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Airtel Launches 0904 Number Series

January 27, 2020 8:07 am

Airtel Nigeria has added 0904 number series to its numbering range, following the approval of the industry regulator, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). The telco said the new number series, which brings its growing numbering range scheme to nine, would throw up an amazing opportunity for more Nigerians to join the network with the largest and widest 4G coverage.

Aside the 0904 number range, Airtel currently has the following numbering series: 0802, 0808, 0708, 0812, 0701, 0902, 0907 and 0901.

Commenting on the 0904 number range, Airtel’s Chief Commercial Officer, Dinesh Balsingh, said: “The expansion to accommodate more telecoms customers is …

Airtel Nigeria Partners Lagos State To Host End Of Year

December 26, 2019 4:50 am

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with the Lagos State Government to host one of the biggest End of Year Festival dubbed the Greater 2020, a carnival that will hold across five locations in Lagos and feature some of the biggest Nigerian artistes including Olamide, Fireboy, Zlatan and D.J Spinal, among others

Themed ‘Simply Unforgettable,’ the Carnival will open to the public on the 25th of December across five locations, namely: Agege Stadium, Ikorodu Town Hall, Recreational Place Youth Centre, Epe; Badagry Grammar School, Badagry and the Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island, Lagos.

On the 31st of December, 2019,

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NCC Grants Airtel Permission To Disconnect GLO Network

October 21, 2019 6:55 am

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network.

“The Commission having examined the application and circumstances surrounding the indebtedness determined that the affected operator does not have sufficient reason for non-payment of interconnect charges,” NCC spokesman Henry Nkemadu said in a statement.

“All subscribers are, therefore, requested to take notice that the Commission has approved the partial disconnection of Glomobile by Airtel in accordance with Section 100 of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 and the Guidelines and Procedure for Granting Approval to disconnect Telecommunication Operators.”

Nkemadu disclosed that Glo …

Airtel Africa receives pre-IPO interest worth $200m

June 24, 2019 9:02 am

One of the bookrunners handling Airtel Africa Ltd.’s planned initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange said on Monday it had received indications of interest worth about $200 million from pre-IPO investors.

Airtel Africa, a unit of India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd., last week set a price range of 80 to 100 pence per share for its IPO.

The firm is expected to raise 595 million pounds from the issuance of 595.2 million to 744 million new shares. (Reuters/NAN)…

Bharti Airtel to pay Tanzania $26 million

June 11, 2019 12:09 am

India’s Bharti Airtel has agreed to pay 60 billion shillings ($26 million) over five years and cancel debt to resolve a dispute over ownership of its Airtel Tanzania unit, the Tanzanian government said on Monday.

Tanzania’s minister for foreign affairs and east Africa cooperation, Palamagamba Kabudi, announced the deal at a ceremony to receive a three-month batch of monthly payments worth 1 billion shillings each due from April this year.

Bharti Airtel also canceled $407 million of debt owed to it by Airtel Tanzania as part of the settlement, Kabudi

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