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- 27 Dec 2022
Direct Carrier Billing Industry Consolidates Footprint in Africa and the Middle East
The global rating of the region keeps stable at 2.8 points; 4 countries enter the DCB Index for the first time; Data shows promising DCB potential for countries such as South Africa, Morocco, UAE,…
- 6 May 2021
9Mobile Taps Tecnotree to Replace Billing Solution
9Mobile, Nigerian operator has selected Tecnotree, digital business support systems (BSS) company to replace its wholesale and carrier billing solution. 9Mobile, also known as Emerging Markets…
- 6 Apr 2010
Glo Bags City People GSM Company of the Year Awards
National Telecoms Carrier, Globacom Limited, recently emerged the GSM Company of the Year at the 13th City People Awards for Excellence held at the Liberty Hall, Lekki Expressway, Lekki, Lagos.…
- 30 Sept 2020
Huawei Launches Mondia Pay on Huawei Mobile Services in Nigeria, Others
Huawei, in cooperation with digital payment entity, Mondia Pay, now offers Direct Carrier Billing service (DCB), for seamless, contactless payments for users in the MEA region through Huawei Mobile…
- 23 Jan 2018
9mobile, Bango Launch Payment Solution
9mobile has partnered Bango, a leading global mobile payments company, to launch operator-billed payments for Google Play users. With this, customers can through 9pay, pay for an array of…
- 7 Dec 2012
Debts Mount as Telcos Shun Clearing Houses
Telecommunications operators in the country have reverted to the old system of passing traffic directly without going through clearing houses, a development that has led to the current high…
- 8 Nov 2012
NigComSat Corporation Bill Rings Controversy
Industry experts have said that autonomy for Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited (NigComSat) was an invitation to failure and creation of another white elephant destined to go the way of the now…
- 4 Sept 2018
FG Targets MTN for Cash as Buhari Govt. Tightens Rules Ahead 2019 Elections- Expert
The many troubles of MTN group in Nigeria may both economic and political play the federal government of Nigeria, according to Ron Klipin, an analyst at Cratos Wealth in Johannesburg. Klipin,…
- 14 Dec 2012
NCC Blames Exchanges, Others for High Indebtedness
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has attributed the high incidence of interconnection indebtedness in the telecommunications industry to inability of Interconnect exchanges to pay operators…
- 25 Aug 2008
Globacom 5th Anniversary: Building Africa’s Biggest Network
Precisely Friday, August, 29 th Globacom will be celebrating five years of its operation as a telecommunications company in the country. Globacom, Nigeria’s Second National Operator launched…
- 14 Jul 2015
eRetail Sales to Reach $1.7 Trillion this Year
New data from Juniper Research has revealed that global eRetail sales are expected to reach $1.7 trillion this year, up by more than 17% on 2014’s total. It argued that while recent growth had been…
- 18 Aug 2008
Caruso, Nitel Boss Says New Team Will Improve Operation
Mr. Kevin Caruso, managing director/CEO of Nigeria Telecommunications Plc (Nitel), has said that the appointment of a new board for the national carrier became imperative to enhance the operations of…
- 27 Apr 2016
Eskimi Joins Mobile Ecosystem Forum
During the last 2 years Eskimi became a media company with multiple mobile products covering more than 15 markets in Africa and Asia. Eskimi currently owns a mobile social networking site Eskimi.com,…
- 31 Jul 2015
‘Social’ Shopping Drives 2015 Global eRetail Sales to 17% High Says Juniper
Global e-retail sales are expected to grow strongly by more than 17% to reach US$1.7tn this year, as social media companies are increasingly acting as direct sales platforms, which is likely to give…
- 17 Jul 2015
Airtel Africa Partners Samsung, Singtel on Continental Application Challenge
Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia has launched an application challenge for startup developers as it…
- 23 Feb 2009
Interra Networks Rolls Out First-Rate Outsourcing Services in Country
Apherion Outsourcing, established by Interra Networks to provide outsourced business and technology solutions to organizations in the public and private sectors, has positioned to take companies and…
- 15 Jun 2010
Insurance and Banking in Nigeria: Any Relationship?
Under the financial services sector, banks and insurance companies fall within the same tripod, alongside the capital market. As the Central Bank of Nigeria continues in its reform of the banking…
- 4 Oct 2016
WTL Bags Capacity Africa Wholesale Award for Its Rural Telephony System
World Telecom Labs (WTL), at the inaugural Capacity Africa awards, picked up another accolade for its Vivada (Village Voice and Data) system. Capacity Africa awards celebrate excellence and…
- 18 Jul 2018
FG Names New National Carrier ‘Nigeria Air’
The Federal Government has unveiled the name and logo for the national carrier that would be launched at the end of this year. The name; ‘Nigeria Air’ was unveiled by the Minister of State for…
- 30 Sept 2020
Netflix Moves Against Showmax with Cheaper Mobile only Subscription
Netflix Inc, American Technology and Media service giant, has concluded plans to introduce cheaper, mobile-only subscription in Nigeria and the rest of Africa in order to strengthen its presence in…
- 15 Feb 2018
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Ban Huawei, ZTE Phones
U.S. intelligence agencies have issued a stern warning to Americans: Do not buy smartphones made by Chinese tech companies Huawei or ZTE. Top officials from the CIA, NSA, FBI and the Defense…
- 24 May 2010
Insiders Guide to Buying Term Insurance
Most people consider cost the primary reason for choosing one insurance policy over another. While cost is certainly important, there are additional and by no means less important factor which must…
- 7 Sept 2016
MTN Tests Nigeria’s IPO with Bond Offer
MTN Group Ltd. plans to gauge investor interest in a possible bond offering as Africa’s biggest mobile-phone company by sales seeks funds to pay for dividends, capital expenditure and a record 330…
- 30 Nov 2009
Mobile Money Ventures, CPNI partner to Offer mobile payments
Mobile Money Ventures and CPNI Inc. say they will be working together to offer financial institutions a comprehensive solution that integrates CPNI’s mobile commerce solutions into MMV’s…
- 15 Jan 2016
Shittu Off to China, Markets NIGCOMSAT to Int'l Community
Mr. Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, would attend an international conference on space technology in Belarus, China with the view to improve the nation's cyber space and the…
- 23 Dec 2021
MTN Nigeria Launches RCS Business Messaging with Google and Dotgo
MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), has launched RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo®, a Gupshup company and a leading cloud communications…
- 6 Apr 2009
Glo Emerges GSM Company of the Year at City people Award
Glo Mobile, the GSM arm of Globacom, has been voted the GSM Company of the Year, at the 12th City People Awards for Excellence held in Lagos recently. Just like last year, the company beat MTN…
- 21 Mar 2018
NIPOST Launches e-money Service at Enugu Trade Fair
The Nigerian Postal Service has launched its Electronic online Money Order Service at the ongoing 29th Enugu International Trade Fair. The NIPOST Post-cash is the only medium through which…
- 13 Jun 2016
Blackberry Completes BES12, Other Solutions Integration for MDM
BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in secure mobile communications, said that it has completed another step of its integration of the BES®12, Good Dynamics and WatchDox® by BlackBerry products for a…
- 7 Sept 2018
Air Peace Rewards Technovation Winners with free tickets
Air Peace, Nigeria’s leading carrier, has congratulated five Anambra State students and their teachers on emerging victorious at the recent Technology challenge held in the United States, by…