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- 22 Dec 2008
Break the Bank TV Game Show Debuts
MultiLinks Telkom has launched a new TV game show tagged: “Break the Bank” in a bid to empower its teeming subscribers, and in line with its corporate philosophy of touching lives.…
- 6 Oct 2008
Multi- Links Telkom Splashes N1Bn on Subscribers
MultiLinks Telkom, famous for its voice, internet and data services is splashing some N1.1 billion on subscribers as incentive for customers already enjoying its world class service and for potential…
- 5 Oct 2010
Multi-Links Telkom Opens Shop in Surulere
Multi-Links Telkom, has opened a new outlet at the Adeniran Ogunsanya Shopping Mall, Surulere, Lagos. Chris Bannister, chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSMO), Multilinks said the opening of…
- 12 Nov 2012
Cash Injection in CDMA Rings Resurgence, Fears
The multi-million dollars cash injection into the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operations by CAPCOM, the new operator from the merger of Starcomms, Multilinks and MTS First Communications is…
- 16 Oct 2013
CDMA Rings into Distress as Capcom Deal Stagnates
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) segment of the Nigeria’s telecoms industry is ringing into oblivion as a cloud of uncertainty hang over the sky-high hope raised by the proposed merger of…
- 6 Feb 2016
The Way Forward for CDMA in Nigeria
Akin wove his way through the bustling Lagos traffic and finally arrived at the client’s office for the scheduled debrief session just 10 minutes ahead of time. He hoped to use the few spare minutes…
- 20 Apr 2014
Revealed! How Asian Vendor Helped Kill Starcomms
Starcomms Plc, the once flourishing code division multiple access (CDMA) operator, was experiencing excruciating difficulties in its operations. The company owners searched frantically for a way to…
- 15 Jun 2009
Reinvesting in Telecom
Nigerian telecom industry has been referred to as the fastest growing market in Africa, a reputation she has earned for opening up the sector in 2001. Before the burgeoning revolution, the now…
- 15 Jun 2009
Botched 2.3GHz Spectrum: Nigeria Loses $2Bn Investment, Internet Revolution
Nigeria may lose some $2billion investment in its telecom infrastructure and chance to make broadband affordable and enhanced in the country unless the crisis generated by the recent botched…
- 31 Aug 2009
2.3GHz: Companies Unfazed, Eye Licenses
The announcement of fresh licensing for spectrum in the 2.3GHz frequency band after the previous process was declared void, has conjured an array of feelings but more applicants unfazed by diatribes…
- 2 Nov 2009
Broadband Missing in FG’s $2Bn Stimulus Package
When do you think the Nigerian economy will improve? The answers differ; to some the economy is already on the mend but others think it will take much longer. In all, there is no concrete sign to…
- 8 Dec 2009
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Swift Networks, Nigeria’s leading broadband company said that it has signed a turnkey (design, deploy, optimize and support) agreement with Huawei Technologies to implement its network upgrade…
- 18 Jan 2010
Nominees for Beacon of ICT Awards
CDMA OPERATOR OF THE YEAR ZoomMobile: Leader and Preferred CDMA Operator ZoomMobile is leader and most preferred wireless service provider in Nigeria. Having distinguished itself through customer…
- 22 Mar 2010
2.3GHz: Dark Spots, Intrigues Threaten Licenses
Air of solemnity pervaded the telecom industry last weekend as stakeholders wait with cautious optimism government’s reaction to the landmark judgment which ordered the Nigerian Communications…
- 26 Apr 2010
Nigeria, UK Telecommunications Summit 2010 Holds in May
Perceptions of investors have found that “Africa is a Goldmine as far as telecom investments are concerned” for example Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology sector is…
- 7 Jun 2010
Help! Some CDMA on Life Support, Others Dead
Corporate mismanagement rather than market forces is responsible for the epilepsy which has reduced most code division multiple access (CDMA) operators in Nigeria to fringe players, Nigeria…
- 15 Jun 2010
Some Telcos CEOs Behaving Badly
It is surprising that the telecom industry, once an uprising sector has plummeted as a result of sheer heedlessness of some Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators. From the boom of the mid…
- 29 Jun 2010
2.3 GHz, Nitel/Mtel Muddles Killing Telecom
The fast paced growth that greeted the initial telecom revolution in Nigeria is slowing down and it is disheartening. Like everything Nigeria, the country is allowing opportunities that come on a…
- 19 Jul 2010
Telcos Dump Lottery, Repackage Promos
To tone down public outcry over some exploitative promotions (‘promos’) run like lottery schemes, telecommunications companies in the country have redesigned their loyalty and reward…
- 8 Sept 2010
NCC Moves to Tackle Quality of Service Issues
In an apparent move to check poor quality of service in the country’s telecommunications sector, Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, has set up…
- 12 Nov 2012
QoS: NCC Bans Promos, Lotteries by Telcos
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), last night barred telcos in the country from further promoting ongoing or planned promotional sales campaigns, in effort to address the worsening quality of…
- 16 Dec 2013
FG Barks, Vows to Sanction Telcos over Poor QoS
The federal government is to prosecute telecommunications operators, found to be fleecing subscribers through poor service delivery just as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given the…
- 13 Jan 2014
NCC Warns Starcomms Over Merger Delays, May Revoke Approvals
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it might revoke approval for the merger of MTS, Multi-Links and Starcomms, all CDMA networks as Capcom, the investment firm trying to tie knots seems…
- 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 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…
- 9 May 2016
NCC Bans Unsolicited Calls, Messages
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has NCC has barred mobile number operators from sending out unsolicited text messages to subscribers, according to information obtained from the Legal and…
- 20 Jul 2016
Open Letter to MTN: Fix Visafone SMS Issue Now
MTN has today become a huge organisation in all ramifications even though their recent problem with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has certainly slowed down this giant in many ways than…
- 23 Jul 2017
Data Floor Plan: ALTON Cries Out “ISPs Selling Below Cost”
Association of Licensed Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ALTON) has called on the National Assembly to urgently review the position on the telecommunications Data Floor Plan. To save the…
- 16 Jun 2018
NCC Withdraws 36.6m Telephone Lines from Telcos
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn 36.6 million telephone lines from telecommunications operators. According to a document made available on the NCC website, the directive…
- 30 Jun 2008
Multi-Links Telkom Rewards Dealers with Vehicles, Other Gifts
In appreciation of the continued patronage by dealers, Multi-Links/Telkom has given out two four-wheel drive vehicles, 25 motorcycles and 33 HP laptops to its dealers with a pledge not to cease in…