MTN Nigeria Limited mounts the gauntlet on behalf of the country’s telecom operators as it called on Nigeria’s law makers to formulate policies that will help secure telecommunications operations and infrastructure in the country.
Mr. Quasim Odunmbaku, who is MTN’s Regulatory Affairs Manager said some of the policies include those that will accord telecoms operations [...]
Telecommunication markets in North Africa present diverse opportunities and challenges. These markets have been growing at a CAGR of 20% during 2007-2009 and are expected to continue growing at a CAGR of around 7% over the next five years. The blend of strong mobile voice together with mobile broadband explosion is expected to ensure the [...]
Communicating anywhere, anytime on any device during the World Cup in South Africa has been declared a 100% success and leading technology and services provider, Ericsson, has been recognised as key to making this happen. During the period of the event the network carried a data equivalent of approximately 300 hours of DVD viewing or [...]
The Nigerian unit of UAE-based Etisalat, South Africa’s MTN and Starcomms of Nigeria have subscribed to Main One Cable Company’s high capacity fibre-optic cable system, which was launched commercially earlier this week linking West Africa to Europe, Reuters reports. The 7,200km Main One fibre-optic cable, which has landing stations in Nigeria and Ghana with branching [...]
MTN Zambia has announced an average reduction of 40% in international call after the mobile service provider installed its own international gateway, this according to The Zambian Chronicle.
The company has reduced rates by as much as 80 percent to some international destinations including Canada, China, United States of America and India.
Last week, the Zambia [...]
MTN Nigeria has signed a $2.1 billion deal with a consortium of 15 Nigerian banks including Afribank Nigeria, Bank PHB, Citibank Nigeria, Diamond Bank, Ecobank Nigeria, First City Monument Bank, Fidelity Bank, First Bank of Nigeria and Guaranty Trust Bank.
Global Telecom Business writes that the banks have extended a facility of $1.652 billion from $1.368 [...]
ABUBAKAR Bukola Saraki, Governor of North- Central Kwara State, has lauded MTN Nigeria Limited, a leading telecommunications company, for selecting Ilorin among the first set of cities in Nigeria to enjoy its WiMAX-powered Internet service, MTN Hynet.
The governor along with notable senators and high-ranking government officials were among dignitaries who witnessed the official [...]
MTN has announced the availability of “Find and Follow SA” for BlackBerry smartphones, a new application that lets MTN BlackBerry subscribers find local information and stay in touch with the latest football news and events across South Africa.
This local search application makes it simple for MTN subscribers who use a BlackBerry smartphone to stay on [...]
Reliance Communications Ltd. is considering a merger with South Africa’s MTN Group Ltd. or an infusion of fresh equity from a strategic foreign investor.
Unconfirmed reports from Moneycontrol.com revealed that Anil Ambani from Reliance will be visiting Johannesburg to meet the top brass of MTN on Monday.
Economic Times also reports that the South African government [...]
EGYPTY’S mobile cellular giant, Orascom has confirmed talks with MTN aimed at taking over its Algerian unit, Djezzy, an official confirmed.
If the MTN, Orascom Group negotiations reach fruition, then MTN has still another hurdle in facing Algeria’s government laws which stipulate that any foreign company wishing to invest in their country should cede a 51% [...]
MTN Group has today announced the launch of a new mobile Facebook site (0.facebook.com), to enable its subscribers browse the popular social network site without incurring any data charges.
Facebook’s 0.facebook.com site is optimized for speed – it is a new faster, lightweight version of Facebook’s mobile site m.facebook.com. The site does not have graphics or [...]