Succour may have eventually come the way of telephone service subscribers in the country as telecom operators have started paying customers for poor network service. This development follows a directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which ordered operators to compensate users for failing to meet quality standards between N...
Airtel Nigeria has announced the temporary suspension of its airtime and data credit services. The affected services allowed eligible prepaid customers to borrow airtime or data and repay on their next recharge, reports Vanguard. However, the company noted that customers will continue to enjoy uninterrupted access to airtime and data purchases...
Telecommunications giant Airtel Nigeria says its newly launched solution, the Airtel Spam Alert Service, is designed to shield its subscribers from fraudulent and spam SMS The company stated that the service was developed as part of its ongoing commitment to user safety and digital security, reports Daily Independent. In a statement yesterday,...
Airtel Nigeria, the country’s second-largest telecom operator, has revised its data pricing structure, implementing a tariff adjustment of up to 50 per cent, according to details published on its website yesterday. The price revision, which affects various data bundles, aligns with ongoing industry concerns over escalating operational costs, r...
Airtel subscribers and customers in Bayelsa State experienced network outages today as youths said to be members of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), shut down Airtel’s distribution mast in Yenagoa, the state capital. The IYC Worldwide is staging a protest to demand the reversal of the diesel supply contract awarded to a non-indigenous contractor, re...
•Mast sealed The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service has sealed seven telecommunication masts belonging to MTN and Globacom across the state’s urban areas over outstanding taxes totalling N5.8bn. The Head of Corporate Communications for the Kaduna IRS, Zakari Muhammad, disclosed this development in a statement issued today. The sealed...
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has restrained telecom operators in Nigeria from deactiÂvating or barring any line or SIM whose user was not linked to the National Identification Number (NIN). The court issued the restrainÂing order on February 22, 2024, while ruling on a motion for the restraining orders...
•Sim cards The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed MTN Nigeria, Airtel and other telecommunications firms to fully bar phone lines without National Identity Numbers and those whose NINs have not been verified. This was disclosed in a corporate notice that MTN Nigeria filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited revealing the directive ...
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