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Where i stay in Abuja, we've been enjoying an average of 20-21hrs light for the past 3 to 4 weeks

opalu:
I can bet that Pedro was one of those spoilt younger brothers that when in school they visit you and you give them 10k and they blame your wife for 'changing' their elder bros

That description fits him perfectly. He looks the type even.

The chief executives of UBA should be arrested immediately, especially Tony Elumelu. There is no way that someone or some organization would have up to $2 billion in your bank without knowing who that person is. You can't take $2 billion dollars from someone without vetting or doing a background check on that person.

olubenzer:
Buhari and cbn must know something about this plot if this allegation is true.

When you develop some brain, you can come back and modify your useless comment.

The chief executives of UBA should be arrested immediately, especially Tony Elumelu. There is no way that someone or some organization would have up to $2 billion in your bank without knowing who that person is. You can't take $2 billion dollars from someone without vetting or doing a background check on that person.

The nda should keep on bombing. Let's see if it's Buhari and Tinubu's children that will bear the brunt.

MaryWest:
The bootom line is that 4g network in Nigeria is still very much a pipe dream

Do not be misled by our argument.

These are facts you need to know about lte.

1. No telco in the world supports all lte bands.
2. Most telcos support just one.
3. ntel supports two, which are band 3 and 8, and band 3 is the world's most popular lte band, present in most devices meant for EMEA countries and other regions.
4. MTN plans on supporting only band 20, for starters, and band 20 isn't that popular compared to band 3.
5. All 4G lte chinco devices that are popular in Nigeria, including Infinix, Tecno, doogee and others support lte band 3. Bigger OEMs, such as Samsung, LG, Sony tend to make variants for different markets and specific variants for US telcos. You just need to buy the variant that support the lte bands your telco uses.

OBAGADAFFI:
You just love to argue.

Do you know most of these variants works well outside their market and regions, due to similarity in frequencies and bands.

The reason most UK/US phones sells more in Nigeria, is because they work with our frequencies.

Even in the same US you can use AT&T variants phones on Verizon network, after unlocking.

What matter most in phones are frequencies they support, irrespective of the variants.

Cheers

I never said phones meant for other markets wouldn't work in Nigeria or elsewhere. There is a good reason why 99.9% of phones, no matter where bought, work on our 2g and 3g network, because our telcos use the most popular 2g/3g frequencies. For instance, our telcos use 2100mhz/3G frequency, which is world's most popular frequency, and present in virtually all phones worldwide.

What I'm saying is that, 4G lte bands/frequencies are the most scattered across devices and telcos. No network in the world supports all lte bands/frequencies and you can't find a phone or device that supports all fdd and tdd lte bands.

Now, you talked about the US. When OEMs, such as Samsung make a phone for telcos in the US, they usually restrict lte bands to each network in order not to be able to use them vice versa on those networks, hence different variants.

I brought up the issue of variants because it's very possible that the variant of htc m8 you've doesn't have lte band 3 or band 8 support. By the way, restrictions of lte bands on a device has nothing to do with network locks.

I've tried my best, and i won't argue any further.

OBAGADAFFI:
What do you mean by deliberately being mischievous.

You probably dont know the difference between band and variant .

Phones and CPEs can support multiple bands, irrespective of the variant.

LTE bands are allocated to ITU REGION

Networks on LTE-bands 1, 3, 7, 28 (FDD-LTE) or 38, 40 (TDD-LTE) are suitable for future global roaming in ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3.
Networks on LTE-band 8 (FDD-LTE) may allow global roaming in the future (ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3) (Long-term perspective).
Networks on LTE-band 20 (FDD-LTE) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 1 (EMEA) only.
Networks on LTE-bands 2 and 4 (FDD-LTE) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 2 (Americas) only.

http://www.spectrummonitoring.com/frequencies/frequencies1.html#Nigeria

Just make you point clear without name calling.

I have tried to educate you on this issue, but you just won't take correction. I'll make it clearer.

OEMs make the same model of phones for different markets, also known as variants, and they specifically make special variants for each of the largest American telcos because they are the largest consumers.

Now, these variants look the same on the outside, but might defer in terms of SoCs, and they usually support different lte bands depending on the market or network they are meant for.

I hope I've made it more understandable to you.

ican2020:
Thank for the above
Meanwhile I have CARBAYSTAR 8 inch Tablet Computer Octa Core K9 Android Tablet Pcs 4G LTE with the below specification, will it work using the MTK stuff.

# Dual 4G: FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7 TDD-LTE B38/B40/B41
# Dual 3G: WCDMA 850/2100 TD-SCDMA 1900/2100MHz
# 2G Phone: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
# 8 inch IPS Screen 1280*800 Pixels
# Support GPS/BDS/GLONASS Satellite Systems
Wi-Fi Display, Android 5.1
# Support Dual Charging 5V-2A and 9V-2A Charger
# Store : internal storage 4G / phone storage 32G / RAM 4G

Though the customer service person at Wuse 2, Abuja said the phone is not compatible

Given the above specification, it should work. The easiest way to change your network mode to 'LTE Only' is to go to your dial pad and dial *#*#4636#*#*, then enter Phone information, scroll down and select LTE only.

OBAGADAFFI:
The HTC M8 works well on Smile.

LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - EMEA

LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - EMEA

LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700) - Asia

LTE band 4(1700/2100), 17(700) - T-Mobile

LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - AT&T

LTE band 40(2300) - India

I believe you are deliberately being mischievous, but I'll indulge you anyway.
The above lte specifications are from gsmarena. It clearly shows that there are at least 5 variants of Htc one m8, made for different markets and networks. So I'll advice to find out which of the variants you own.

OBAGADAFFI:
Don't like joining issues with people here, .

I have tested it on HTC M8 at their office in Surulere and it's not working yet.

I hope you know that there are up to 5 variants of HTC one m8, and some don't have band 3 or band 8 support?

The hypocrisy amongst Christians is absurd. The day this news went viral, I told people that, since no one witnessed the killing, no evidence of any sorts, then people shouldn't be in a hurry to put the blame on Muslims. But I was insulted, called all sorts of names.

Dam5reey:
I believe either 3 or 8 supported phones should work... Some phones only have 1 band and they work.. VoLTE is another function on its own and not band related

So you mean C5 lte NTel can call another line with 3G ?

Of course I know VoLTE isn't band related. I mentioned it because C5, konka r1 & r2 are the only devices that works on ntel's VoLTE for now. And yes, mtn, glo, airtel and etisalat can be reached from the VoLTE.

OBAGADAFFI:
I'm simply saying most 3 and 8 band LTE phones are not supported on NTEL.

This is how you people go about spreading false info. There is not a single device that supports lte band 3 or/and 8 that I've tried on ntel that didn't work, except for the iPhones. And that is because iPhones require apple to integrate support for each and every LTE network before they can work, and they do that via OS update. This requirement is only for iPhones, ipads are exempted. According to ntel, they are in talks with apple to get their network integrated.

I've personally tested the below listed devices and they all worked on ntel;

BB Z30 and Q10
Nokia Lumia 1320
Sony Ericsson Xperia Z3 dual
HTC one m8 and m9
Tecno Boom j8

Others I know, have used Tecno C5 on ntel, which is one of the devices that is able to make VoLTE calls on ntel.

kahal29:
It's happening already..... . Those who celebrated the Supreme Court judgment that killed the card reader are now wailing

True that.

By law, the VP doubles as the coordinating minister of the economy, but the past administration violated that law.

anigbajumo:


Yer reason in not valid enough nd doesn't speak well for a Democratic country. Nigerian voted APC to Change the bad deeds of PDP in our country not to repeat the same action.

Listen to yerself again!!

But when the supreme court declared Wike as the winner despite clear proof that the election was marred by irregularities, you were jubilating. You haven't seen anything yet. You will wail for a long time to come.

yudee233:
I thought they said it was free and fair

apc was barred from fielding a candidate.

IdisuleOurOwn:
Even though you field an Apc candidate he will still be defeated.

Pdp won only because apc couldn't field a candidate. I'm from Kogi state so I know what i'm talking about.

I thought they said apc was none existent in the SE. Some people will have a hard time sleeping tonight.

OLADD:
Some people whose alias start with "Z", claim PDP is dead. Despite having an alternative in Labour Party, the Kogi East people ignored the influence of their sitting APC governor to pitch their tents enmass with PDP. APC should watch its back as 2019 approaches.

You know nothing about Kogi politics, so go and sit down joor.

HungerBAD:
Day light Robbery.

A vote without an APC candidate,this is purely Robbery.

What is happening today was caused by the late Audu. He collected monies from some intending candidates from Kogi central, east and west senatorial zones, and imposed them on others, without conducting primaries.

Of all the three imposed candidates, Dino melaye was the wiser, and the richest. He connived with inec, and they testified in his favour.

No disrespect to your father, but in order to show him how dissatisfied you are, call him all the usual names you call apc supporters on nairaland, like Zombie, hailing hailer. Maybe, just maybe, that will force him to return to pdp. You can thank me later for this wonderful advice.

The way I see it, comprehension is a major problem amongst our youth.

He did same in Abuja, and nothing happened. El rufai doesn't compromise when it comes to master plan. He is a reformer, and that is the kind of person that Nigeria needs right now as its president.