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Phones › Re: Nigeria Fines Telecom Giant MTN $5bn by ceaser: 6:35am On Oct 27, 2015

14:
THEY NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL, potential investors are watching this with great interests. If this is how foreign companies are treated in Nigeria, god forbid, it will be bad for a poor man on the street. Low investment, no jobs around. DISASTER waiting to happen.

Oh, wrong you are and you can't be further away from the truth. MTN leaves today, that's less saturation of the telecom market and ten more operators worldwide are waiting to fill in.

Here is something: When GSM first started in Nigeria, most operators worldwide were skeptical of its success in Nigeria so they held back from investing. Only Econet wireless and MTN took the risk. Look at whether we are today. Nigeria telco market is touted as the fastest growing worldwide.

No operator that knows her onions would wanna miss out on such sure deal not minding whatever atmosphere prevails, and business atmosphere in Nigeria ain't worse than what it wad when Econet wireless started.

Phones › Re: Nigeria Fines Telecom Giant MTN $5bn by ceaser: 6:24am On Oct 27, 2015

Ups01:
I disagree with you!

MTN Hires the best brains give you irresistible offers and they make their cool cash, simple! They understand the law of supply and demand.

In conclusion MTN is not a crook at least not as exaggerated.

PS am not on MTN PAYROLL

Oh yeah, MTN ain't no crook? Is that Stockholm's?

Two known MTN subscribers last week lost 700 naira and 500 naira from their account OVERNIGHT for doing nothing on their cell. Mind you they are both elderly people who use those basic Nokia phones, so no browsing and no SMS sef. Sad thing is that they have to wait for someone to help 'em call CustoCare as they don't know jack 'bout that.

I sent those call credits to their devices, so i know what I'm talking 'bout.

Phones › Re: Nigeria Fines Telecom Giant MTN $5bn by ceaser: 6:07am On Oct 27, 2015

sevule:
I definitely agree that MTN should be fined but a fine of $5 billion is totally ridiculous. How did they arrive at that figure? It makes no sense at all.

The CBN fined FirstBank and UBA 5% of the NNPC funds they illegally kept and refused to remit to the TSA against stern warning. I guess MTN 5 billion USD is 200% of the number of unregistered subscribers they still habour on their network. Other players (Glo, Airtel and Etisalat) have immediately done the needful and obeyed NCC rules. I guess MTN thinks it's like before when they have money to bribe and sway all decisions to their favour. They gambled wrongly this time.

Phones › Re: Nigeria Fines Telecom Giant MTN $5bn by ceaser: 5:59am On Oct 27, 2015

Mavor:
These NCC clowns are thieves. Shay they are trying to run these guys out of Nigeria in connivance with Adenuga and co ba? These guys who took the big risk to invest in Nigeria in the first place and now that the investment is paying off, people are not happy. The regulatory body needs to get it's house in order.

MTN needs to get it's acts together.

My dear friend. MTN in connivance with NCC and some unscrupulous elements in the Nigerian politicians ran down our indigenous HITV and "approved" an illegal Terrestrial broadcast licence for GoTV cum DSTV to also drive the indigenous StarTimes out of the market. But those were possible only in the days of anything goes. Now it's business UNusual. You do the crime, you pay. Corporate crimes will no longer do unpunished or unchallenged.

Even FirstBank and UBA are already licking their sore thumb now.

Phones › Re: Nigeria Fines Telecom Giant MTN $5bn by ceaser: 5:48am On Oct 27, 2015

rusher14:

The hefty fine might sound the death knell for MTN however, which despite their abuses should not be encouraged.

I care less if MTN dies today. One less player in telecommunication will not spell doom. The remaining three will suffice, step in the gap and yes, fall in line for fear of facing same fate. And you know what? That means the less saturation of that sector which will in turn bring in more operators willing to take the plunge and make money from the vast potential in the country telecommunication sector. And of course with a new sheriff in town, I don't see any new players coming to swindle is with lies in the manner of "sorry, per second billing isn't possible on our computer", or "sorry, data subscriptions cannot cost less than what they do now"

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Phones › Re: Nigeria Fines Telecom Giant MTN $5bn by ceaser: 5:40am On Oct 27, 2015*

cupidhero:
5 billion dollars is too small. MTN should pay more than that. DSTV na angel compared to MTN.

Oh so you don't know. Well, I got news for you. MTN is DSTV which is GoTV which is Ecobank which is Jumia which is also ShopRite, all owned by South Africa and all unleashed on Nigerians to swindle us all in ways they can never try in their home country.

Technology Market › Re: Exchange Rates Of International Currencies >>>Updates on First Page<<< by ceaser: 8:36pm On Oct 25, 2015

imsuboi:
Nope. I was at one of their branches yesterday to pay in some cash. While at it, I casually glanced at an LED indicator behind the cashier & saw the exchange rates. I must say I was surprised.

I even made a mental note to open an account there. GTBank is killing me.

Hehehehe. You have been greatly misLED by the LED indicator.

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Technology Market › Re: Exchange Rates Of International Currencies >>>Updates on First Page<<< by ceaser: 8:24pm On Oct 25, 2015

Mariesio:
Hi house, which other bank charge N220/$ apart from Stanbic

GTB charged me 220NGN to the dollar three days ago.

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Technology Market › Re: Exchange Rates Of International Currencies >>>Updates on First Page<<< by ceaser: 8:13pm On Oct 25, 2015

Mariesio:
Wao was able to get a Visa card from Skye bank after just 3 days!!!! Unbelievable!!!!

However, was only able to pay $300 and couldn't do another one again. I called their CC and wa told to try again tomorrow.

Rate #215/$!!!!

Do I need to be registered with Skye to use their debit card to enjoy this competitive rate?

Business To Business › Re: Newly Found Shipping Agent For China Importers - Tested And Proven by ceaser: 7:55pm On Oct 25, 2015

barnabas91:
You guys need to work on it very well, to be frank, no one will see her comment and ship tru u guys. I myself is in doubt. When a goods that is much expected by our customers are turned down, what do u expect them to do, they will patronise another. Thespecialone, find a way to compensate the lady, maybe from her next purchase. Do that for everyone to see. That will gain back the trust. I do mine with dhl coz I don't want issues like this.
Still looking out for remarkable good shipping agent. So no fuckup with one and loose many oga thespecialone

Aside from avoidance of heartaches, headaches and high blood pressure, are there any other significant reasons you use DHL rather than third party shippers? How fair are the prices compared? Trying to weigh my options here.

Career › Re: Did Jumia Lay Off 50 Staff In The Most Unsavory Manner? by ceaser: 7:24pm On Oct 25, 2015

biggie1:
Konga is Nigerian, Jumia is mostly SouthAfrican now because of MTN investment there, Kaymu is part of JUmia(South Africa).

Jumia South African?! No wonder my spirit did not really align with 'em from day one grin

. I have been registered with their platform since over a year ago and just thought of buying there for the first time last month and that was because they gave me a 2k free voucher for any item over 10k purchased. Not even impressed by the speed of delivery, though the item was okay.

Kaymu I have used about three times and they aren't bad. But Konga has endeared 'emselves to me all along and my addiction is to Konga. Thank God it's Nigerian. I think I have to dump any idea of further patronage with Jumia or anything that has anything remote ti do with South Africa. Even I've stopped visits to shoprite.

It's a personal feud since the days MTN started (per minute vs per second billing things) and I'm not sure I can forgive 'em so easily.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 8:43am On Oct 24, 2015

UjSizzle:
Is it my eyes or has the Nokia Smart Cam app been removed from the store? I loved that app, can't believe it's no longer there

All those standalone camera apps common with windows 8.1 are gradually being pulled from the store. Everything is/will be included as features of the Camera app in Windows phone 10.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 8:38am On Oct 24, 2015

UjSizzle:
I hope they deal with this thing in Win 10. It's so annoying.

That is the peculiarity with windows phone. Switch it off, plug it into a charger and it switches on also. I have no reservations about that feature though, I don't see it as bad.

The only situation where it may not immediately switch on if you plug into a charger is if the battery is seriously depleted. In such case, it gives you a charging signal and continues that way for couple minutes until the battery is charged enough to boot the device.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 12:53am On Oct 22, 2015

talktimi:
Hello house, a friend just bought Lumia 430 and has been trying to download applications but WhatsApp in particular is telling him to wait for wifi connection in order to complete download. What could be the problem and possible solutions. Thanks

He needs to change the download settings of his "store" app. Open store and click on the "ellipses"(three dots). Clock on the settings and turn off "update only on WiFi".

That should do it.

Business › Re: How Do I Track Items I Bought From Aliexpress Using China Post Air Mail. by ceaser: 12:27am On Oct 22, 2015

beautifullll1:
someone pls help me track this number RJ600845692CN

Thanks in advance

Ayanfe2074:
Pls help me track this. My tracking number is: RI657776787CN.
Thanks

www.track-chinapost.com

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Business › Re: How Do I Track Items I Bought From Aliexpress Using China Post Air Mail. by ceaser: 12:22am On Oct 22, 2015

Ayanfe2074:
Pls help me track this. My tracking number is: RI657776787CN.
Thanks

I've had like five items shown up as having arrived Nigeria but 3 months and still counting, I'm yet to get them at my usual pick-up place (nearest post office). While I have made complaints to the said post office, they said I can track the movement within Nigeria using NIPOST website, but I'm not ready for that hassles. I have already filed for full refund on Aliexpress and three of the sellers have already credited back my account, remaining two.

So I will not be too optimistic about your parcel. Nigeria customs may have exercised their undue power to impound it, but better is the fact that it may have actually been delivered into the post office nearest to you but the postman does not have your phone number to alert you that you have a parcel. Visit the post office nearest to your delivery address to seek your parcel.

Business › Re: How Do I Track Items I Bought From Aliexpress Using China Post Air Mail. by ceaser: 12:10am On Oct 22, 2015

Ayanfe2074:
Pls can i know what this mean. China post received my goods on 10th of october 2015( that is yesterday) and the summary is posted since the time i saw it. Pls why has it not change since then because it's just constant since yesterday?

That means that the gods have gotten thru customs and then to China post which would get it across en route to Nigeria. If you head back to track in few days time you should get something like "en route Nigeria" as the response.

Career › Re: Did Jumia Lay Off 50 Staff In The Most Unsavory Manner? by ceaser: 10:53pm On Oct 19, 2015

Idrismusty97:
Konga? Jumia isn't in competition with any one, when they have the cheapest products why would Konga be giving them tough time? An item for 20k in Jumia goes for 25k+ in Konga. Konga is a scam.

There are no significant differences in prices in my opinion. Remember that a particular seller may have his products on offer on all the platforms of Konga, Jumia and Kaymu. A 5k item on Jumia with 1k shipping fee may be put up by same seller as 4k5 with 1k5 shipping on Konga.

I've used Jumia only once for the first time 2 weeks ago, not very impressed as goods got delayed beyond the promised date of delivery and I wasted time and fuel going to their office where I scheduled pick up.

Konga I have used tens of times and i have had no reason to complain.

By the way, who/which countries own these outlets (i.e Konga, Jumia, Kaymu). I wanna know if there's any of the three owned by South Africa. I've always avoided SA consortiums like a plague and justifiably so.

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Business › Re: Banks Panic Over TSA Violation Sanctions by ceaser: 9:43pm On Oct 19, 2015*

kaeforum:
TSA not realistic, this will seriously affect the economy of the country, if the banks go down so will other sectors that rely on them.

Can you remind us what sectors of the economy are dependent on Nigerian banks again.

And while you are at it, kindly mention 10 SMEs (you can include known ones on Nairaland) that have been able to access low interest loans from Nigerian banks.

Heck. There isn't even any low interest loan in any Nigerian banks at the moment. 22% loan interest rate in Nigerian banks isn't SME friendly compared to 3% in China. That is why today you have thousands of manufacturers and companies in China which export to other countries including Nigeria.

There is no way you can make an omelette without breaking an egg. An egg has to be broken thru for the new chick to emerge. Similar worries and cries rented thru the air during Soludo's bank merger and acquisition issue. The banks that were unable to meet the expected capital base had to be merged or acquired. This led to stronger financial base and customer fund protection (remember the defunct National bank and Societe Generale?).

This may just be another litmus test to seperate the men from the boys and while there may be inevitable collateral damages at this stage, you can be sure that such will pale to insignificance with the economic stability it will bring. Employments will be created when these parasitizing "loan shack houses" start to do business and make money t way it should be done.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 7:38pm On Oct 13, 2015

Highziq:
I upgrade from my lumia 820 after 19months to the lumia 930 cos it remains the flagship and to be honest, the phone is a real SuperB phone.
Fast & best camera, perfect display, nice battery life, perfect desgin, the hey cortana thing, motion sensor, fast processor & ram.

But i get to know that it does not support the glance screen like some lumia device which i really love to have on my phone.

pls can someone help me with a way or any by-cut to get the glance screen on my phone cos I'm madly in need of it.

The availability of glance feature is usually tied to the Screen type of the phone. LCD displays are not perfect for glance feature cos of the burnout effect plus the fact that the pixels use more power and drains the battery. In OLEDs or LEDs however, black pixels are true blacks that are not lighted up when black. Only the bright pixels on OLED are actually consuming power at any point in time, hence it is perfect for glance feature.

Having said all, it is not an absolute impossibility to have glance on LCD, but Nokia knows best the reason it chose not to have it enabled for the L920. I have the glance feature functioning perfectly on my L920.

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Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 7:31pm On Oct 13, 2015

sambina:
lumia 535. using d airtel unlimited sub

Three weeks ago, I subscribed to airtel 2gig for 2k. I deliberately monitored the data usage on my WiFi router cos of the news I hear about airtel cheating subscribers on data usage. At the end of 10 days, data was exhausted. I added the cumulative data usage and it was less than 1gig (download+upload).

So I though, maybe data share (like mtn does) will be better. I bought airtel 1gig for 1k2 five days ago and today, it is exhausted. Cumulative according to the router is less than 500mb usage.

Don't mention MTN cos we are sworn enemies and I have NEVER used that network till now. Besides, there is no MTN 3G where I am, just 2G.

Why did I resort to airtel option? I normally do Glo 4.5gig for 2k5 which may last me 10 weeks with moderate usage on my phone. Sadly for 3 weeks now, Glo call and data services have been pathetic such that I have 2.5 gig of Glo data lying fallow and unusable.

Could you be kind enough to let me in on this airtel data option you use? I assume it is not a tweak.

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Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 1:17am On Oct 08, 2015

Elxandre:
The 950 looks terrific though.
I hope it makes great sales.

Oh man, with the official announcement I just read that ut actually has the 32gig,64gig and 128gig variant and with un-f**king-believable micro SD slot in addition, supporting up to a jaw dropping 2terabytes of capacity. Ain't that crazy?

And with the USB-C and Qualcomm fast charging with it, Qi wireless charging and a lovely Continuum support, it blows the mind.

And another lovely announcement is the novel MSFT "Surface book" which, well, poops on the Macbook pro and Chrome book put together.

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Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 1:05am On Oct 08, 2015

Oluwadare:
I've finally laid my hands on L540,and wow! It's anything I need. Fantastic experience so far.

Yeah. It's a nice device.

Have you heard of the L550 in the works? Though it has some nice innards, but I don't like that it will have less screen estate (4.7" ) than the 5" of the L540. In that case, I'll take the L640 over it even though the former is older.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 1:00am On Oct 08, 2015

kallmemrB:
so simple....love it

Honestly I don't like the animation of that home screen "People" app on WP10. It looks nicer in flipping squares/tiles of the WP8/8.1 than the bouncing circles of WP10. I hope they still have plans to go that flipping tile way.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 12:56am On Oct 08, 2015

Elxandre:
Lol, I agree with you on its functionality.

But in terms of coverage, it's behind.
Are you saying the town I live hasn't been included after years of here maps existence?
I used Gmaps for on my N95 years ago, and it had the tiniest detail complete.

The issue is not even the lack of details, but the complete non existence of full towns!

When last did they even update the maps?
Lol.....

The 950 looks terrific though.
I hope it makes great sales.

When talking of offline maps, mapping countries isn't usually a very easy task to carry out, especially if it is to be newly mapped. Some towns or locations may be left out and even then those places that are newly mapped out are usually carried out with a lot of logistics including volunteers who offer information on their location. HERE maps, when it was still "Nokia maps" and "Ovi maps" have user feedback mechanisms where users can report errors noticed on the use of their offline maps, but in not sure if that is currently offered by HERE. These feedbacks helps them to perfect the user experience and like "Waze app" is able to help notify navigation providers of new POIs and locations which are verified and then included in future updates of their offline maps.

Google maps also occasionally has some errors in perfect representation of locations which may be or not related to security purposes - I believe that the military will have their navigation maps near perfect. If I remember quite well, when iOS6 came out for the iPhones, there was a serious flaw reported on their maps where a functional bridge was actually marked as a "no access road" on their maps and people discovered several similar errors using that map.

Navigon and Tom tom especially are one of the regularly used navigation solutions in the US. I presume they have occasional blips in their accuracy and precision too, just an assumption.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 8:36pm On Oct 06, 2015

Elxandre:
Lumia 950 & 950xl is said to be next.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 8:22pm On Oct 06, 2015

Elxandre:
You don't get it.

Here maps is not detailed enough.
Several towns in Nigeria are missing.

Google maps has even the smallest village detailed.

Now I understand what you mean. Here is the way it works:

HERE maps has offline capabilities in which case you use pre-downloaded maps for navigation. This saves you data and also makes navigation possible in places and situations where you do not have online connection.

These offline maps are regularly updated to include more countries, more locations and more POIs as they unfold in real life situations. The implication of this is that if walmart opens in Ikoyi by October 2015, you will not immediately get Walmart as POI on your HERE offline maps until a new updated map data with Walmart included is available for download. The same applies with new roads and service lanes. Ditto newly "dualized" carriageways.

Online real time maps on the other hand is not hampered with these limitations. However it comes with it the availability of data and massive consumption of same.

Online navigation is AVAILABLE on HERE maps. Offline is not available on Google maps, although that has been in the works for over a year now without much headway. HERE maps online is therefore at par with that of google maps or any other online navigation solutions.

Try this out: When you are on a very fast network, launch your HERE maps and select Online navigation. Also select satellite view along with your options and set your destination or POI. You will be suprised to see all the cars packed around you, buildings and their roofing (even the colour of the roofs), forests, bushes and all other structures along your route will be displayed on your screen in all their glory and in real time. You may also select "Night view" to screen out some high resolution details so that only your route shows on your screen.

Politics › Re: Chima Okoro, Twitter User Who Predicted Abuja Attacks Deletes Account by ceaser: 12:41pm On Oct 04, 2015

damton:
May be he has the gift of prophecy, but he should learn to use it positively in assisting the security agencies or perhaps pray to avert the looming danger.

You haven't seen the movie "Next", have you?

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 7:48pm On Oct 03, 2015

Elxandre:
Stop hyping Here maps jare.
It isn't even near as good as google maps.

The offline thing is the only saving grace.

It appears you don't know how many companies and applications make use of Nokia HERE map solutions. Nokia may not be in the hardware business again but that company still exist strongly and has investments in several other networking solutions including but not limited to HERE maps.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 7:43pm On Oct 03, 2015

neyosea25:
I just acquired the new lumia 540. How do I connect to the internet? Do i need to connect through wifi always?

You don't have yo always connect to WiFi. Your device is also dual sim. So you can follow the steps above to solve the issue.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 7:42pm On Oct 03, 2015

queenet246:
My dear have done that severally and tried browsing still nothing. Wanted to know if there's any other way. Maybe I am not doing it well.

Your Lumia 535 is dual sim variant of Lumia. You first need to set the SIM you want to use for data connection - SIM 1 or SIM 2. This is done in your SETTINGS. Afterwards you need to enter the gprs settings of the selected sim. Switch on your data and you should get to browse.

Phones › Re: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by ceaser: 7:37pm On Oct 03, 2015

oyewolestephen:
I own this phone it is really cool but the problem I have with it is that anytime am browsing on the phone it gets very hot in the front speaker is your own like that?

Most smartphones these days heat up. It's the processor working on such devices. The heat gets noticeably increased when the processor throttles up in situations as playing ram hogging games, browsing for long on 3.5G/4G and some other background apps. It's no reason to panic, really. And usually a protective mechanism is in place in the device to switch off automatically and restart if the heat gets too much. This is not always the case and I have only experienced that once on L920.

By the way I don't normally experience that heating stuff on the L540 probably cos it has a phone cover. But on the L920, it's a regular thing maybe because it's my daily driver and it has no protective cover.

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