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- 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.…
- 12 Jun 2015
Visafone Launches MVOIP App
Visafone Communication Limited has launched an Internet-powered voice, video and messaging solution for smartphones, tablets and windows PC. The solution is an app that provides borderless…
- 16 Jan 2016
Jim Ovia Assures Visafone Subscribers of Better Services
Mr. Jim Ovia, founder and retired chairman of Visafone Communications Limited, has said that Visafone remains open for business and will be leveraged to expand MTN’s roll out of its LTE broadband…
- 27 Nov 2014
Visafone Wins CDMA Operator Award
Visafone Communications Limited has won the CDMA Operator of the Year award at the just concluded AfriICTA 2014 awards ceremony. Mkpe Abang , chairman of AfriICTA, who presented the award said…
- 13 Sept 2012
Zenith Bank, Visafone Join Hands for EaZyMoney
Zenith Bank and Visafone Communications Limited yesterday launched a product called EaZyMoney , to consolidate their leading roles in the evolving cashless society project currently being pursued by…
- 25 Oct 2012
Visafone, RIM Unveil 1st CDMA BlackBerry Services
Visafone Communications Limited, Nigeria’s leading code division multiple access (CDMA) service provider, and Research In Motion (RIM), Canada-based makers of BlackBerry smartphones have inked a deal…
- 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…
- 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…
- 18 Jun 2015
Visafone Free Roaming Mobile App Excites Customers
The newly launched Visafone Communications Limited Internet-powered voice, video and messaging solution for smartphones, tablets and windows desktops is already emerging as an instant hit and…
- 16 Apr 2012
Visafone Targets Dominant Roles in Mobile Money, Broadband Internet
Visafone Communications Limited is set to play a more dominant role in the Central Bank Nigeria’s (CBN) newly introduced mobile money initiative as well as in the mobile broadband where it has…
- 16 Apr 2012
Visafone Targets Dominant Roles in Mobile Money, Broadband Internet
Visafone Communications Limited is set to play a more dominant role in the Central Bank Nigeria’s (CBN) newly introduced mobile money initiative as well as in the mobile broadband where it has…
- 7 Jul 2015
Visafone Assures Customers on New Internet Data Experience
Following the successful commissioning of its upgraded data infrastructure, Visafone Communications Limited has added new capabilities to her bouquet of data services, offering entirely new and…
- 21 Jul 2020
NCC Recalls 41.2m Unused Lines, Okays New Numbering Plans for 37 Telcos
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn some 41, 240,448 million lines that have been left inactive or unused by telecommunications licencees across 36 states of the country over the…
- 5 May 2009
Telcos Showcase New Products at W.Afri.Tel 2009
Two telecommunications operators in the country, Etisalat and Visafone are among many Information and Communications Technology operators that plans to showcase new products at this year’s West…
- 12 Oct 2016
NCC Granted Approval for Visafone Share Transfer to MTN, Not Licence
A decision to transfer Visafone licence to MTN has not yet been taken. What has been approved in the transaction is 100% shareholding not licence. NCC final approval to the changes in…
- 15 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…
- 4 Oct 2016
MTN May Abandon Visafone Acquisition - Report
MTN group is considering abandoning the acquisition after Nigeria's industry regulator ruled that broadband spectrum should not be included in the deal as well as litigation arising from the deal…
- 4 Jun 2013
NCS Confers Honorary Fellowship on Jim Ovia
Mr. Jim Ovia, founder and former group managing director, Zenith Bank Plc, has been conferred with the Honorary Fellowship of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in recognition of his important and…
- 26 Jun 2018
MTN’s Fate Hangs as NCC Decides on Visafone License in July
Moves by MTN Nigeria to acquire the license and frequencies Visafone, has been put on hold by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enable the commission evaluate the pros and cons. …
- 15 Nov 2016
NCC Goes Tough on MTN, Airtel, 11 Others over Unsolicited Telemarketing
For flouting the 'Do Not Disturb' (DND) directives, issued to them on April 20, 2016, 13 network operators risk severe sanctions by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). They are however…
- 8 Sept 2008
Oceanic Bank Buys MTS FirstWireless, Prestel
MTS FirstWireless, trapped in the debris of protracted boardroom squabbles has got a breather, thanks to fresh take over bid by Oceanic Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading financial…
- 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…
- 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…
- 27 Feb 2017
Ekeh, Zinox Chairman Emerges TT Person of the Year
Mr Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman, Zinox Technologies, has emerged winner of the maiden edition of Technology Times Person of the Year 2016 Award that honours most enduring contributions to the Nigerian ICT…
- 29 Nov 2016
Six Nominees for TT Person of the Year 2016
Six nominees have been named for the Technology Times Person of the Year 2016, which honours the person that has made the most enduring contribution to the information and communication technology…
- 21 Apr 2015
Archos Eyes about 40% Nigeria’s Smart Devices Market -Olukotun
Ademola Olukotun is the country manager, Archos in Nigeria. He is a seasoned product manager with a vast experience in start-up businesses to a world class standard. Ademola was a foundation staff of…
- 28 Nov 2015
Jim Ovia ICT Foundation to Shoulder NCS Scholarship Programme
Jim Ovia, chairman and founder of Zenith Bank Plc, stole the show at the Nigeria Information Technology Award (NITMA) 2015 with the announcement that Jim Ovia ICT Foundation will henceforth sponsor…
- 7 Jan 2014
OneCard Nigeria Appoints Ogunkanmi as CCO
OneCard Nigeria, a fast moving consumer goods company that provides top-up solutions on multiple platforms for various services ranging from mobile phones, toll fees, pay television and fuel cards…
- 4 Dec 2012
Obasanjo, Imoke, Ovia Bag NCS Honorary Fellowships
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) will confer Honorary Fellowships on Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke, governor of Cross River State and Jim Ovia, founder…
- 13 Apr 2015
Reports Link Vodacom, MTN in Race to Acquire Visafone
Different reports at the weekend indicated that Vodacom Group Limited (Vodacom) and MTN Group are quietly competing in the race acquire Visafone, the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access…