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Zimbabwe’s Econet Launches Ride-Hailing Service as Internet Companies Continue to Disrupt Telco Earnings
As internet companies continue to usurp voice and SMS earning from Telecom companies, the latter has intensified efforts…
MTN Group’s Latest Quarterly Report Shows Why it Needs Nigeria to Survive
South Africa’s MTN Group has released its earnings report for the third quarter of 2018. Although the report…
Broadbased Communications Emerges 2018 Telecom Wholesale Company of the year
Leading fibre network and private network links company, Broadbased Communications Ltd has been named Telecom Wholesale Company for the year 2018…
Nigeria’s Telecom Industry Loses $3b in Revenue to Call Masking Issues
The Nigerian telecom sector loses about $3 billion in revenue to call masking, refilling and SIM boxing issues.…
Report: Over 2.7 Million Smartphones were Shipped into Nigeria in Just 3 Months!
Mobile phone shipments to Nigeria and Africa is witnessing an uptick. According to data from the International Data…
NCC Report: Nigeria’s GSM Internet Subscribers Grew by 866, 656 in Just One Month!
The number of Nigeria’s GSM internet subscribers grew by 866, 656 in just one month, according to statistics…
MTN Takes CBN and AGF to Court Over Alleged Dividend Repatriation and Unpaid Taxes
The trouble seems to be far from over as Nigerian leading telecommunication company, MTN, has taken the Central…
Moody’s to Downgrade MTN’s Ratings as Nigeria Orders the Telco to Pay New $2b Tax
Following the negative news around its Nigerian subsidiary, South African telco group, MTN, is under review by Moody’s for…
NIPOST Goes Digital, Launches Address Verification and Digital Addressing Systems
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) today held its stakeholders’ conference and launched two new addressing tools –Digital Addressing System…
After Successfully Tackling MTN’s Fines and the 9Mobile Sale, Adebayo Shittu Resigns as Communications Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has announced his resignation. In his resignation letter, the former Oyo…
