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- 4 Oct 2013
Reps Want Bailout for Moribund NITEL, MTEL
House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution recommending a bail out for the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTel) by the Central…
- 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…
- 1 Nov 2019
NCC Grants 20 Firms ISP Licenses
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has licensed 20 new internet service providers (ISPs) this year, bringing the total number of operators in the segment to 120. An Internet service…
- 29 Sept 2015
@55: United Nigeria, Telecommunications Considered Top Most Achievements- Survey
The yearly Independence Day Special Edition Poll results released by NOIPolls Limited have revealed that Nigerians consider ‘unity of the nation’ (20 percent) as the most important achievement of the…
- 12 Mar 2025
9Mobile Dispute: Hayatu, Seltrix Respond to Funtua’s Trusteeship Claims
Hayatu Hadejia and Seltrix Limited have responded to the lawsuit filed against them by Abubakar Funtua, son of the late business mogul Isa Funtua, over the ownership of 9Mobile, telecom firm. As per…
- 28 Jul 2024
LH Telecoms, Nigerian Firm Acquires Majority Stake in 9mobile, Changes Board
LH Telecoms Limited, a Nigeria based company has acquired Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, operating under the trade name 9Mobile. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the…
- 30 Oct 2016
IHS Announces Settlement of $800m Bond
IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., which owns 100% of IHS Nigeria Limited (“IHS Nigeria”) the Nigerian subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure…
- 10 Mar 2016
IHS to Acquire Helios Towers Nigeria
IHS Holding Limited, the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and Helios Towers Nigeria Limited, the pioneer of tower infrastructure…
- 3 Dec 2014
NATCOM Offers $252m, Wins Bid for NITEL, Mtel
NATCOM Consortium, a special purpose vehicle has emerged the preferred for the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel), its mobile subsidiary…
- 30 Mar 2009
Speakeeezee to Deliver Cutting Edge Mobile Solutions across Nigeria
Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN), a leading total telecommunication solutions provider has opened mobile retail stores across Nigeria, called “Speakeezee”. Designed to be…
- 19 Jan 2009
NCC to Review 18 Major Telecom Licenses
At least 18major telecom licenses granted by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are due for renewal, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek investigations can now reveal. The licenses made up of Private…
- 25 Jan 2010
Nipost Inks Deal with Globacom, Equitel
Nigerian Postal Services (Nipost) has inked Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Globacom Nigeria Limited, telecoms giant and Equatel Telecommunications Limited to fast track the penetration of…
- 11 Oct 2015
NATCOM, New NITEL Owners to Roll Out Next Month
NATCOM Consortium, the new owner of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary, the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (M-Tel) has concluded plans to roll out service…
- 9 Mar 2016
Intercellular Nigeria Chooses Huawei for Rapid Network Transformation to LTE
On the side of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain, Huawei held a signing ceremony with Intercellular Nigeria Limited a foremost and indigenous telecommunications company in Nigeria. At the…
- 4 Jul 2025
Court to Decides on 9Mobile Ownership Tussle September 24
Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 24 to rule on several applications in the case of Abubakar Ismaila Isa, a businessman, who claims that his 43 million shares were allegedly transferred…
- 31 Aug 2010
Nipost Enhances Image With Value Added Services
The Nigeria Postal service department came into being with the establishment of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) on January 1, 1985. Nitel emerged from the merger of the…
- 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…
- 19 Jan 2016
NATCOM Injects $1Bn in NITEL, Begins Operations in March
NATCOM Development and Investment Limited, new owners of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its sister company, Mobile Telecommunication Limited (Mtel), has reportedly spent about $1…
- 19 Jun 2019
NCAA Set to Demolish 8,805 Globacom, Other Masts
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that it will commence demolition of telecommunication masts of Globacom Nigeria Limited in different locations within Nigeria immediately. …
- 15 Dec 2008
Enugu to Enjoy Zinox Telecom Super Wifi in New Year
Zinox Telecommunications Limited, a subsidiary of Zinox Technologies Limited, Nigeria’s IT pride is dangling free super fast super Wifi to citizens and other residents of Enugu, capital of…
- 22 Mar 2015
NGBA, AHK Nigeria Meet SmartCity Innovation Hub Promoters
‎In alignment with its core objective of strengthening business relationship between Nigeria and Germany, a delegation from the Nigerian-German Business Association (NGBA) and German Delegation…
- 14 Jan 2015
SmartCity Innovation Hub Tipped to Create 50,000 Direct Jobs
SmartCity Innovation Hub project, apart from galvanizing economic diversification and moving Nigeria towards a knowledge-based economy, the promoters said the technology focused Innovation Hub…
- 15 Jun 2010
Banks Grant MTN N318 Billion Loan Facilities
MTN Nigeria, Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company has received fresh loan facilities to enable the company further expand its network across the country. A consortium of 15 Nigerian…
- 11 May 2009
Mobitel Returns 5 Years after Joseph’s Death
A $5million contract with VocaTel of Israel is expected to breathe life into Mobitel Nigeria limited, one of Nigeria’s first private providers of telecommunications services which slipped into…
- 8 Feb 2016
MTN Confirms Legal Fireworks with Etisalat Over Visafone
MTN Nigeria ‎has confirmed that it has been served with court summons based on a lawsuit filed by Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (Etisalat Nigeria) over the…
- 15 May 2024
Court Grants Final Forfeiture of Property Recovered from Telecom Experts’
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of a parcel of land measuring 2348.072 square metres in Enugu State recovered from the…
- 20 May 2008
IHS Mixes Business with Charity
Promoters of Infrastructure Hi-tech Services Nigeria Limited (IHS), a leading telecommunications infrastructure provider believe that time has come for the company to go higher in its areas of…
- 14 Jun 2019
ATCON Unveils Speakers for 5th Edition of TERF
Following the announcement of the date for the 5th edition of its Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF), the National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of…
- 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…
- 15 Jan 2018
Globacom has not acquired 9Mobile
Globacom Limited, nigeria's Telecommunications giant, has distanced itself from media reports which insinuated that it was the preferred bidder to acquire telecommunications company, 9Mobile. A press…