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- 15 Mar 2017
African Telcos to Prioritize Emerging Opportunities in Order to Stay Afloat
Telcos across Africa are increasingly focusing on effectively maximizing their return on investment from data and on monetizing emerging opportunities such as the Internet of Things (IoT) to remain…
- 5 Sept 2017
Top 4 Digital Transformation Priorities for African Telcos
After nearly two decades of uninhibited growth and profitability, African telecoms operators (telcos) are facing the converging forces of digital disruption. Some of the factors contributing to this…
- 18 Feb 2016
#MWC16: Nokia Launches Transformation Services as Operators Eye Telco Cloud
As network data usage continues to surge, Nokia is expanding its cloud wise services portfolio with the launch of three professional services, helping operators transform to the telco cloud and…
- 14 May 2023
CBN Moves to Resolve Telcos, Banks’ Dispute over N120Bn Debt
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has blamed the dispute between telcos and deposit money banks (DMBs) over non-payment for the provision of the Unrestructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) to bank…
- 28 Oct 2015
Customer Loyalty: Telcos Must Turn Big Data into Smart Data- Ovum
Utilizing big data analytics to personalize the customer experience will be crucial for telcos to manage customer churn and improve loyalty, said Ovum. It takes on average, at least 3.5 years…
- 29 Sept 2022
GSMA, IBM and Vodafone Establish Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce
The GSMA yesterday announced the formation of the GSMA Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce, with IBM and Vodafone as initial members, to help define policy, regulation and operator business…
- 8 Oct 2024
GSMA Intelligence Reveals Telcos Eye on $400Bn Enterprise Opportunity
A new report from GSMA Intelligence launched ahead of MWC Las Vegas shows Telcos sizing prospects for growth in financial services, manufacturing, automotive and aviation – highlighting an…
- 11 Apr 2021
Banks Wriggle to Avoid Payment of N43Bn Owed Telcos
The dispute over the N42 billion owed telecommunications operators in the country by money deposit banks took a new dimension at the weekend as the banks claimed they are not indebted to the telcos…
- 10 Apr 2018
Telcos Invest in VRAR to Tap Revenue Streams beyond 5G- GlobalData
Telcos are becoming interested in the potential revenue streams related to virtual and augmented reality (VRAR), since it is not only a vehicle for 5G monetization, but can also bring growth…
- 26 Jun 2020
Telco B2C innovation Unhampered by COVID-19-GlobalData
There is no evidence of significant disruption to telco innovation projects due to COVID-19. If anything, the crisis is only serving to underscore the logic of digital transformation, which is…
- 2 Jul 2016
Telcos Can Tackle Unsolicited Messages- Juma
Although, issues relating to unsolicited SMS should not be dumped on the shoulders of the telcos alone, however, Nadeem Juma, founder and chairman of AIM Group, said that they have duties to perform…
- 26 Jun 2016
Telcos Can Tackle Unsolicited SMS Via Targeted Marketing- Juma
Although, issues relating to unsolicited SMS should not be dumped on the shoulders of the telcos alone, Nadeem Juma, founder and chairman of AIM Group, said that they have duties to perform to end…
- 8 Jul 2015
Telco Systems Wins $3.7m Contract for Cyber Security Solution
Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative SDN & NFV and multi-service Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and MPLS edge access solutions said that it has been awarded a significant contract to be the…
- 29 Jan 2016
Airtel Touching Livess2: Telco Re-Commits to Empowering Less Privileged
Airtel Nigeria’s revolutionary CSR television programme, Airtel Touching Lives Season 2, enters episode 3 this Sunday, January 31st as the telco reaffirmsits commitment to less privileged members of…
- 21 Mar 2022
Telcos May Hike Tariff over Rising Diesel Price
Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the umbrella body of telecommunications companies in the country may be forced to review tariff for telco services,if the rise in the…
- 6 Aug 2025
NCC Tightens Rules of Corporate Governance for Telcos
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tightened up the corporate governance guidelines for telecommunications (telcos) operators to enhance transparency, internal controls, and risk management…
- 12 Nov 2019
MTN Nigeria ‘Telco Hack Day’ Showcases Local Tech Talents
MTN Nigeria over the weekend hosted the maiden edition of ‘Telco Hack Day’ at the Onikan Youth Centre, Lagos. The event aimed at supporting and showcasing the best local tech talents attracted…
- 9 Mar 2009
ISPs Groan as Telcos Hijack Internet Provision
Internet service providers (ISP) especially those who render services to low-end users are being eased out of operation telecom operators, no thanks to the telcos big financial muscles and provisions…
- 24 Feb 2023
CBN to Add More Telcos on eNaira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it is in talks to include other telcos on the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) eNaira platform to widen its adoption and acceptance…
- 19 Dec 2016
ISPs Slash Data Tariff amid Clamour for Hike by Telcos
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have started slashing tariff for their offerings while telcos are increasingly clamouring for hikes. Investigations revealed that typical data plan for small…
- 31 Jul 2018
ITSSP Asks Telcos to Pay 0.005% Cybercrime Levy
Information Technology Security Professionals (ITSSP), a group within the Nigerian Computer Society (NCS), has said telcos must pay the 0.005 per cent levy specified in the Cybercrime (Prohibition,…
- 25 Sept 2024
Brain Drain: NCC Tasks Telcos to Partner Academia to Groom Telecom Talents
In an effort to bridge the skills gap and curb brain drain in the Nigerian telecom sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tasked telcos with industry-academia collaboration. Dr…
- 20 Oct 2019
Minister Orders Telcos to Halt Hike in USSD Charges
Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of communications, directed the telcos to halt plan to increase charges on use unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) channels to access banking services…
- 25 Jun 2015
Airtel’s CEO Says Telco-led Mobile Money will Deepen Retail Banking
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, ‎chief executive officer and managing director of Airtel Nigeria, has called for a review of the current mobile money model, saying a telco-led model will help expand retail…
- 1 Aug 2018
MTN Nigeria, Other Telcos And Banks Support NIBSS For The Relaunch Of mCash
MTN Nigeria along with sixteen banks and all major mobile telcos, came together for the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems’ relaunch of mCASH this week. The event held at The Orchids, Eko…
- 8 Oct 2023
Telcos Ask Reps to Approve Tariffs Hike, Remove Bottlenecks
Telecommunications operators in the country have taken their clamour to raise call tariffs and data prices to the House of Representatives. The telcos want the representatives to approve tariff…
- 23 Jul 2025
Telcos: How and Why Network Services have Been Poor
Telecommunications operators (telcos) in Nigeria have explained that the recent poor quality of network services experienced across the country is largely due to the widespread vandalism and theft of…
- 15 Apr 2014
Zamir Telecom, Exchange Telecom to Interconnect MNOs in Nigeria to Global Telco
Zamir Telecom’s joint venture with Exchange Telecom, enabling multiple STM1 capacity across four cities in Nigeria, has directly connected the global telco to all mobile network operators (MNOs) in…
- 12 Jul 2019
NITDA Investigates Banks, Telcos for Breaching Data Privacy Rights
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is investigating some entities including banks, Fintechs, telcos and others which allegedly breached data privacy rights of Nigerians,…
- 19 Oct 2023
Africa’s Top Telco CEOs Want Mobile Industry Tax Reductions
Six African CEOs of the continent’s largest telcos have urged governments to establish new policies to expedite the positive and inclusive impacts of mobile technology, in order to address investment…