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AIRTEL NIGERIA NEWS
News and analysis about Airtel Nigeria
The total number of active voice subscriptions has declined across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest telecoms data report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (SCR) has threatened to sanction telecommunications companies, MTN and Airtel for failing to honour their invitation.
Specifically, mobile network operators comprising, MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and 9mobile have been at the center of consumer complaints on data depletion.
According to the NCC data, a total of 9,000 subscribers ported from one network to another between January and March.
The increase came after the operators had lost over 6 million subscriptions in January due to the implementation of the NIN-SIM directive of the NCC
Data consumption in Nigeria was high in December due to increased activities during the festive period, which saw an increase to 713,200 terabytes, but this was still lower than the January record.
Active subscriptions for mobile services in Nigeria declined by over 6 million in January this year to 218 million as telecom operators enforced the regulator’s directive of banning SIMs not linked with NIN.
Some 43 companies aiming to provide telecommunications services in Nigeria through the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) framework have spent a total of N8.6 billion to acquire the licences.
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing processes related to the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM linkage.
CFO of MTN Nigeria, Mr. Modupe Kadri, says the company has invested over $120 million in expanding 5G coverage over the last two years.
Airtel Africa, INTENT.AI and fonYou hosted the groundbreaking event, "AI AdTalks: Exploring AI in Digital Advertising" at The Marriot, Ikeja, Lagos.
Active subscriptions for the internet across mobile, fixed and VOIP networks in Nigeria rose to 162 million in November 2023.