Nigeria

Transnational Corporation, the international consortium made up of same name local Nigerian company Transnational Corporation, the UAE's Etisalat and the UK's BT is to commit over... 2006-10-17

South African mobile giant, MTN Group has backtracked on a promise made two years ago, that it would seek to reduce its shareholding in its Nigerian subsidiary, MTN Nigeria. The decision,... 2006-10-05

Uncertainty hovers over whether Transcorp has won the bid for a 75% stake in Nigeria's telecoms operator Nitel. The consortium made up of Transnational Corporation, British Telecom... 2006-07-19

Kuwait-based MTC Group has formally concluded the transaction to acquire a controlling 65% stake in Nigeria's Vmobile at a cost of US$1.005bn, through their pan-African mobile operator... 2006-05-31

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country's telecoms regulatory body has finally begun implementing the Unified Licensing Regime it set out in February this year.... 2006-05-16

Founded by chairman Dr Mike Adenuga, Globacom received its licence to become Nigeria's second national operator in August 2002, for which it paid US$200mn. As part of the licence... 2006-05-08

Nigeria's state-owned incumbent operator Nitel is to reduce its workforce by 55% as part of the government's plans to divest its shares in the operator. Although 6,000 government... 2006-03-22

Nigeria's state-owned incumbent operator Nitel has launched a pilot project for its wholesale ADSL service in the city of Abuja. The operator aims to sell bandwidth on its broadband... 2006-03-17