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- 24 Feb 2022
3.5GHz Spectrum: MTN, Mafab Pay for Licences
MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. Dr.…
- 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.…
- 21 Jun 2016
NCC Awards 2.6GHz Band Provisional Frequency Licence to MTN
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted provisional 2x30MHz in the 2.6gigahertz (GHz) frequency licence to MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN), as the sole approved bidder. NCC had…
- 27 Dec 2024
NCC Enforces Disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications from MTN Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced its approval for the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Limited from MTN Nigeria Communications Limited due to unpaid interconnect…
- 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…
- 6 Mar 2012
Count Us Out of Politics -MTN Nigeria
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN) has said that its focus is on its core competence of providing qualities telecommunications services and that it does not engage in any form of political…
- 8 Feb 2024
Glo, MTN Resolve Interconnect Debt Dispute
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday announced that the interconnect debt dispute between MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN) and Globacom Limited (Globacom) has been amicably…
- 30 Sept 2017
Court Orders MTN to Pay Ex-Nigerian Staff N4.8Bn
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, to pay its former Network Group Operations Manager, Mr…
- 18 Aug 2024
MTN, others Get Permits to Generate Electricity
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued permits to Golden Penny Power Limited, MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others for mini-grid electricity generation,…
- 15 Jul 2020
MTN Nigeria to Run Limited Trial of e-SIM Technology
MTN Nigeria Plc has announced the trial of e-SIM services on their network based on approvals received from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This is in its continued drive to lead…
- 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…
- 30 Dec 2015
NCC Asks Court to Dismiss MTN’s Case over N1.04trn Fine
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss or decline hearing in the suit filed by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited challenging the N1.04trn fine…
- 24 Dec 2018
CBN, MTN Reach Agreement over $8.1Bn Repatriation Order
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reversed the $8.1 billion repatriation order on MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, following the amicable resolution of issues relating to foreign exchange…
- 22 May 2019
N330Bn fine: NCC Orders MTN to Balance of N55Bn by May 31
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has till May 31 to pay the balance of N55bn out of the N330bn fine imposed on the telecommunications company by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for SIM…
- 17 Feb 2016
MTN pays N1.85m to Subscriber Over Promo Fraud
Following an order issued last week by the Consumer Protection Council directing MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to, within 14 days, pay a complainant, Mr. Omeje Fidelis N1.85m being the balance…
- 3 Mar 2017
MTN Dismisses Illegal Money Repatriation Charges
Phutuma Nhleko, MTN group chairman, said on Thursday that accusations that Africa's biggest mobile operator had moved funds illegally out of Nigeria had no basis. MTN is facing an investigation by…
- 11 Feb 2016
Etisalat Denies Filing Multiple Suits against NCC, MTN
Etisalat Nigeria said it has not filed multiple suits against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and MTN Nigeria, rather it constituted court action against MTN and Visafone Limited…
- 31 Jan 2013
CPC Thumps Up MTN's Service Excellence
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has honoured MTN Nigeria Communications Limited for its consistent efforts at improving customer experience on its network and for its corporate social…
- 26 Nov 2015
MTN, Etisalat Ask Court to Dismiss Subscribers’ Suit
Telecommunications companies, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and Etisalat Nigeria, have asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed against them by aggrieved subscribers whose…
- 7 Sept 2018
CBN Debits 4 Banks N5.9Bn for Aiding MTN Repatriate $8.134 Bn
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday debited the accounts of Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Citibank Nigeria and Diamond Bank with a total N5.87 billion for alleged breach of its capital…
- 29 Feb 2016
NCC Fines MTN, Glo N34m for Porting Violation
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined MTN Nigeria and Globacom Limited a total of N34m for breach of the rules and regulations guiding the Mobile Number Portability scheme. The…
- 26 Jan 2016
NFMC Wades into N34Bn Frequency Dispute
National Frequency Management Council (NFMC) has intervened in the vexed frequency storm involving MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Nigerian…
- 10 Feb 2016
CPC Orders MTN to Pay Subscriber N1.85m in Ultimate Promo
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed MTN Communications Limited to pay N1,850,000 to one of the winners of its Ultimate Wonder Promo for lack of due diligence. CPC’s order came on the heels…
- 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…
- 1 Sept 2008
Ohakim Praises MTN’s Community Phone Initiative
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has further demonstrated its avowed commitment to empowering its customers in rural communities in Owerri and its environs, with a recent launch of its community…
- 27 Oct 2017
Breather as Court Dismisses Suit to Revoke MTN’s Licence
The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit seeking an order revoking the operating licence of the telecommunication company, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, and another…
- 29 Oct 2019
MTN Files 9,100-Page in N3Bn Suit against AGF for “Malicious” Demand
MTN Nigeria Communication Limited on Tuesday filed a 9,100-page document in a bid to prove its N3bn claim against Abubakar Malami (SAN), attorney general of the federation (AGF), in their legal…
- 13 Jan 2016
Court Bars FG from Freezing MTN Bank Accounts
A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday turned down an application of mareva injunction seeking to bar MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from emptying its accounts in 21 commercial banks in Nigeria.…
- 30 Jan 2020
Court Strikes Out MTN’s Suit Against FG as AGF Withdraws Demand
Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday struck out the N3 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by telecommunications firm, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, against Abubakar Malami…
- 2 Jul 2025
NCC Approves MTN, 9Mobile Roaming Collaboration Deal
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced the execution of a national roaming agreement with Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (9Mobile), a move that signals a major milestone…