I thought I had written too many posts on the above issue, but apparently not, I got a DM this morning asking me if I was sure BIS worked on BlackBerry 10 because a couple of blogs including the well respected mobility blog say otherwise so I thought to write one final post brief post on the issue. First the confusion arises from what we consider BIS here. BIS is not data alone. The term BIS refer... »
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what that means is that if your line has not been registered to your home network, service to your SIM would be withdrawn.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 ... »
We have heard about the BlackBerry Q10′s demand being quite high since launch, Selfridges in UK sold out their stock in minutes, even BlackBerry is said to have underestimated the demand and have re-adjusted production to meet demand. It seems like that demand crunch, has gotten here as well. MTN is sending out the followings text to people who pre-ordered from them. Yello! Due to revised pr... »
Took a while to get a title for this post, still not sure whether I like the current heading. Anyways, someone sent this in last night and after much deliberation, I decided to share. MTN Nigeria seems to be having a lot of fun with the number portability thing ever since the Saka thing hit the internet. They have made callertunes of it, are giving out Z10s in a Saka inspired dance competitions an... »
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? »
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Update: MTN’s updated the price on their pre-order page to N120,000. Read about that here Earlier in the day, MTN Nigeria announced the availability of the BlackBerry Q10 for pre order. The Q10 is BlackBerry’s second device which is powered by the all new BlackBerry 10 OS, the first being the Z1o. Unlike the Z10, the Q10 features BlackBerry’s iconic physical keyboard. If you are ... »
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... »
