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- 30 Jun 2022
MTN Nigeria Taps Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka as General Manager, Fixed Broadband
MTN Nigeria has appointed Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka as General Manager for its Fixed Broadband Business. Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka Onyinye is a business leader with over 23 years of experience in the…
- 15 Mar 2026
MTN Nigeria Races Ahead in Fibre Broadband Market
MTN Nigeria expanded its lead in Nigeria's fixed broadband market after adding 13,433 subscribers to its fibre-to-the-home service in December 2025. The gains come as smaller providers struggle to…
- 30 Nov 2021
How MTN is Improving Broadband Penetration in Nigeria
The internet has revolutionized communications. It has improved interactive communication and accelerated globalization. Its ubiquity is visible in every aspect of our day-to-day lives, changing the…
- 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…
- 7 Oct 2022
MTN Nigeria, TD Africa partner to Accelerate Actualization of FG’s National Broadband Policy
ICT giant, MTN Nigeria Communications PLC and Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading distributor of technology, services, and lifestyle products, TD Africa have partnered to quicken the pace of broadband…
- 13 Jul 2026
MTN Nigeria Slashes Cost of Broadband Internet Router, Unwraps New Data Bundles for Low-Budget Users
MTN Nigeria has introduced bundled broadband solutions that combine data plans with compatible routers as part of efforts to expand broadband penetration and improve internet access for homes, small…
- 15 Mar 2020
MTN Invests N4.55 Trillion Investment in Fixed Assets in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has invested as much as N4.55 trillion ($14.67 billion) in fixed assets and facilities across Nigeria for since the first commercial rollout of its telecoms services in Nigeria in 2001…
- 1 Oct 2025
MTN Nigeria, Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, Funso Aina and Lakinbofa Goodluck Sweep Top Honours at Edge Awards
The 2025 Edge Awards became a landmark moment for MTN Nigeria as the company and three of its executives emerged as standout winners. At the prestigious ceremony, held at the Balmoral Event Hall of…
- 19 Sept 2022
MTN Nigeria Partners Ericsson to Launch 5G Services
Ericsson and MTN Nigeria have reached a historic milestone with the successful launch of 5G services. This landmark deal is the result of a fruitful collaboration spanning 21 years reaffirming a rich…
- 27 Nov 2025
How MTN Nigeria Surpassed 85 Million Subscribers, Driving 11% Growth and a 73.2% Data Revenue Surge
MTN Nigeria has cemented its role as a core driver of Nigeria's digital economy, unveiling Q3 2025 financial results that underscore its massive scale and impact. MTN Nigeria The company’s total…
- 22 Oct 2021
Ookla Q3 Report Rates Airtel Fastest Broadband in Nigeria
Airtel Nigeria has been rated the fastest network in the telecom broadband category. This rating was made public recently by Ookla, a global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence,…
- 31 Jul 2026
MTN Nigeria Posts N707.5bn H1 Profit, Declares N26 Interim Dividend
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has reported a strong financial performance for the first half of 2026, recording a 70.6 per cent increase in profit after tax to N707.5 billion, driven by sustained…
- 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…
- 17 Nov 2021
MTN Partners Landafrique to Deploy High-speed Internet to Agbara Estate
In its continued commitment to enhancing broadband access and internet penetration nationwide, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has entered into a partnership with Landafrique Nigeria Limited to deploy…
- 2 Apr 2015
Nigeria Ranked 2nd In Broadband Affordability Index’s Among Developing Economies
The International communities recently ccommended for the successes attained in repositioning her technology space, through the broadband initiative. In March 2015, at Barcelona, Spain at the Mobile…
- 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…
- 24 Aug 2015
MTN, Liquid Telecom in Partnership for Broadband
Mobile operator MTN and network services provider Liquid Telecom have announced a partnership to provide their respective customers with access to a broader fixed and wireless footprint. In a…
- 28 Jun 2026
MTN Leads, Airtel Follows as Nigeria's Mobile Subscribers Climb to 188 Million
Nigeria's telecommunications sector recorded further growth in April 2026 as active mobile subscriptions increased to 188.01 million, while broadband penetration rose to 55.67 per cent, according to…
- 5 Oct 2010
Mobile Broadband Subscribers Hit 800,000 in Nigeria
Fueled by the launch of new technologies, subscribers connected to mobile broadband internet hit a high of 800, 000 last month in Nigeria and Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA) is happy…
- 20 Nov 2024
Karl Toriola: How Telecom Can Propel Nigeria to a $1 Trillion Economy
Karl Toriola, ceo of MTN Nigeria, has said that the telecom's sector can drive Nigeria towards $1 trillion economy. He made this statement at the CWG Africa Texcellence Conference 3.0, highlighting…
- 17 Aug 2022
Collaborations Between FG And MTN Critical in Achieving 70% Internet Penetration By 2025 - Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka
Nigeria is poised to achieve a 70 percent internet penetration in urban and rural areas by 2025 as desired by the Federal Government if tactical collaborations between the private sector and the…
- 17 May 2026
MTN Targets 8m Homes in Fibre Expansion Drive
MTN Nigeria says it plans to pass fibre to eight million homes over the next three years as part of efforts to deepen broadband penetration and expand digital service offerings across the country.…
- 16 Nov 2022
Pantami, Danbatta, Inuwa, Ikenna-Emeka, Oji and others Receive 2022 AfriTECH Awards
The Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH) has conferred special honours on Professor Isa Ibrahim Ali (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Umar Garba…
- 6 Apr 2016
Ntel Seeks $1Bn For Mobile Broadband Growth
NATCOM Development and Investment Limited (trading as ‘Ntel’), is seeking more than $1 billion to invest in 4G mobile broadband by 2020 as the owner of the former Nigeria Telecommunications Limited…
- 22 Apr 2014
15 Telecom Operators Face Collapse as Subscribers Shrink
The massive growth recorded in the Nigerian telecommunications space since the liberalisation of the industry which started with the return to democratic rule has started to slow down as the fate of…
- 2 Dec 2008
FWAs Get Respite as Satellites Go to C-Band
Nigeria will launch its future communication satellites on the conventional C band, original frequency allocation for communications satellites to effectively free the interference-free 3.5 GHz…
- 23 Mar 2026
Legend Internet, Spectranet in Merger Talks
Legend Internet Plc, an internet service provider, plans to merge with Spectranet, Nigeria’s largest ISP by subscribers, in a deal that signals a new wave of consolidation as competition intensifies…
- 25 Jun 2012
The Telco Business As a Service Provider
The recent feud between MTN, Glo, Airtel and Etisalat – , Nigeria’s big four mobile operators and the Nigeria Communications Communication (NCC), the industry regulator leading to a hefty cumulative…
- 30 Nov 2016
NCC Suspends Directive to Hike Data Tariff
Following the concerns that visited the directive to introduce price floor for data segment of the telecommunications sector beginning from December 1, 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 23 Jul 2015
Airtel Plans Sale of Subsidiaries’ to Boost Nigerian Operations
Bharti Airtel has commenced final talks to sell four of its African subsidiaries to France’s Orange SA for $1bn (N197bn) in order to consolidate its stake in Nigeria. After the sale, which should be…