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- 24 Aug 2015
Towers Operators Spend N175m Daily to Power BTS
Telecommunications tower operators spend some N175 million every day on diesel which is used to power generators at their towers housing base transceiver stations (BTS) that make it possible for…
- 2 Feb 2015
Operators Use 1.4m Litres of Diesel Daily to Power BTS
Telecommunications towers in the country consume about 1.4 million litres of diesel to power base transceiver stations (BTS) that make it possible for Nigerians to use GSM to make and receive…
- 30 Nov 2018
Kogi Unseals BTS Following NCC’s Intervention
Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor, on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of telecom Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), bringing back to service over 120 sites following a meeting with the Nigerian…
- 18 Aug 2014
Experts Rule out Distress in Massive BTS Sell Off
The recent massive sell off of transceiver stations (BTS) tower assets by major telecommunications operators in Nigeria including MTN, Airtel and Etisalat is a new business model to cut…
- 29 Jan 2019
NCC, MTN Meet Over Closure of BTS in Kogi
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will this week meet with Kogi State top officials to resolve the MTN’s base transmitting station (BTS) shutdown issue. Mr Sunday Dare, NCC’s Executive…
- 21 Sept 2010
Nesrea Shutdown of BTS Affects Service Quality- Alton
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has said that it could no longer guarantee quality of service in some…
- 18 Aug 2014
BlackBerry Appoints Chennakeshu, President of BTS
BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in mobile communications, on Monday, announced the appointment of Dr. Sandeep Chennakeshu to lead a new business unit to be called BlackBerry Technology…
- 1 May 2016
Telcos Need Over 180,000 BTS to Shore up Service
Mobile telecommunications operators in the country require over 180,000 base transceiver stations to effectively cover the country with improved quality of service, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 26 May 2008
Exploring BTS outsourcing, Collocation options for cost reduction
Telecommunications operators are faced with operational challenges that include theft and vandalization of equipment as well as pressure from authorities to reduce number of towers. These bring to…
- 30 Mar 2009
Telcos Build 20,000 BTS as Phones Ring across Nigeria
As at last count, some 20,000 base stations, sites that enable mobile phones to work, now dot Nigeria’s skyline from east to west and north to south, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal.…
- 6 Oct 2015
ALTON Seeks Compensation for Telcos over BTS Destroyed by Boko Haram
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called on Federal Government to extend its compensation for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to telecommunications…
- 18 Jan 2010
VNL Flaunts $15,000 BTS to Shore up ARPU
Solar-powered base station, a groundbreaking innovation particularly useful now in the middle of the free falling average revenue per user (ARPU) will be widely available in the country in the coming…
- 31 Aug 2010
Telcos Berates Nesrea for Shutting Down BTS
The manner with which some telecommunications operators’ base stations were shut down by the National Environmental Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Nesrea) last week has been…
- 27 Nov 2017
Operators Eye Mobile IoT, Want Barriers to BTS Deployment Removed
Information and communications technology experts in the country have urged governments at all levels to ease policies on deployment of telecommunications infrastructure as MTN and Huawei plan to…
- 21 Oct 2020
Telcos Kick as Kogi Slams New Tax on BTS
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators in Nigeria (ALTON) have kicked against the introduction of business premises tax on transceiver…
- 7 Jun 2015
N/East Indigenes Block Repairs of Bombed Telecom Facilities
Repairs of base transceiver stations (BTS), cell sites and other telecom infrastructure damaged by Boko Haram, the radical Islamic insurgents have been halted by local indigenous communities…
- 9 Nov 2014
FG Connects 111 Communities to Telephony Services at Igbo Olodumare
Dr Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has commissioned one of the several Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) deployed across the South West region by Odu’atel through subsidies…
- 9 Sept 2014
NCC Frowns, Lists Dangers of Sealing Base Stations
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed displeasure at the incessant closure of telecommunication Base Transceiver Station (BTS) sites across the country by various agencies of…
- 29 Jan 2016
Telecom Operators Threaten to Shut Down Networks in 7 States
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) said it may be forced to shut down network services in seven states over closure of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) by the…
- 19 Mar 2025
USPF to Deploy Transceiver Stations in Rural Nigeria by 2030
Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) has unveiled plans to deploy 1,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) across rural communities in Nigeria by 2030. The initiative, in collaboration with…
- 21 Jan 2021
3G, 4G Telecom Towers in Nigeria Now 53,460 -Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said that third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) base transceiver stations (BTS) deployment in…
- 8 Nov 2012
Operators Cry as Lagos Demands N3m Ground Rent
The Lagos state government has increased ground rent paid by telecommunications operators that have base stations (BTSs) in the state from N40, 000 to N3 million per BTS and operators said this…
- 11 Sept 2012
Alton Rues Boko Haram Attacks, Effects on QoS
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has said that the attacks and destruction of telecommunications Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) and other infrastructure in…
- 12 Apr 2016
IHS Sends SoS to Shittu, Comms Minister, Indicts States’ on Poor QoS
IHS has stressed the urgent need to pass into law the Critical National Infrastructure Bill in order to protect the Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) from arbitrary site lock up and vandalism. Mr.…
- 22 Mar 2015
Operators Buy Obsolete Towers, Seek Investment for Upgrade
Telecommunications tower operators are seeking fresh funds from international finance institutions to upgrade some outdated base transceiver stations (BTS) they acquired from telecommunications…
- 6 Jul 2026
Beyondsurface Hairhub Equips Women Entrepreneurs with Practical Business Structure Skills at Free Lagos Seminar
Beyondsurface Hairhub successfully hosted the maiden edition of the Beyond The Strands Business Seminar (BTS 2026) on June 30, 2026 at TheWrkoutHub, Lagos, under the theme "Business Structure Made…
- 12 Mar 2018
Give Us 9mobile and We Will Transform it in 90 Days- Smile
Smile Telecoms Holdings has said it would reposition the company and make it attractive again within a space of 90 days, if given the opportunity to acquire it. This is despite the big fall of…
- 14 Mar 2018
Teleology Looks for $50m to Pay Non-Refundable Deposit for 9Mobile
Teleology, the special purpose firm that reportedly emerged the preferred bidder for the acquisition of 9Mobile has till this week to pay a $50 million non-refundable deposit as the 21-day deadline…
- 19 May 2009
CV Comms Moves to Reduce Operational Cost of Telcos
CV Comms West Africa Limited, a privately owned company with operations in Europe and Africa has begun full operations in Nigeria. The company which provides complete turnkey service for a wide range…
- 21 Oct 2013
Ajayi, ATCON Boss Calls for Removal Barriers to Telecom Growth
Lanre Ajayi, president, Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), on Monday urged the Federal Government to remove barriers limiting the expansion of telecommunications services…