Vodafone fixed broadband offers 200GB for 200 Cedis monthly in Accra
On my last trip to Ghana, I had a meeting at the office of my hosts. The company is headed by a Nigerian. We talked about the challenges of doing business in Nigeria. He narrated how years ago, he got...
View ArticleWhere is the 4G/LTE network that Glo “launched” in January 2011?
At an elaborate event last year, Globacom supposedly “launched” a 4G/LTE network in Nigeria. From the article published on Mobility blog in January 2011: Globacom on Tuesday, January 11, blazed another...
View Article4G LTE networks in Nigeria
4G LTE networks in Nigeria are still very much a novelty, but the number of networks keep increasing. This page is regularly updated to keep the information on available LTE networks up to date. The...
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Airtel completes upgrade to 4G LTE in Nairobi
Kenya joins the growing group of African countries in which Airtel offers 4G LTE mobile broadband. The other countries include Seychelles and Rwanda where 4G was launched in November 2014. A just...
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Smile 4G 10GB bundle gets 12 month validity
At the moment, Smile 4G is my favourite consumer broadband provider in Nigeria. When needing mission-critical service, I turn to them. However, they also provide the costliest consumer broadband...
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Smile 4G guns for national voice/data coverage in three African countries
Smile Telecom Holdings Ltd launched Africa’s first 4G LTE commercial network in the 800MHz band in Tanzania in 2012. The company has since established it’s footprint in Nigeria and Uganda as well. The...
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Mr Mobility clarifies: Does using 4G/LTE mean that you use up more data?
I am not going to wade into what looks like a PR fail on the part of the Smile 4G officials who have been in contact with Sanusi in recent days over his tweets and a blog post about Smile’s service. I...
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Glo increases allocation on Always Micro data plan
Users of Glo mobile internet services will be familiar with Always Micro, the most affordable monthly data plan from the operator. Last year, the data allocation on the plan was bumped up to 350 MB....
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Google launches its first wi-fi network in Uganda
Google’s project to improve web infrastructure in Africa has already resulted in the laying of 800km of fibre optic cables in the country. But they aren’t stopping at cables. Now, Google has setup its...
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Is Smile 4G’s unlimited internet promo really unlimited? We found out
Imagine true unlimited data for 30 days. No cut off. Full access to entire Internet content. The post Is Smile 4G’s unlimited internet promo really unlimited? We found out appeared first on Mobility...
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Angry subscriber petitions NCC over Smile 4G’s Unlimited promo
A Nigerian, Chukwuka Ekeledo, is petitioning the NCC (Nigerian Communications Commission) against Smile Communications Nigeria’s extreme throttling of their Unlimited data promo. Here is an excerpt...
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Why Glo may re-launch their 2011 ghost LTE network in 2016
Back in January 2011, Glo announced that they had launched the first LTE network in Nigeria. It didn’t take too long after the supposed launch for everyone who rejoiced at the news to realise that...
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Here’s a sample of Ntel 4G speeds (Broadband Speedtest)
While waiting for Ntel SIM cards to get into our hands, I stumbled upon a speedtest result of their 4G/LTE internet by an early tester, it seems. NTel claims to offer the most advanced 4G mobile...
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Smile SuperData Plan is not enticing
Yesterday, I received an email introducing Smile SuperData Plan, a new data plan from the 4G LTE network. Smile SuperData Plan costs N10,000 and gives the subscriber 15GB of data for 30 days. The data...
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