Airtel Nigeria has launched its 4G LTE (long term evolution device) in Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and other major cities and towns in Anambra state.According to a statement by the telecommunications provider, the 4G service was launched on Wednesday.Representing Segun Ogunsanya, chief executive officer, Airtel, during the launch, Dapo Dosunmu, regional operations director, south region, said the switch to an upgraded [...]
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Airtel Nigeria has announced its partnership with EbonyLife TV to sponsor the maiden edition of the"Dating Game Nigeria" show.In a statement, the telecommunications company said the show is open to contestants who are single and looking forward to deepening friendship bonds.Commenting on the partnership, Dinesh Balsingh, chief commercial officer, Airtel Nigeria, said: “Connected people are inspired people. We connect our [...]
Airtel Nigeria launched its 4G network in Abuja, the country's capital, on Thursday.The launch in Abuja is coming few weeks after the mobile service provider launched the 4G network in Ibadan, Oyo state.Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, and U.E Maska, commissioner of technical standard at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), were among those present at the event.Speaking at the occasion, [...]
Segun Ogunsanya, managing director (MD), Airtel Nigeria, says Nigerian enterprises must constantly innovate to ensure success and business continuity.According to him, “businesses will die” if they do not break the mould of how they operate traditionally.Ogunsanya spoke on Thursday at the “hyper consumer centricity conference” and launch of “Cash Token”, an “electronic reward and celebratory gift commodity”.Cash Token was produced [...]
BY TUNDE ADEKUNLEI’m yet to meet Segun Ogunsanya, the Managing Director & CEO of Airtel Nigeria, in person, but I will. Before I do, I want to earn my license for unfettered access to him by sharing the feelings I get each time I read of him or hear him talk on TV.As a customer of Airtel Nigeria of longstanding, [...]
Lost, a television commercial which Airtel Nigeria launched in 2016, has won gold at the 2017 Epica awards in France.It tells the story of a man (played by Gabriel Afolayan) stranded on an island- portraying how life without reliable mobile Internet and data services would be for digital natives.The commercial, which came tops in the business and public service category, [...]
Airtel Nigeria says it is committed to contributing to the development of the primary education sector in Nigeria.The company has promised to use its 'Adopt-a-School Programme', a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, to provide learning opportunities for underprivileged children in primary schools across Nigeria.Speaking at the commissioning of Yahaya Hamza Primary school, one of its newly adopted schools in Zaria, [...]
Leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has inaugurated Yahaya Hamza Primary School, Zaria, Kaduna state. The company said it decided to refurbish the school in line with its commitment to provide opportunities for underprivileged children. The school has been transformed with six blocks, 12 classrooms, desk and chairs, teachers’ offices, whiteboards, borehole facilities and toilets for male and female students as well as teachers. Nasir [...]
Full-time and freelance journalists are the targets at the digital journalism training which is being sponsored by Airtel Nigeria in collaboration with The Journalism Clinic.A statement by Taiwo Obe, director, The Journalism Clinic, said that the training will start in Lagos on Monday, August 21 and on Monday, August 28, in Kaduna.Obe said the training, which will be facilitated by [...]
Bharti Airtel, owners of Airtel Nigeria, have recorded an “exceptional loss” of N34.5bn ($111.4 m) to Nigeria’s foreign exchange policy.Its consolidated net profit fell by 31 percent, from 21.13 billion rupees ($315.1 million) in 2015 to 14.62 billion rupees ($218 million) in the quarter ended June 30.With about seven percent of its consolidated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation [...]
Airtel Nigeria has unveiled SmartTrybe Junior, a mobile education platform, aimed at enhancing the learning experience of Nigerian children within the age bracket of five to 16.According to the company, the tool offers a 3D interactive multimedia based learning environment, designed to help students achieve deeper understanding and higher retention.Airtel says the learning tool, which integrates three of the major aspects [...]
Airtel Nigeria on Friday organised an exclusive business forum to appreciate premier customers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.The interactive business session, which was held at Aztech Arcum, along Stadium Road, was part of the company's efforts to deepen its relationship with customers across the country.While availing guests in attendance the opportunity to gain insights on the benefits associated with being a [...]
Airtel Nigeria has unveiled a new data campaign to reward customers for their patronage, and also drive Internet usage and penetration.Under the campaign, Airtel subscribers will receive instant data bonuses on activation of smart devices, with 100 per cent bonus on data recharge and 25 per cent discount on Microsoft Lumia 535 smartphone purchased at any of its stores across [...]
In partnership with Computer Warehouse Group, Airtel Nigeria will commission the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN), the first research and education network in West Africa, on Tuesday.An initiative of the national universities commission and the committee of vice chancellors of Nigerian universities, NgREN employs information and communication technologies (ICT) to drive inter-institutional communication, collaboration, and shared access to knowledge across [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), the country's pioneer telecoms operator, and 13 other telecoms companies as "inactive operators".According to Technology Times, NCC's declaration of NITEL and its mobile business unit, MTEL Limited, as inactive "further reflects the southward fortunes of the two public-owned telcos, as they technically no longer contribute to the periodic subscriber information released [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday released a report on the port-out activities of mobile network operators in the country.The report reveals that at least 10,210 subscribers have dumped the services of Globacom in the last two months, for other Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications (GSM) networks.According to the report, Globacom lost a total of 6,930 customers in April [...]
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