MTN Nigeria has unveiled its much-anticipated Festive campaign, YelloTide, a nationwide celebration aimed at spreading joy, kindness, and connection across the country. This is coming after days of online conversations and speculation. The campaign officially kicks off this week, following a three-day teaser that had Nigerians across social media guessing what MTN had up its…
The telecom industry maintained strong performance through the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, with active voice subscriptions rising to 173.54 million in September, from 171.57 million it was in August, latest industry stats from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown. The data also showed that teledensity, which represents the number of active telephone lines…
Telcom sector regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is transforming rural connectivity from a social challenge into an economic opportunity through a data-led, partnership-driven plan designed to narrow the country’s widening digital divide and accelerate inclusive growth. According to the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), the most recent study conducted in 2024 showed that the…
Mobile network operator (MNO) 9mobile, which recently rebranded to T2, recorded its first gain of the year in July as it added 290,601 new subscribers in the month, spurred by its recent infrastructure sharing deal with the largest mobile network operator, MTN Nigeria. This came as the first monthly subscriber gain in nearly a year…
Airtel Nigeria yesterday said its doubled investments will directly accelerate critical network initiatives including nationwide coverage expansion, capacity augmentation through spectrum acquisition, fibre rollout, and satellite partnerships with Starlink and OneWeb. Its Chief Technology Officer, Harmanpreet Dhillon, disclosed these initiatives during national Tv’s Economy Watch programme, where he reaffirmed telco’s commitment to building a more…
MTN Nigeria said it has scheduled its network maintenance to restore services to 15 local government areas (LGAs) in three states in the northern parts of the country. In July 2025, MTN recorded 760 fibre cuts nationwide, bringing the year-to-date total to over 5,478 incidents. These disruptions, primarily caused by road construction and vandalism, continue…
An indigenous Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Beta Computers, has petitioned the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy over the deployment of counterfeited copies of its SPEEDSTAR personal computers (PCs) by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) contractors. Beta Computers is one of the certified OEMs for made-in-Nigeria computers by the Federal Government and…
9mobile, Nigeria’s fourth mobile service provider has changed its brand identity to T2mobile. It also changed its logo and colour identity from green to orange colour. The colour change, according to the carrier, is essential to reflect its tenacity and resilience after passing through market challenges. This is coming few weeks after the telco unveiled…
Indigenous original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have raised the alarm over alleged deployment of over deployment of fake SPEEDSTAR Computers by the National Information Development Agency (NITDA) through its contractors, saying that it is economic sabotage on the nation especially on the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The OEMs, acting under the aegis of Certified Computer…
