Few weeks after the introduction of Mobile Number Portability, MNP, in Nigeria, subscribers have been complaining about the hitches experienced in porting. Speaking with P.M.NEWS Business Week, Adesola Adekunle, a civil servant lamented over the delay and hitches he encountered when he wanted to switch to a new service provider ’’ I was expecting the [...]
Stakeholders in the IT industry have unanimously called for the review of legal documents in Nigeria to protect owners’ intellectual property (IP) as well as rebuild confidence of critical thinkers and innovators. Adeolu Majekodunmi, small & medium solutions & partner director, Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, said that due to the ineffectual legal document , IT [...]
India’s top telecoms company Bharti Airtel said Thursday its net quarterly profit halved in its final financial quarter to March, hit by fierce competition and punishing interest charges. Consolidated net profit for the three months to March tumbled to 5.08 billion rupees ($94 million), down from 10.06 billion rupees in the same period a year [...]
Google’s Android mobile operating system extended its dominance in smartphones in the US and other major markets in early 2013, according to a survey published on Monday. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said Android was used on 49.3 percent of smartphones sold in the US market in the first quarter, compared to 43.7 percent for Apple’s iOS, [...]
Seun Bisuga Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit, Globacom has signed a $500 million deal with technical partner, ZTE. The deal was signed today at the Mike Adenuga Towers, Victoria Island, was described as very memorable as it coincides with the birthday of Mike Adenuga, chairman Globacom Nigeria Limited. The deal follows the $750 million memorandum of [...]
A Dutchman has been arrested in Spain in connection with last month’s unprecedented cyberattack that reportedly slowed down the Internet, the Dutch prosecution service said. The 35 year old identified only as S.K. was arrested in Barcelona and the house where he was staying searched by Spanish police, said a statement. “He is suspected of [...]
Nigeria’s leading telecommunications outfit, Globacom has signed a total system upgrade deal worth N120billion, ($750m). At a press briefing at the Mike Adenuga Towers in Victoria Island, Lagos State, the telecommunication giant officially partnered Chinese firm, Huawei Technologies, to tee off the total systems upgrade. The upgrade which is expected to be completed in six [...]
