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- 3 Aug 2026
eWorld Forum 2026 to Celebrate Nigeria's GSM Revolution at 25, Launch Two Books
The 12th edition of the eWorld Forum will hold on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, under the theme: "The GSM Digital Milestones: 25 Years On." Since its…
- 14 Dec 2009
Glo Empowers Call Center Operators with Glo Profit
Glo Mobile has introduced a new telephone package to boost the revenue earning capacity of Commercial Telephone Operators (CTOs) across Nigeria she called “Glo Profit”. The offer, a…
- 24 Jul 2012
NigComSat, Nimasa to Fight Pirates with Satellite
The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) has offered to deploy it NigComSat-1R satellite, the super hybrid, high power, quad band geo-stationary satellite to arrest Nigeria’s sea…
- 8 Oct 2012
The Pains of Operators’ Contact Centres
Last week was observed by corporate organizations as customers’ week. The week is used to celebrate customers of any organization. In the country, apart from some banks that placed advert in the…
- 14 Feb 2012
Making Subscribers Integral Part of Telecom Business
The saying that the customer is king in any business also applies to telecommunications business. They number over 95 million and are spread across the vast geographical area of the country, and have…
- 14 Dec 2014
Tower Operators Spend $80m Monthly on Maintenance
Telecommunications tower operators in the country spend some $80 million every month in the maintenance of towers they are operating. Telecom towers houses base stations that Global System for…
- 2 Jun 2008
Nigerians to Enjoy Flawless Telecom Services in 2010
Nigerians clamouring for better services from telecommunications operators will have breather in 2010, which is two years from now with the expected deployment of 50,000 base transmitter stations. A…
- 1 Sept 2013
Globacom @ 10: Portraits of Success
If the story of the telecommunications revolution in Nigeria has a theme so far in the last decade, it is surely one of success. To hail that spirit on the 10th anniversary of Globacom, Nigeria’s…
- 22 May 2016
Tower Maintenance Cost Rises to $104m Monthly
The cost incurred in the maintenance of telecommunications towers in the country has risen to $104 million from $80 million every month in the past one year, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now…
- 31 Aug 2018
Telcos Lose Over 800,000 Subscribers in July
Statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows number of active subscriptions for mobile telephony services in Nigeria dropped by 881,586 in the month of July. By this…
- 23 Feb 2009
Gateway Nigeria Provides Access to the ‘Super Highway
Gateway Nigeria has since its inception in 1994, provided backbone for businesses in Nigeria, enabling them gain high speed internet access. Initially known as GS Telecom Nigeria, it was rechristened…
- 24 Jul 2026
ALTON Highlights Telecom Operators' Role in Bridging Nigeria's Digital Divide @NITRA Conference
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called for stronger collaboration among government, regulators, operators and other stakeholders to accelerate efforts at…
- 27 Apr 2016
GSM Subscriber Base Hit 148.6m
Total number of GSM subscribers which had peaked at almost 150 million in November last year, dropped to 148.6 million by end of the year. However, on a year-on-year basis the industry subscriber…
- 9 Apr 2025
GSMA Reveals Sub-Saharan Africa as Mobile Money Epicentre
Mobile money has surpassed two billion registered accounts, with over half a billion active monthly users across the globe in the 25 years since its launch. Leading this market growth is Sub-Saharan…
- 28 Aug 2013
Globacom Rings 10 Today
Globacom, Pan-African telecommunications powerhouse will today celebrate ten years of its operation as a telecommunications company in the country. Globacom launched its operations on August 29, 2003…
- 24 Jul 2012
Solar Power, Solution to QoS – Hochet
Nigeria could be on a path to sustainable growth and have one of the best telecom services in the world, if proper investment is geared towards building renewable sources of energy to power the…
- 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…
- 7 Sept 2009
Integrating Challenged Group in Universal Access Effort
One section of the Nigeria society that seems not to have been carried along in both services and programmes such as promos by telecommunications operators is the Challenged Group. Challenged group…
- 15 Mar 2010
NCP Sets up Committee to Probe Nitel Bidders
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has set up a seven-member ad-hoc committee to undertake further due diligence on the prospective investors that bid for the sale of Nigeria…
- 27 May 2026
MTN Nigeria Reaches 93.7% Population Coverage, Invests N2.7bn In Communities as Child Online-Safety Drive Launches
Nigeria’s push to deepen broadband penetration and digital inclusion received a boost in 2025, as MTN Nigeria expanded network coverage to 93.7 per cent of the population. MTN Nigeria According to…
- 10 Feb 2016
Telcos Loss 788,215 Internet Users in December 2015 - NCC
‎Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday disclosed that internet users on Nigeria’s telecoms’ networks decreased by 788,215 in December 2015. The telecoms’ regulatory body disclosed…
- 14 Dec 2009
Nitel to Borrow N3Bn from Pension to Pay Salary Arrears
The National Council on Privatisation has approved that N3 billion be borrowed from the accounts of Nitel Pension Fund in Liquidation to pay five months salary of workers of the Nigeria…
- 25 Jan 2010
BPE Fixes Feb. 5 as Deadline for Submission of Proposal on Nitel
Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has extended the deadline for the submission of technical and financial proposals for the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Plc (NITEL) and its mobile…
- 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…
- 7 Nov 2012
Boko Haram Attacks Mow Down 150 Base Stations
At last count, recent attacks on telecoms facilities across the northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, the dreaded Islamist group have destroyed 150 base stations, accounting for the epileptic…
- 10 Aug 2026
MTN Nigeria Clocks 25, Connects over 90m People
MTN Nigeria has marked 25 years of commercial operations, with Karl Toriola, chief executive officer, saying the company began operating in the country at a time when telecommunications access was…
- 13 Oct 2008
Nigeria, Others to Earn $71Bn from Mobile Taxes
The GSM Association (GSMA), global trade association representing more than 750 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 territories and countries of the world has said that by removing mobile specific…
- 9 Oct 2016
Nigeria’s Internet Users Stand at 94m in August – NCC
Internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks increased to 93,591,174 as at August 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The regulatory body made this known in its…
- 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…
- 11 Apr 2016
Globacom Tops Internet Subscribers’ Gainers’ Chart in February
Continuing its steady winning streak in the last one year, Nigeria’s next generation network, Globacom, has topped the winners chart in the area of new internet subscriber acquisition for the month…