By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. August 25, 2010. Multi-Links Telkom, has announced new cuts in entry and subscription costs Rocket Mobile Broadband, the pioneer private phone company’s Internet service. Acting Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Multi-Links Telkom, Chris Bannister, announced in a stament today that the reduction in the cost of acquiring the Internet devices aims [...]

By Technology Times Lagos. August 25, 2010. Bharti Airtel, the new owners of Zain Nigeria, may reach a telecoms deal with China’s ZTE under plans to revive the Nigerian mobile telecoms business. India’s Bharti Airtel had in July unveiled plans to pump $600 million into Zain Nigeria to under a turnaround plan and also pursue [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi August 23, 2010: Second National Operator, (SNO), Globacom has now extended its Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) across 48 networks in 24 countries expanding the international coverage for the multimedia service. Head, Glo Gateway, Pankaj Pradhan, says the destinations now covered by the service inlcude the United Kingdom, U.S, Norway, Canada, South Africa, [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. August 20, 2010: Linkserve has unveiled a product promotion plan for its broadband service to celebrate the nation’s 50th Independence Anniversary. The pioneering ISP says it will celebrate Nigeria @ 50 Anniversary with promotional offer of its Blast Broadband over the next 50 days. Managing Director, Linkserve, Victor Oisaghie, who made [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. August 14, 2010. First Bank of Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Osaze Osifo as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of its new investment banking and asset management business. First Bank says the subsidiary will be responsible for all the bank’s investment banking and asset management businesses across its [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. August 6, 2010. Second National Operator, Globacom, has extended its prepaid roaming service to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The SNO said the extension of the service to UAE would enable prepaid subscribers on Glo network to enjoy the rich bouquet of its services when they travel to the country. The [...]

By Benjamin Amu August 6, 2010. Nokia has said that contrary to what some may believe, not all mobile devices manufactured in China are substandard. Head of Government Affairs, Nokia Middle East and Africa, Jussi Hinkkanen made this known during a media tour of Nokia’s manufacturing facility in China recently. He says the plant is [...]

By Benjamin Amu Lagos August 6, 2010. MTN Nigeria has announced that customers on BizLink, one of its five new packages, will enjoy 20 per cent discount on-net calls in a regressive billing arrangement called “MTN Talk On.” MTN says for customers to enjoy the 20 per cent discount on on-net calls on the basic [...]

By Benjamin Amu Lagos. August 6, 2010. Starcomms has announced a deal in which its pre-paid CDMA customers can gain seamless access to international mobile roaming on GSM networks and other wireless technologies in a bid by the Nigerian phone company to expand its international network coverage. The Nigerian CDMA operator says it has recorded [...]

By Benjamin Amu August 5, 2010. Starcomms Nigeria has announced the launch of a new user friendly Internet Protocol Contact Centre ( IPCC) and a two dedicated self-care lines for its subscribers. According to Starcomms the newly unvieled IPCC comes with a multilingual Interactive Voice Record service (IVR) which offers customers services in five Nigerian [...]