeria's 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction
After 11 rounds of bidding that lasted eight hours, Mafab Communications Ltd and MTN Nigeria Plc, have emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the…