Airtel India is shutting down its 3G network in Kolkata and in its place will provide mobile broadband services in the city via 4G. All 3G subscribers were duly notified and requested to upgrade their handsets/SIMs to 4G-enabled ones. This is part of Airtel’s move...
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My Airtel app: easy self-help for subscribers in 3 countries
Similar to My9mobile, the My Airtel App is a self-help app designed for Airtel subscribers in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The app lets users recharge and manage their Airtel lines, VAS services, and data services. Users can also get access to entertainment content right from...
9mobile is going, going, going… to Teleology Holdings
If reports in Nigerian dailies are anything to go by, it appears that Teleology holdings Ltd will become the new owners of 9mobile. Like I said when the acquisition drive started, it is better for the industry that none of the existing big operators get...
Airtel to exit Nigeria, 13 other African countries
Bharti Airtel has announced that it will be exiting 14 African countries within a year. The affected countries include: Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The telecom operator is faced with poor performance across those markets....
The guys at Airtel, Facebook or their agencies must be drunk
There is no easy way to say this, so I won’t be pulling any punches. The Airtel Facebook event introducing Free Basics in Nigeria recorded a new low for such events. Mobility Arena got a nicely worded invitation letter requesting me to be present as...
MobilityTip: How to improve browsing speeds on Airtel Nigeria
When last did you take out time to check your internet settings? Most times, we may think, “The phone is already browsing. Why tamper with the settings?” But have you thought maybe your internet speed could improve with a little tinkering? We ran tests to...
What would you do with N25,000 of free airtime?
So I dug out my Airtel SIM from its hiding place, and popped it into my Infinix Hot 2. It was weekend, and I felt like subscribing for that 1 GB for N100 plan. After all, which other better way would I have spent my...
Between MTN mobile internet, Etisalat Easyblaze and Smile 4G
You have probably read my rant about how Glo HSI has been disappointing at my end in recent times. But the unreliability did not affect just me alone. All five members of my production team (spread across four states of the Federation) have had nothing...
Why Nigerian telcos should carry out their threat to close operations in belligerent states
Telecom operators in Nigeria have threatened to close down their operations in a number of states – Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Osun and Kaduna – over what they described as excessive harassment by government officials. This trend of harassing telecoms operators -via multiple tax/levy...
See how much data N1,000 will get you on each Nigerian network
Understanding that Nigeria’s mobile market is price sensitive, we thought it would be nice to present a comparison of what a monthly budget of N1,000 will get you on each of the Nigerian mobile networks in January 2016. Have a look: MTN: 260MB for 30...
My experience with the Airtel N100/1GB Weekend Plan
Last weekend, Airtel launched a very juicy weekend plan for uses in Nigeria. This plan offered a whole 1024 MB of data for just N100. Sounds too good to be true right? 🙂 We were all concerned about genuineness of this data plan, based on...
How to know your Airtel phone number
A time comes when we get a new SIM card, but we don’t know the phone number. Those awkward situations where someone asks you for your phone number, and you look up and down with no answers to give. Here’s a quick tip to know...
Airtel Nigeria introduces juicy new Weekend Plan
Last month, Airtel quietly launched a time based Pay as You Go plan for users. Though we’re yet to test it out. It appears, Airtel Nigeria have also launched an even more juicy plan. Offering a whole 1 GB of data for just N100. The...
Airtel Pay As You Go data plan and Unlimited Time Packs
Airtel Pay as You Go data plan and Unlimited Time Packs let you use unlimited data for a specified period of time at a fixed rate. Get all the details here.