Tag: mobile
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Lagos Water Corporation launch mobile platform for billing
The Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), Mr Muminu Badmus, on Sunday said the Corporation had launched its billing and collection platform tagged ‘LWC mobile.’ Badmus told newsmen in Lagos that the billing system is in conformity with the present administration ‘s cashless policy. “The platform is to improve efficiency in the processes of…
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Active mobile lines in Nigeria hit 148m in February – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile phone lines in the country rose to 148 million in February, from the 147 million recorded in January, an increase of 1, 096 ,646 million. NCC made this known in its monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website. The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), for active…
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Mobile Internet users increase marginally to 100.9m in February – NCC
Internet users in the country increase to 100. 9 million in February from 1.2 million in January, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said. The NCC made this disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for February 2018 on its website on Monday in Abuja. The data showed a marginal increase of 670,385 new subscribers…
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Active mobile phone lines 146m in January 2018 – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of active mobile phone lines in the country rose to 146 million in January 2018, an increase of 2,233,467 lines from the 144,631 recorded in December 2017. NCC made this known in its monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website. The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),…
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Nigeria becoming mobile-first country with 162m subscribers, 84% penetration rate
Online shopping mall, Jumia Nigeria, on Thursday said that Nigeria was fast becoming a mobile-first country with 162 million subscribers and penetration rate of 84 per cent. The Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria, Mrs Juliet Anammah, made the assessment at the 2018 Mobile Report Launch. “The availability of lower price point phones has paved…
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NCC reiterates commitment to protect mobile phones users from unwholesome practices
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated its commitment to ensure the protection of consumers of telecommunications services from unwholesome practices by service providers. The Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau of NCC, Mr Abdullahi Maikano, said this at the commission’s 92nd edition of Consumer Outreach Programme (COP) in Ikot Ekpene on Thursday. Maikano, represented by his…
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Twitter gets bookmark feature, new share button on mobile platforms
Social networking giant Twitter on Wednesday announced the launch of new features for its mobile apps, lite versions of mobile apps, and mobile website. The biggest highlight of the update is the addition of Bookmarks to allow users to save tweets for quicker access later. Apart from that, Twitter has also added options such as…
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Growing the Nigerian economy through the mobile & telecom sector
Undoubtedly the giant of Africa – with an estimated population of 194 million people, Nigeria remains the largest mobile market in the continent – and still has more potential for growth and for competing on a level-playing ground with the developed nations. Although the economic growth of the country might not be as fast-paced as…
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Active mobile lines hit 144 million in Dec. – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the number of active mobile phone lines in the country rose to 144 million in December 2017. This showed an increase of 2,731,273 lines, from 142 million recorded in November 2017. NCC disclosed this in its monthly Subscribers Operator Data posted on its website. The commission said the active…
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CashlessAfrica Expo 2017 holds March in Lagos
CashlessAfrica Expo 2017 event as part of the MobileMoneyAfrica conference series has been announced to hold in March 2017 in Lagos by the event organizers. According to a press release by the Event Director, West Ekhator, the CashlessAfrica conference, which is a platform for financial services supply side actors to share their innovation, will hold…