Mobile

NCC bars lotteries by telecom operators

Friday, June 18th, 2010

No more annoying MTN, Glo, Zain messages tring to gwt your N100 airtime out of you again. The Nigerian Communications Commission today in Abuja directed telecom operators in the country to stop further lottery related activities till further notice. While I am not against such VAS wholly, I would rather MTN, Globacom, Zain et al focuses on [...]

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Defrauding MTN – the free calls anytime trick.

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Ever enterprising Nigerian youth have devised a way of getting to keep some of MTN’s potential earnings by making free calls anytime. The trick is: you’ve got to get some MTN credit on your phone, say N500. You initiate a Share n Sell transfer of the N500. When the confirmation to send ‘YES’ to 777 comes in, [...]

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Fring Mobile connects you to all your social friends

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

fring™ is a mobile internet community and communication service that allows friends to connect, share experiences and enhance their online communities together. Using your handset?s internet connection, you can interact with friends on all your favourite social networks including Skype®, MSN Messenger®, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!™ and AIM®. You can listen to music [...]

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On StartUpsNigeria, Family and Technology in Nigeria

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

I am not one to jump to conclusions on issues, especially when I am not in the show. As such, I wouldn’t chastize Vic or Loy except for their inability to settle things within themselves – afterall they are family. See the bashing. http://www.loyokezie.com/startupsnigeria/ http://www.startupsnigeria.com/2009/09/startups-nigeria-editor-or-blogger-wanted/ Chei, I thought it was all settled o. Until I [...]

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