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Smile expands voice reach with Lenovo Vide C

In consonance with its vision to provide the best telecommunications solutions, Smile Nigeria has struck a partnership with Lenovo Technologies West Africa in a bid to enhance the reach of its 4GLTE services and voice calls on mobile broadband.  Towards…

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Glo Rolls out 4G LTE Services in Lagos, Abuja, others

Leading indigenous telecoms firm, Globacom, has launched 4G LTE services in the country. Tweets from Globacom yesterday indicated that the service would be available nationwide and that data plans range from N50 naira to N18,000 naira. Currently the service is…

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S&P Downgrades MTN’s Credit Ratings

Global financial ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has lowered the MTN group’s credit ratings, following the downgrade of Nigeria’s sovereign rating last month. MTN confirmed the ratings downgrade in a statement on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s news service. On…

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Glo’s Prof. Johnbull disagrees that Alcohol is Panacea to Problems

Unsubstantiated belief that alcohol is a panacea to problems has been floored in this week’s episode of Globacom-sponsored TV satire, Professor Johnbull, scheduled for broadcast this Tuesday at 8.30pm on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA…

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Google launches Pixel smartphone in hardware push

Google yesterday launched its Pixel smartphone with built-in assistant as the tech giant made a direct challenge to the iPhone with its own branded, premium-priced handset. The unveiling of Google’s in-house designed phone came as part of an expanded push…

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Olamide, Naeto C, others light up Lagos Yudala Zero Gravity Show Yudala

Yudala Zero Gravity – a multi city digital entertainment concert powered by composite e-commerce outfit Yudala – kicked off with a mega music blast at the Landmark Centre, Oniru on Sunday October 2nd, with a  host of superstar artistes on…

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*Text Of The Address Of  The President Of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Olorogun James O. Emadoye (MBA,FCA,FNCS),  On The Occasion Of The 56th Independence Celebration of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 1.0       Preamble: The Institute of Software…

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Glo Raises Data Volumes For N1000, Others, Introduces Gold, Platinum Plans

As part of efforts to remain atop the scale of best bundle access flexibility in the highly competitive Nigeria data market, leading telecoms giant, Globacom recently created two new bundle offer; Glo Gold and Glo Platinum and increased other volume…

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We Did Not Pay Any Bribe For NCC To Reduce Fine—MTN

MTN Nigeria has cleared the air over reports that it gave bribe for the reduction of the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). It would be recalled that the NCC had slammed the N1.04…

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Samsung Agrees To Replace Note7 For Nigerians Irrespective Of Place Of Purchase

Contrary to fears that owners of Samsung Galaxy Note7 in Nigeria are on their own while their likes abroad are getting new error-proof device, Samsung Electronics West Africa Limited (SEWA) in Lagos has announced its readiness to make the replacement…