Nigeria

Nigeria's cancelled auction of WiMAX frequency licences in the 2.3GHz range has been reinstated by a high court ruling, reports This Day. The auction, which took place in May 2009... 2010-03-19

A week after the financial bids for Nigeria's beleaguered incumbent operator, Nitel, were announced, and a consortium known as New Generation Telecom emerged as the preferred bidder,... 2010-02-23

Speaking at a lecture in Lagos, Ernest Ndukwe, vice-chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), has highlighted the importance of regulatory independence for ensuring... 2010-02-18

Investors in Bharti Airtel are expressing concern over Bharti's latest plan to invest in Africa by acquiring Zain's Africa assets, excluding Sudan and Morocco. According to Bloomberg,... 2010-02-16

MTN's decision, revealed in January 2010, to locate its West and Central Africa (WECA) divisional headquarters in Ghana could be interpreted as a shift in focus for the pan-African... 2010-01-28

The executive secretary of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe, has disappointed many who had been hoping for legislation to force mobile prices down. Ndukwe... 2010-01-14

2010 seems to be shaping up to be a year of SIM registration in African mobile markets. 2009 was in some ways expected to see many SIM registration campaigns followed through, but... 2010-01-04

Visafone, which is the leading CDMA mobile operator in Nigeria, has announced that its network is open market handset (OMH) compliant, reports AllAfrica. This means that it has met... 2009-12-18

Zain Nigeria is rolling out more of its Fixed Payphones, as part of a project to increase access to telecoms service in all areas of the country, reports Daily Champion. The fixed payphones... 2009-12-11

Globacom is preparing to launch a new broadband service in Nigeria. The Glo Broad Access service will offer voice, data and video services over Glo's cable network. It is an unusual... 2009-11-25