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- 28 Aug 2024
TSSF 5.0: Industry Leaders to Address Brain Drain Challenge in Nigeria's Telecom Industry
Leading figures in the telecommunications and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors are set to gather for the fifth edition of the Telecom Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF 5.0).…
- 28 Mar 2025
IHS Nigeria Hosts Telecom Industry Stakeholders to Discuss Protection of Critical National Infrastructure in Lagos State
IHS Nigeria, part of the IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”) group, one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by…
- 22 Nov 2020
Danbatta @ Radio Nigeria Kaduna Discusses Telecoms Industry Issues
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Kaduna, has hosted Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), where he discussed a wide range of issues…
- 12 Dec 2019
NITRA Bags Telecoms Industry Support Award
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has honoured Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) with the Telecoms Industry Support Award in…
- 10 Sept 2017
Sweeping Changes Required on Telecoms Industry Regulation
The burgeoning growth of Nigeria’s telecom industry is now stalled, no thanks to a number of factors which have conspired to hobble operators and their operations. At the height of telecom boom, the…
- 29 Jul 2015
Airtel Nigeria Named Telecoms Company of the Year
For its laudable contributions to the growth of the telecoms industry in Nigeria, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has been named ‘Africa’s Telecommunications Company of the Year.’ The…
- 1 May 2015
Etisalat Promises More Local Innovation in Telecoms Industry
Etisalat Nigeria, the fourth entrant into the GSM market in Nigeria has promised to increase its involvement in local innovation that will further drive the telecoms sector. Chineze Amanfo,…
- 2 Jul 2012
Telecom Industry Rings Worries Over Vandals
The telecom industry waxed worriedly at the weekend over the growing targeted attacks on telecom equipment, infrastructure and telecom workers and urged the government to declare ICT equipment,…
- 13 Aug 2024
Nigeria’s Telecom Sector in ICU, Risks Collapse- Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the Nigeria telecommunications ecosystem who gathered for a forum tagged: “TELECOMS INDUSTRY 2.0: The Next Investment Frontier in Nigeria,” in Lagos, yesterday, warned that the…
- 17 Nov 2016
Nigeria Seeks Increased Telecoms Investment at ITU Telecom World
Nigeria’s government and private sectors have made a pitch to foreign investors at the 2016 International Telecommunication Union conference, Telecoms World, where they presented the country’s…
- 8 Nov 2017
Nigeria Requires Immediate Reform In Telecom Sector To Unleash Industry 4.0- Teniola
Olusola Teniola is the president, Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON); providing industrial leadership in steering the association' collaborations with government, civic…
- 21 Sept 2022
Telecoms Industry Stakeholders Honour Airtel’s Shola Adeyemi
Shola Adeyemi, Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer/Company Secretary, Airtel Nigeria, has been honoured by stakeholders in the tech and telecoms industry for his outstanding contributions to the…
- 24 Apr 2024
ALTON, ATCON Urge FG to Address Telecoms Industry Challenges
The Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), representing Mobile Network Operators and telecommunication…
- 14 Aug 2024
Airtel CEO, Carl Cruz says Investment, Collaboration are Essential for Telecoms to Keep Enabling Other Industries
Carl Cruz, Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, has emphasized the critical importance of creating an investment-friendly environment to sustain the role of the telecoms industry in driving…
- 17 Aug 2016
Step Down 9% Service Tax Bill, Telecoms Industry Overtaxed- ATCON
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has commended the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (LCCI) dialogue session on the Proposed 9% Communication Services Tax…
- 17 Apr 2023
The Telecoms Industry is the Backbone for Driving Growth in Nigeria - Ogunsanya
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, group managing director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Africa, in his keynote address at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Sharing Experience Series 2023,…
- 16 Nov 2025
Telecoms Industry Cuts 383 Jobs in One Year
Nigeria’s telecommunications industry cut 383 jobs between 2023 and 2024 as operators struggled under surging operating expenses, shrinking subscriber numbers and persistent regulatory pressures,…
- 14 Jul 2015
Global Investment Surges in Africa’s Telecoms Industry
The international telecoms community regards Africa as an area of high value for new business. Africa’s telecoms industry forms a vital component to the country’s economic growth, affecting all…
- 24 Aug 2018
Second Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards Nominees Unveiled
Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and Instinct Wave, Africa’s Premium B2B event have announced the nominees for the 2nd edition of Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards…
- 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…
- 24 Sept 2019
ATCON Embarks on Evaluation of Nigerian Telecom Industry
The National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to embark on an evaluation exercise of the Nigerian telecom industry. This is…
- 15 Oct 2017
Ericsson Visits NCC, Reiterates Support To Nigerian Telecom Industry
Nigerian Telecom market has not yet been harnessed to its full potentials. Shitlesi Makkhofane, head Government and Industry Relations of Ericsson Group, made this remark when he led top…
- 16 Mar 2009
Global Financial Crisis: What It Holds for Nigeria Telecoms Sector
When the global financial crisis started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 and into 2008 in United States of America and Europe, little did people know that it will spread to developing…
- 20 Oct 2024
Experts Call for Talent Management Systems to Mitigate Talent Exodus in the Telecom Industry
Experts in the telecommunications industry have called for the introduction and integration of a Talent Management System to help mitigate the effects of talent exodus in Nigeria. For years, various…
- 28 Oct 2025
ntel CEO Outlines Roadmap for Nigeria’s Telecoms Resurgence
Mr. Soji Maurice-Diya, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (ntel), has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reviving Nigeria’s telecommunications industry, with…
- 21 May 2024
ATCON Offers Solutions to Fibre Cable Cuts in Telecom Industry
Association of Telecommunication Companies Of Nigeria (ATCON) has highlighted fibre cuts as a major stumbling block to the Nigerian telecom sector’s growth and affirmed its readiness to take…
- 24 Feb 2021
Glo Propels Nigeria’s Telecoms Growth in 2020
The latest data published by telecom industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has shown that National telecommunications company, Globacom, recorded a 39% growth in its…
- 26 Jul 2016
Shittu Keynotes #ICTEL2016, Score Telecoms Industry High
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has scored the Nigerian telecoms industry high in its contribution to the economy. Shittu said that with the upsurge in telephone density cutting…
- 6 May 2022
NCC Rallies Media Stakeholders to Enhance Effective Reporting of Telecoms Industry
Consistent with its strategic objective of stakeholder collaboration and partnering, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently met a section of stakeholders in the mass media industry.…
- 13 Nov 2017
Vodacom Business Nigeria Wins Industry Awards
Vodacom Business Nigeria has been named the Internet of Things Provider of the Year, the Telecom Business of the year and the Enterprise Service Provider of the Year at the 2017 Nigeria Technology…