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- 22 Apr 2026
FCCPC Licenses 5 Firms for Airtime, Data Lending as Telcos Step Aside
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has approved five companies to provide airtime and data lending services in Nigeria, following the suspension of such services by mobile…
- 9 Jul 2017
NIWBQR Ranks Smile Top in QoS, Globacom for Coverage
National Independent Wireless Broadband Quality Reporting (NIWBQR) which measures the quality of customers’ experience in mobile wireless networks in Nigeria, has ranked Smile Communications first in…
- 8 Apr 2021
Zinox Set to Deploy Broadband Connectivity in South East
Zinox Technologies Ltd., Nigeria’s foremost indigenous Information Technology powerhouse, is set to connect the entire South East region to the information super-highway, with the rollout of…
- 9 Sept 2015
Smile Secures $365m Financing Towards 4G Expansion in Africa
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, today announced plans to use US$365 million funding…
- 14 Jul 2017
GSMA Unveils New ‘Mobile for Development’ Initiatives
At the 2017 Mobile 360 – Africa, the GSMA announced several developments in its Mobile for Development programme, all of which support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…
- 7 Oct 2018
Nigeria Gradually Emerging as Centre for Technology Innovations - Shittu
Dr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, over the weekend said that Nigeria is gradually emerging as a centre for technology innovations cutting across all sectors. The minister stated…
- 3 Aug 2022
MTN Launches Home Broadband Services
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has launched Home Broadband services to accelerate broadband penetration in alignment with the Federal Government’s plan to achieve over 70% broadband penetration by…
- 2 Jan 2025
Telcos Firms Seek 100 Percent Tariff Hike to Survive Economy
Telecommunication companies in Nigeria are lobbying their regulator for permission to double price tariffs to weather harsh economic conditions and inflation running near a three-decade high. “We’ve…
- 2 Dec 2008
Local Firm, Galaxy Wireless Signs $650M Satellite Deal
Galaxy Wireless Communications Limited, a broadband wireless technology integrator has confirmed a deal in excess of $650 million with O3B Networks Ltd to provide extra capacity on its existing…
- 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…
- 7 Jul 2019
Patronage, Multiple Taxation Hobble Broadband Network Expansion
Lack of state governments’ patronage of broadband services to enhance their operations of governance as well as multiple taxes have been identified as major obstacles to broadband expansion drive of…
- 27 Nov 2016
Stakeholders Blame Lack of Investment in Network for Narrow Band
Telecommunications stakeholders have decried poor internet services delivered to subscribers in the country in the guise of broadband even with the launch of 4G LTE, blaming it on operators’…
- 10 May 2024
Collaborative Action Needed to Boost Digitalisation in Nigeria and Support Economic Growth
In the face of serious economic and developmental challenges, the Nigerian Government through the Strategic Blueprint of the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy has…