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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Jan 2015
NITEL Loses $6m to SAT-3 Shut Down
Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), part owners of South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable (SAT-3), has lost some $6million in the last 18 months due to a cut at the Nigerian end…
- 21 Jul 2014
Investor in Court to Stop Sale of NITEL, MTEL
Basbsim International Limited has initiated a legal action against the moves by the Federal Government to sell the assets of moribund Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL) Plc and Nigeria Mobile…
- 18 Jan 2010
Investors Bidding for Nitel Increases to 14
The number of investors bidding to acquire the 75 per cent equity share being offered for sale in the Nigeria Telecommunication Company limited (Nitel) by the government, has risen to 14 from the 10…
- 27 Apr 2015
Cautious Optimism over NATCOM Ability to Revive Nitel
Stakeholders in the country’s telecommunications space were not completely optimistic about the ability of NATCOM the new owners of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary…
- 20 Jan 2022
Two NITEL Workers Killed as Telecom Mast Collapses in Benue
Two workers of the Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) have reportedly lost their lives after a mast they were working on collapsed in Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. Daily…
- 12 Jul 2013
FG Appoints Olutola Senbore and Co to Liquidate Nitel, Mtel
Federal government has appointed Olutola Senbore and Co., a consultant liquidator of Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) and M-TEL, its mobile subsidiary after several attempts to privatize…
- 4 Apr 2013
el-Rufai Responsible for Nitel’s Death, Former Workers Claim
Some former chief executives, union members and retirees of failed national carrier, the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) have joined the war of words over the failure of national carrier…
- 5 Aug 2014
FG Okays Two Firms for Liquidation NITEL, MTEL
The National Council on Privatisation yesterday approved two firms for the guided liquidation of the Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, MTEL. The two firms, NATCOM…
- 11 Aug 2008
Omo-Ettu, Telecom Expert Values Nitel at $2.2 billion
Engineer Titi Omo-Ettu, chief executive, The Executive Cyberschuul (Tec), has put the total assets of Nigeria Telecommunications limited (Nitel), first National carrier at $2.2 billion and is willing…
- 7 Sept 2009
Sat-3, Mtel, Main Attractions of Nitel Sale
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), the beleaguered national operator plagued by industrial actions, equipment loss and vandalism, a chronic lack of investment and allegations of…
- 2 Feb 2014
FG to Make Another Attempt to Wind-Down NITEL
The federal government is to restart attempt to wind down Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL)., the moribund national carrier and MTEL, it mobile subsidiary, after a court blocked its…
- 23 Feb 2015
SAT-3 Services to Bounce Back as Lagos, NITEL Agree on Repairs
Lagos State government and Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) have resolved their differences and agreed to work together to relocate South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable…
- 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…
- 14 Apr 2009
Nitel Shops for Ship to Repair Cut Sat-3 Cable
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), which holds the country’s stake in the South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable (Sat-3), has gone to South Africa in search of a ship that…
- 9 Dec 2019
The Odds of Fixed Line Service in Broadband Penetration
Among the different channels of telecommunications service delivery is fixed wired which involves direct to home connections against the common mobile system. This system was prominently used in the…
- 29 Mar 2010
Don’t Cancel Nitel Sale
When New Generation Telecom Consortium Limited won the bid to acquire 75 per cent in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) in mid February, some Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief. To many,…
- 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…
- 13 Jul 2010
Nipost –From Mail Boats to Electronic Mail Services
The history of the Post in Nigeria dates back to 19th century. The first post office was established by the British Colonial Masters in 1852. It was considered to be a part of the British postal…
- 29 Mar 2010
Nipost – The Journey so Far
The history of the Post in Nigeria dates back to 19th century. The first post office was established by the British Colonial Masters in 1852. It was considered to be a part of the British postal…
- 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…
- 13 Nov 2008
NigComSat Secures Stakes in Nitel
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) has formerly secured 15 percent stakes in Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) PLC with the admittance of Engineer Timasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai, the managing…
- 30 Jan 2018
See the New Owners of 9Mobile, Formerly Etisalat Nigeria
Recent reports indicated that Teleology Holdings Limited may have been finally selected as the preferred bidder for 9Mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria, the country’s fourth-largest mobile network.…
- 29 Mar 2010
Nitel: New Generation Consortium Gets China Unicom ( Europe ) Operations Backing
New Generation Telecom Consortium Limited winner of the bid for 75 per cent in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) got a major boost at the weekend as China Unicom ( Europe ) Operations…
- 12 May 2008
Transcorp and Nitel’s Fortune
This is certainly not the best of times for Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), and its mobile arm, Mtel, no thanks to recent events which have flung and scattered the national carrier among…
- 8 Mar 2010
That Unhealthy Development in Nitels’ Privatization Process
Few weeks ago the process of finding a new investor for Nigerian Telecommunications Limited entered concluding stage with the emergence of New Generation Telecommunications Consortium as the…