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NCC Dan
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NCC hosts 9Mobile exco, opens up on why it intervened with CBN

At last, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed why it was attracted to resolving the Etisalat debt issue, saying it had targeted a hanging $2bn Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) expected from Mubadala of United Arab Emirates, core investors in…

Jim Ovia
ICT

Can Ovia stir disruptions to begin second missionary journey with 9Moblie?

Though very limited number of analysts can direct their guesses along this line, it may not be out place for the young smart driven banker, Mr. Jim Ovia to take a second chance in the Nigerian telecoms industry. Given his…

9Mobile
ICT

Only a deep pocket investor can buy 9Mobile, drive competition–BH Survey

Scanty details from the management corridor of 9Mobile, formally Etisalat Nigeria tend to suggest that suitors, otherwise, buyer pretenders and contenders are lining up, but none is yet to make public its plan to become the next owner of the…

9Mobile
ICT

UAE based Etisalat Group terminates rights granted EMTS, banks today

Final lap of severance of business relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Etisalat Group will end today with the termination of all rights granted to the Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services (EMTS) Limited and EMTS lenders to use its Etisalat…

internet
ICT

Nigeria internet usage has new 1,410,582 subscribers in May to hit 91m —NCC

…MTN still in lead, 9Mobile records rise Statistics released by the telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) weekend, showed that internet users on both Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks increased from 90,154,737…

Nnanna Etisalat
ICT

Etisalat Nigeria’s new name, 9Mobile may have come from ‘9ja4life’

New website up before end of business today With the effective change of brand name from Etisalat Nigeria to 9Mobile, after a crucial management meeting in Lagos, on Thursday, a new website which its construction started yesterday may be up…