Rwanda has hit a milestone in its deployment of 4G mobile broadband. The east-central African country has achieved 95% nationwide 4G coverage. The Rwanda nationwide 4G coverage was announced by South Korean mobile carrier, KT Corporation, which carried out the deployment which was executed in
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The first commercial 4G LTE network in Nigeria (and indeed West Africa) was launched in Ibadan in February 2013 by Smile Communications. This was long before Lagosians got a taste of the technology, but now the bustling city that is roughly a hundred kilometres away
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With a fairly established presence in Lagos and Abuja, Nigerian 4G LTE provider, nTel, has found its way to the coastal city of Port-Harcourt. To all the people clamoring for super fast internet at Port, you can now enjoy 4G speeds in your city. Though
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Over the years, the increase use of internet and social media has affected many thing. There had to be an upgrade to the means of data transfer. 2G was upgraded to 3G, then 4G, and now 5G is in the works. AT&T, an American based
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Yesterday morning, MTN gifted me 4 GB of free data with a validity of 7 days. They claimed it should be used only on a 4G enabled SIM card and device. See screenshot of the message below: Now, here is the problem. I currently use
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Nigerian 4G/LTE network provider has just announced a new app for Android smartphone users. It will allow Ntel subscribers make calls and sent texts over cellular 4G/LTE network. 4G LTE is data only and so calls and text messages cannot be transmitted on it. This
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I have had the opportunity to use 4G LTE on three of the four mobile networks in Nigeria. Those networks are: Glo, Etisalat, and MTN. As Airtel Nigeria is yet to deploy, I am unable to include them in this story. Note also that this
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