The Mobile community of Nigeria

Spinlet celebrated at Midem 2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:14:00 +0200

The launch of Spinlet, Africa's digital distribution service was celebrated this week at Midem 2012, in Cannes, France. The service is expected to debut within Africa this February with over 200 000 tracks, making it the largest platform for music discovery throughout Africa.
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Bharti Airtel issues statement following judgement

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0200

In the Federal High Court of Nigeria, the honorable Justice Shuaib, handed down judgment in the matter between Econet Wireless Ltd (EWL) vs. Bharti Airtel Nigeria Limited. Bharti Airtel has since issued a statement to the media.
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Nigeria: Airtel has no plans to shutdown BlackBerry services

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:21:00 +0200

Following rumors that the Nigerian government had instructed telecom operators to shut down their Blackberry service in the country, the executive director and chief operating officer at Airtel Networks Limited, Deepak Srivastava, released a statement yesterday, 3 January 2012, to dispel the rumour.
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Airtel advises against phoning while driving

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:58:00 +0200

LAGOS, NIGERIA: As Nigerians celebrate this year's yuletide, leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has joined in the celebrations, wishing every Nigerian a happy holiday and a prosperous 2012 - but it's also cautioned Nigerians.
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Tablets leaking ad dollars to mobile from 'Net - BuzzCity CEO

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:38:00 +0200

BuzzCity is a global mobile advertising network focused on emerging markets. In Africa this Singapore-based company, in which media giant Naspers owns a stake, does substantial business in South Africa (where it also has a sales office), Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana. It also sees significant growth in mobile traffic in African markets north of the Sahara.
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W.AFRI-TEL to boost business opportunities in Nigeria

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0200

W.AFRI-TEL, the West African Telecom Exhibition, which takes place from 8-10 May 2012 at the Eko Hotel fair ground in Lagos, Nigeria, will facilitate business opportunities in the telecom sector, enabling exhibitors to gain access to the Nigerian telecom market that contains over 80 million mobile subscribers.
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Mobile hotspots in Africa - Q3 2011

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:48:00 +0200

In Q3 of 2011 a total of 3.2 billion ads were served across continental Africa. This continues a year of growth across Continental Africa characterised by 135% more traffic compared to 2010. Seven countries drew traffic in excess of 100 million ads served per quarter and three countries (South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya) saw more than half a billion ads served in Q3 2011.
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MTN Nigeria improves network security, efficiency by 98%

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0200

AdaptiveMobile, a global mobile security company has completed a mobile content filtering, anti-spam and anti-virus protection project with MTN Nigeria which enables the operator to protect its network and subscribers from undesired mobile content through mobile handsets and mobile data-enabled PCs.
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Spinlet to debut technology at AfricaCom 2011

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:40:00 +0200

Spinlet, a San Francisco-based company dedicated to meeting the needs of music lovers and artists allowing them to buy, listen, share, and manage music within a user-friendly mobile platform, will debut their technology at AfricaCom 2011, which takes place from Wednesday 9 November until Thursday 10 November 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa.
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Africa is world's second most connected region by mobile subscriptions

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:28:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Africa has become the second most connected region in the world in terms of mobile subscription count, up from fourth place at the end of 2010, according to new research by Informa Telecoms & Media, and the number of mobile subscriptions in Africa is expected to reach one billion in 2016.
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