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- 3 Nov 2015
Did NCC Renew MTN's Digital Mobile License in 2015?
News went round on Tuesday in different national dailes and online platforms that the Nigerian Communications‎ Commission (NCC) has extended MTN Nigeria's operating license, however, Nigeria…
- 25 Jun 2018
Telcos Cry Foul, Oppose Transfer of Visafone License to MTN
Airtel and 9mobile, mobile network operators in the country, have opposed the transfer of an 800MHz from Visafone Communications to MTN Nigeria. Representatives of the operators said…
- 27 Nov 2013
MTN, Turkcell Fight Over Iranian License
Turkcell, Turkish mobile network, has resumed its stalled legal action against South Africa's MTN over the contentious issue of the Iranian mobile operator license. Turkcell has filed a lawsuit this…
- 8 Apr 2021
Goodluck Urges CBN to License MTN, Airtel to Deepen MM Market
Akinwale Goodluck, head of GSMA Africa, has urged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend money licenses to MTN and Airtel to scale up Nigeria’s mobile money market to at the sub-regional front.…
- 26 Jan 2009
Nigeria Mobile Operators and Host communities
Since the emergence of mobile telephone in the 2001, combined subscription is inching close to the 50 million mark and many more yet to sign up. The potentials are still enormous given the fact that…
- 26 Jun 2022
MTN Alleges N22Bn Fraud on Mobile Money Banking
MTN Communications Limited’s newly licensed Mobile Money Payment Service Bank Limited (MOMO PSB) has alleged a fraudulent loss of N22 billion in one month of operations. In a suit instituted by the…
- 4 Jun 2018
MTN Makes History with Mobile Money-Based IPO in Ghana
MTN, Africa’s largest telecoms operator is going public in Ghana with its initial public offering (IPO) which will run from May 31 till July 31. The IPO is the largest ever undertaken in Ghana…
- 15 Nov 2018
CBN Asks Telcos to Pay N5Bn for Mobile Money Licenses
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked telecommunications companies that intend to deepen financial inclusion in the country through mobile money services to make a minimum capital deposit of N5bn.…
- 17 Mar 2019
Payment Service Banks in Nigeria, Lessons from the Past
By Emmanuel Okoegwale Ten years ago, there was great optimism that the licensing of mobile money providers will usher in a new era in the drive for greater financial inclusion and fill the vacuum…
- 28 Oct 2018
Stakeholders Seeks Mobile Technology Driven Out-Bound Remittance Operators
Remittance and payment stakeholders have urged central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to expand the licensing of out-bound money transfer operation to accommodate mobile technology driven operators. …
- 8 Sept 2021
MTN Pays N72Bn for Renewal of Licenses
MTN Nigeria, telecommunication giant, has confirmed the payment of N72 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the renewal of its Universal Access License and spectrum license for…
- 2 Aug 2021
NCC Yet to Renew MTN’s Universal Access and Service License
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is yet to renew MTN’s Universal Access and Service License as reported by an online media platform. The commission stated this in a…
- 4 May 2014
Nigeria to Miss MM Cross Border Remittance Deal
Nigeria will not be a beneficiary of the landmark deal struck by major telecom operators in Africa for the implementation of interoperable mobile money services across Africa and the Middle East…
- 7 Jun 2010
Competition and Service Delivery in Telecoms
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has severally re-instated its desire to continue to encourage competition in the sector. It does this through licensing of several operators in different…
- 15 Oct 2009
GSM Holders, Globacom Barred from Bidding for Mtel, Sat-3
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has disqualified GSM license holders (MTN, Etisalat, Zain and Glo) from buying Mtel, the mobile arm of Nitel, Nigeria’s beleaguered national carrier, Nigeria…
- 22 Nov 2023
The Structures, Roles of Operators in the Nigerian Telecoms Sector
By Olajide Adisa Since Independence in 1960, the telecoms sector has impacted on the Nigerian economy in several positive ways, creating jobs and contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of…
- 26 Jun 2018
MTN’s Fate Hangs as NCC Decides on Visafone License in July
Moves by MTN Nigeria to acquire the license and frequencies Visafone, has been put on hold by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enable the commission evaluate the pros and cons. …
- 3 Apr 2025
Vitel Wireless, Nigeria’s First MVNO to Launch Operations This Quarter
Vitel Wireless, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), which recently made history as the first operator in Nigeria to be allocated a mobile number series by the Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 19 Jun 2018
MTN Set to Take Over Visafone Licence
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun the process for the transfer of the licence of Visafone Communications Limited to digital mobile operator, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited.…
- 4 Aug 2008
3G Technology and Access Challenge
The 3G race in the space begun when the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) signified its intension to award the licenses to Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators in 2006…
- 4 Jun 2012
N1.17Bn Fine Tears Telecom Industry Apart
The recent N1.17 billion sledge hammer on the four major mobile operators in the country for allegedly failing in their key performance indicators has thrown up a varied assortment of issues ranging…
- 2 May 2013
Turkcell Drops $4.2Bn Bribery Suit against MTN
Turkcell, Turkey based has dropped a lawsuit it was filing in the USA claiming that South Africa's MTN used bribery to deprive it of its Iranian mobile network license. Turkcell said that it is…
- 21 May 2021
MTN Nigeria Partners LaLiga to Bring Top Notch Football Entertainment to Fans
MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile telecommunications operator, has announced a partnership with LaLiga, the men’s top professional football division of the Spanish football league system, currently one…
- 4 Jun 2012
TeCA Calls for Subsidy Probe, NCC Dismisses Group
Telecommunications Customers Association (TeCA), a hitherto unheard of group, has come out of nowhere to call on the national assembly to probe subsidies in the telecom sector following fines…
- 12 Oct 2017
IHS, Zain Sign $165m Tower Portfolio Agreement
Mobile communications infrastructure company, IHS has entered into agreements to buy and leaseback the passive physical infrastructure of Kuwait-based mobile operator, KSCP (Zain), for US$165…
- 20 Nov 2018
NIMC, ALTON Discuss January 2019 NIN Deadline
Ahead of the January 1, 2019 deadline given by the Federal Government for the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN), Director-General of the National Identity Management…
- 26 Aug 2025
Why Half of MVNOs in Nigeria May Collapse- Experts
Telecoms stakeholders have cautioned that many Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Nigeria could struggle to survive unless they address infrastructure gaps, target niche markets, and adapt…
- 30 Jun 2013
Revealed! Why ISPs are Dying
Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (Ispan) has attributed the death of traditional internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to wrong business model, Nigeria…
- 31 Jan 2019
MTN is Target of Claims, Threats in Nigeria
MTN Group Limited, formerly M-Cell, the South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African, European and Asian countries, is not new to controversies.…
- 2 Jun 2019
Operators Calls for Checks & Balances in SIM Registration
Ahead of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) notice of subscriber identity module (SIM) card registration audit of all mobile operators, some operators have started sending short message service…