MTN to cut off Glo over N6B debt, NCC says

MTN Nigeria has received government’s approval to disconnect rival Glo over interconnect debt owed by the nation’s second national operator. Telecoms industry insiders tell Technology Times that Globacom Limited allegedly owes over N6 billion in interconnect debt to MTN, a development that has warranted the intervention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which today alerted […]

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MTN Group remains confident that Starlink’s internet is no competition in Nigeria

South Africa’s MTN Group, the parent company of MTN Nigeria, says they are not worried about competition from the launch of Starlink in Nigeria due to the high cost of the satellite internet service offered by the US company. US-based Starlink operated by SpaceX and owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk says it is launching […]

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Photos: Buhari, MTN top execs meet as operator visits Nigerian Govt

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Top executives of South Africa’s MTN Group and local subsidiary, MTN Nigeria, last week undertook a three-day visit to top Nigerian government officials that culminated in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja.

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5G: MTN taps OpenRAN as African ‘early adopter’

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MTN Group is becoming an African early adopter of OpenRAN network technology to quickly roll out network services, including 5G, the mobile phone giant says. Among several benefits, OpenRAN will let MTN roll out services like 5G on its legacy network across its African footprints, which includes Nigeria, where it owns the largest mobile phone […]

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