Tag: Airtel

Nigerians To Pay More For Calls, Data, Minister Confirms, Says Hike Not 100%

Abibat Babalola

  Real reason we yielded to MTN, Glo, others’ request for tariff hike, full details of what minister Bosun Tijani said   The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has announced that telecom tariffs will rise soon, but the increase will not reach 100 percent. Speaking after a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, Tijani explained that discussions and consultations on the matter are still in progress. The MNOs have earlier proposed a 100 percent hike in tariffs. The minister noted…

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MTN, Airtel, Others Mull Tariff Hike

Ganiyu Amodu

Telecoms operators including MTN, Airtel and Globacom have pushed for cost-reflective tariff in view of extant economic realities. This was contained in a statement jointly released by the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) on Thursday. The statement was co-signed by ALTON’s Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo; and ATCON’s President Tony Emoekpere. The telcos called upon the government to take decisive action in addressing the numerous challenges confronting the telecommunications industry. The telcos said telecommunications infrastructure development requires substantial investments in…

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No More *556#: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile Okay Single Code for Data, Airtime

Precious Ibekwe

Nigeria’s major telecom companies (MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile) are set to implement a unified set of shortcodes for all telecom services The move is directed by the NCC to make it easier for Nigerians to remember a single code for different services across all networks All old codes for recharging, data subscription, and balance checking will no longer work. READ ALSO: Nigeria Begins Aso Villa Renovation Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and Fulani, By Farooq A. Kperogi She Broke Nigeria’s Varsity 42-year-Record, Bagged 4.0 Perfect…

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MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile To Slam 40% Tariffs Hike On Nigerians

Abibat Babalola

N100 recharge card, data to now worth N60 Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria, ALTON have recommended an upward adjustment in call and SMS tariffs to cushion the increasing cost of operation in Nigeria. Making the proposal in a letter to the Nigerian Communications Commission, the association lamented that the cost of doing business in the country had risen by 40 per cent. The association claimed that the telecommunications industry had been financially harmed by an economic downturn that occured in 2020 and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. READ ALSO: MTN Loses 1.3…

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Easy Steps to Link NIN to MTN, Glo, and Airtel SIM Cards

ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa, as a part of its commitment to solution journalism, presents easy step-by-atep approach 72 million Nigerian subscribers whose lines are barred can take to link their NIN to MTN, Glo, and Airtel SIM Cards   72.77 million subscribers were, according to Platforms Africa, affected when, after months of repeated extensions of deadlines, the Nigerian government on Monday, April 4, ordered telecommunications companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy. In simple terms, the telecom companies were ordered to bar SIM cards that are yet…

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