It has been 25 days since Mobile Number Portability went live in Nigeria, after all the fanfare, resources put into the project, and network ads jabbing each other, how is the project really going? Well, we have some information. We can exclusively tell you that as at yesterday, just over 3,000 lines had been ported across the four GSM networks so far. We have been asked not to give a breakdown of... »
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released some stats which give an insight to the internet use in Nigeria. Of the 113 million active GSM lines in Nigeria, only about 32,335,478 of them (as at February 2013), are actively subscribed to data plans offered by their home networks. Off the bat, it’s easy to see that MTN Nigeria which accounts for 45% of the total GSM subscribers i... »
Here’s a quick Public Service Announcement, going by NCC directives, unregistered lines would be taken offline from the 1st of July 2013. In essence, what that means is that if your line has not been registered to your home network, service to your SIM would be withdrawn. It is unclear whether you would be able to get your number back in the event that it gets disconnected by registering it ... »
Mobile Number portability went live on Monday and you can now finally ditch that network you have been complaining about all this while (here is how to). The question that remains though is this…What network are you porting to? »
This just in, MTN Nigeria has just slashed the costs of their BlackBerry subscription to match the prices offered by Etisalat, which slashed their prices last week. Under the new pricing, the BlackBerry Complete plan with one email and No BlackBerry protect, would now got for N1,000 while the full plan BIS with all the bells and whistles would go for N1,500. The new prices took effect about an hou... »
Today marks the start of a new dawn in the Nigerian Telecommunication sector. Number Portability: which is the ability to switch networks while keeping your existing number is now live. So what if you want to port your number here is what you should do: Walk in to any office of the recipient network (network you intend to port to) and request for your line to be ported. The agent you talk to is re... »
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This just got in. Etisalat Nigeria via their twitter handle have announced the reduction of the full BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), from N3,000 to N1,000 effective immediately. Breaking news: Etisalat FULL BIS is now N1000!!!! *we repeat* FULL BIS=N1000 #TeamEtisalat pls RT RT — Etisalat Nigeria (@etisalat_9ja) April 16, 2013 Update: After doing some checks, I can confirm that it’s not... »
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reviewed the interconnection rates chargeable by Telecom operators in the country. Interconnection rates are the charges each telco receives for allowing a call from another network terminate on theirs. According to the NCC, the new rates for voice services provided by new entrants and small operators in Nigeria irrespective of the originating netwo... »
Update: Our sources where spot-on. Yesterday, NCC’s spokesman, Tony Ojobo confirmed that the exercise had indeed been postponed. “MNP operator (sic) are ready and set, they are just fine tuning their equipment for final testing which will affect the target date. The operators request for additional three weeks to complete testing. The MNP launch hopefully will now take place April 4,’’ he sa... »
Following the launch of BlackBerry Z10 in Nigeria, carriers have been putting out details with regards to their data offerings for the device. Etisalat Nigeria has also made their offerings public. The plans which were first announced yesterday via their twitter handle while similar to offerings from the other two networks in terms of structure, and also do offer unlimited BlackBerry Messenger bun... »
