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VAL 2023: Subscribers lament mobile network failure (Daily Post Nigeria)

Nigerians have lamented telecommunications network failure during Valentine's Day celebrations in Nigeria. Checks by DAILY POST revealed that The MTN.

Honestly, it was a terrible Valentine’s Day. MTN network was down on Valentine’s Day “Around 3:40 pm today, I experienced a total network blackout on my MTN line; I could not make calls, text, or browse.

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Nigerians Lament As Mobile Network Operator, MTN Suffers Outage ... (SaharaReporters.com)

Some customers of mobile network operator, MTN, experienced service outage across Nigeria. SaharaReporters gathered that the customers were unable to use ...

The outage started on Tuesday evening.

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Nigerians lament over MTN service breakdown - Daily Trust (Daily Trust)

Many Nigerians who are MTN subscribers, have decried a breakdown in the network of the mobile telecommunications service.

We regret all inconveniences this may cause,” MTN wrote. However, the telecoms company in a message posted on Twitter apologised for the inconveniences and promised to fix the problem soon. Many Nigerians who are Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) subscribers, have decried a breakdown in the service of the telecommunication company.

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MTN's network crash puts over 80m subscribers offline (New Telegraph Newspaper)

*Banks, Internet, calls, e-channels affected. MTN subscribers in Nigeria groaned for more than three hours Tuesday as they were unable to connect to the ...

The Director, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, NCC, Efosa Idehen, said he could not comment on the issue, saying he was not informed of the development. The network collapse started around 3:45pm though it was restored around 6:30pm, not many subscribers could still use the network even as at the time of filing this report Tuesday evening. MTN subscribers in Nigeria groaned for more than three hours Tuesday as they were unable to connect to the network for hours, leading to loss of money to the telco and its subscribers who use the network for their businesses.

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Why Did My MTN Fail? Naira Scarcity, Petrol Scarcity; Now Network ... (iBrandTV)

My MTN - I took my phone, swiped up and turned it to airplane mode. I turned it on again and that would have resolved the issue I was having.

I grabbed a stapler removed a pin from it and pushed out my sim. I turned it on again and that would have resolved the issue I was having. Could the downtime be related to this request? And yes, of course, there is no encouragement to do cash transactions in Nigeria at the moment. But we know that it started after MTN asked Nigerians to download its app. I took my phone, swiped up and turned it to airplane mode.

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Customers lament communication blackout, MTN blames fibre cut (The Punch)

Customers of MTN Nigeria were left stranded for some hours on Tuesday because they could not access communication services.

“On behalf of the entire MTN team, I want to start with a heartfelt apology. We are trying to restore the network fully, to optimal capacity. “The primary focus now is to restore the network and ensure that the customers have the best experience. The source said, “Yes, the network was down for over one hour. According to a source at MTN, the outage could have been caused by a fibre cut. According to observations, the communication blackout started in the afternoon and persisted for hours.

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MTN's network crash puts over 80m subscribers offline (New Telegraph Newspaper)

MTN subscribers in Nigeria groaned for more than three hours yesterday as they were unable to connect to the network for hours, leading to loss of money to ...

While subscribers could not make calls, banks and many other financial institutions on the network of the telco lost their transactions, hence losing revenue running to millions of naira. Meanwhile, the NCC has continued to campaign against vandalisation of telecoms infrastructure, charging consumers to play major role in complementing efforts being put in place to ensure protection of the infrastructure across the country. MTN subscribers in Nigeria groaned for more than three hours yesterday as they were unable to connect to the network for hours, leading to loss of money to the telco and its subscribers who use the network for their businesses.

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MTN Nigeria apologises after service breakdown almost 'ruined ... (Nairametrics)

MTN Nigeria has apologised to its customers for the service breakdown they experienced on the network on Valentine's Day.

I think we as customers deserve a proper compensation for the damages caused by you guys on valentine of all days.” I asked a question earlier; When last were you sued?, it will be like film in your eyes. We nearly missed out on important emails if not for a few colleagues who had personal alternative networks. I asked a question earlier; When last were you sued?, it will be like film in your eyes.” - “Today, of all days, you couldn’t count on us to keep you seamlessly connected with the people, places, businesses, and things that matter to you. Call for compensations: To this end, some MTN customers felt like the company needed to do more than just apologise.

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MTN Nigeria apologises for Valentine's Day disruption (NNN)

Telecom services provider, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has apologised to its customers for the service breakdown they experienced on the network on ...

[](https://nnn.ng/#:~:text=blogger outreach mcdonalds) I asked a question earlier; When last were you sued?, it will be like film in your eyes. We nearly missed out on important emails if not for a few colleagues who had personal alternative networks.So, person no fit get only MTN line like this?

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MTN deploys EXFO Advanced Topology Solution in 14 African ... (Yahoo Finance)

EXFO, the communications industry's test, monitoring and analytics experts, today announced that MTN Group has successfully deployed EXFO's Context dynamic ...

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Reactions as MTN shuts out customers from accessing network (Blueprint newspapers Limited)

Nigerian users of the Mobile Telephone Network (MTN), suffered total service disruption across the country on Tuesday evenig, February 24, 2023.

“We regret all the inconveniences this may cause.” @OluwaDolarz posted, “Mtn don crash?.” @ladymo posted “ My MTN sim went totally off, is it only me?”

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MTN okays N300m equipment loan for 150 women | The Nation ... (The Nation Newspaper)

MTN Nigeria Limited has approved N300million equipment loan for 150 women entrepreneurs.

She said: “The female unemployment rate in Nigeria is about 35.2per cent, despite having a high percentage of women-led businesses. Click Here To See My Breakthrough!](https://bit.ly/3eeJ1de) [OUTRAGEOUSLY BIZARRE!!! Following the pitch, the outstanding 150 female entrepreneurs with bankable business ideas will be supported with the equipment loan at a fixed interest rate of 2.5 per cent and a 36-month repayment.

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MTN deploys EXFO solution across Africa (Capacity Media)

MTN Group has deployed EXFO's Context dynamic topology solution in 14 African countries as part of MTN's digital transformation initiative, ...

“That can only be possible by equipping our networks and teams with the best possible solutions. This, the operator adds, is particularly important at a time when delivering reliable service performance is made more difficult by the increasing complexity of the network and related service assurance processes. “MTN Group is committed to our digital transformation journey to improve the flexibility and variety of services we’re able to efficiently deliver to our customers,” said Amith Maharaj, MTN Group CTO.

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MTN Group deploys Exfo network topology platform in 14 African ... (Telecompaper)

Exfo announced that MTN Group has successfully deployed Exfo's Context dynamic topology system in fourteen African countries as part of MTN's digital ...

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MTN apologises for downtime on Valentine's Day, customers ... (Vanguard)

Mobile Telecommunication services provider, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has apologised to its customers for the service breakdown.

The company, however, said the issue with its network has been resolved and services restored. They felt the telecoms company needed to more rather than just apologise. “Today, of all days, you couldn’t count on us to keep you seamlessly connected with the people, places, businesses, and things that matter to you.

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MTN apologises for service disruption on Valentine's Day (Premium Times)

Mobile network operator, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, on Tuesday apologised to its customers after users reported network outages in parts of the country ...

You matter to us and we will never stop showing you how much.” Good journalism costs a lot of money. “Words cannot express how sorry we are sorry for the disruption we caused. By the time I’ll join back, they are close and they’ve been waiting for me to speak since,” a customer, Westley Luther, wrote on Facebook. But it’s well and I love you MTN but una too dey misbehave!” 80 per cent of us always transfer to buy foodstuff.

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MTN commits to $1 bln Ghana investment after government scraps ... (Reuters)

MTN Group will invest $1 billion in Ghana over the next five years, the mobile operator said on Wednesday, after the government exempted its Ghanaian unit ...

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MTN commits to $1 billion Ghana investment after government ... (Yahoo Finance)

MTN Group will invest $1 billion in Ghana over the next five years, the mobile operator said on Wednesday, after the government exempted its Ghanaian unit ...

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Service breakdown: MTN sources blame fibre cut, apologise to ... (Pulse Nigeria)

Valentine's day, Tuesday, February 14, 2023, was almost a day of horror for most MTN customers as the network failed to provide the needed connection for ...

In an apology sent to customers, MTN regretted the development and apologised for “the disruptions caused”. We are still trying to understand exactly what happened. The source said, “Yes, the network was down for over one hour.

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MTN, Airtel gain subscribers as porting number peaks (Businessday.ng)

National telecommunications operator MTN led the gainers' table in the porting figures in 2022, according to the data released by the NCC…

Airtel came second with a total gain of 5,030 for the year 2022 of subscribers who ported into the network from other service providers, compared to 5,437 in 2021. While 2,831 customers of Globacom ported to other networks in the same period. People also port because of poor coverage.

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MTN Group Deploy EXFO's Context Dynamic Topology Solution in ... (The Fast Mode)

MTN operators across Africa, including early adopters MTN Uganda and South Africa, report simplified network management and improved visibility of telecom ...

EXFO Context has proven to be an impactful contributor to better manage our networks by tracking our active network assets and ensuring that defined change management processes are adhered to. As demands on network infrastructure continue to grow, service assurance has become increasingly important to streamline and automate the processes that support the network. The introduction of new technologies such as 5G, network virtualization, and programmable networking contribute to greater complexity, increasing the need for better end-to-end visibility.

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Subscribers seek compensation as MTN apologises for service ... (Guardian)

•150 women to receive N300m equipment loan grant. Following several hours of service outage on MTN networks, which made calls and Internet surfing ...

According to a recent report by PWC Nigeria, women account for 41 per cent of the ownership of micro-businesses in Nigeria, with 23 million female entrepreneurs operating within this segment. “The female unemployment rate in Nigeria is about 35.2 per cent, despite having a high percentage of women-led businesses. “Dear customers due to an unexpected technical issue, some customers have difficulty using our services this time. I think we, as customers deserve, proper compensation for the damages caused by you guys on Valentine’s day.” Moreover, I am owed some data I purchased three times and got debited for it. The issue has been resolved and services restored.

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Why MTN Nigeria Launched Prestige Lounge At Muritala ... (Independent Newspaper Nigeria)

MTN Nigeria has launched a state-of-the-art lounge at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, as part of efforts to appreciate customer ...

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