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obyrich: They

1. steal airtime,

2. steal data bundle,

3. treat staff shabbily,

4. treat customers like poo

5. yet they want money.

sampaio6: airtel, do somthing ooo before your mast are burnt down

lrguru: Airtel network is crap, n They can all go to hell

lrguru: Good day people, I received a text message from airtel ''GOOD news!!! You can now take up UNLIMITED Blackberry bundle for only N1,500 ONLY! Dial *440*16# to subscribe for 1 FULL month today!'', so I felt it was cheaper than my MTN so I decided to subscribe on tuesday mornin which was 18th june 2013, and received a message that read ''Dear subscriber, your current Airtel Unlimited Blackberry Monthly service expires on thu 18 Jul, 2013. To disable auto renewal, please send stopautorenew to 440'' .
It felt so cool having an unlimited data bundle, and thought of downloading enough movies on my BB felt good. To my suprise, by 6:55pm the next day which was 19 jun 2013, my BB stopped browsing and pinging, and I was surprised, cos i have not even downloaded up to 3-movies that were not even up to 150MB.

I called AIRTEL customer service, and tried explaining to the person thru the phone, before I say anythin about the unlimited data bundle not browsing, they will just hang up, it happened when I called up again, even to the fifth person. The one that even managed to talk with me said that I may have exhausted all the bundle, I was like Huh (in one day) tot it was unlimited? and even the normal 1gig that they do give for N1400 do last me over 3-weeks, how can unlimited data plan finish in just a little over 24-hours, or is the term unlimited redefined? Before i could say anything again, the guy said thanks for choosing AIRTEL, the best network...i said i'm not through with talkin, and he just hung up on me.

I tried callin them again and the same thing happened even to the 3rd person, no body is sayin anythin, and no body is helpin, not until one kind lady said she will work on it, and that was yesterday mornin, she said in 12-hours everythin will be fine, and its been over 24-hours now and still not browsing.

So brothers and sisters, please if u love your money and do no wish to be scammed, pls do not subscribe to any airtel crap, cos its all scam and 100percent fake, and to crown it all, their customer service is poor and they have no respect for their customers. I am through with that fake network, and to think i was about porting to airtel with my MTN, that would have been my greatest mistake. So please be warned, and if there is any way i can report this scam, i will do, cos this is too bad. Please spread the news, AIRTEL is a scam

la morena: as a patriotic nigerian i love my GLO the indigeneous network. this south africans bring DSTV and MTN to scam us.

Ojix85: Dude, techno isn't even listed as a phone brand on gsmarena.com .. We can't do a reasonable comparison

Acidosis: Loll

BB will die a silent death soon.. just like nokia.

Do you realise Nokia now pay Seun Osewa to help advertise some nokia products¿

Thats exactly what will happen to BB users soon.

amAZEing: The market for Smartphones is an open ended and level playing field according to each OEM capacity.

As l post this at the supermarket right across my office l can see Mac Cleans; Closeup and several different brands of Toothpaste. Is left for the consumer to pick the one that suits him/her best.

Same goes for the different clubs and leagues in Europe. Chelsea, Man.U, Real M, Barca etc is all a matter of choice to the Fans and Viewers.

My dad can't foist his party on the entire family. Same goes for the Faith I want to practice. It's a personal decision I need to make.

And at school my teacher can only counsel me on.the different careers. I make the final decision not him.

In the matter pertaining to Tecno and Samsung with others like BB, Nokia etc.

TECNO is the ONLY CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE in terms of Quality, Availability, After Sales Services and Performance.

When I think of Android Smartphones, I See Tecno
Android Smartphones like the bestselling N3, N7 and the much awaited Phantom A1.

Biafra4tharmy: More facts have emerged on what led to the bloody clash between Nigeria’s military and the terrorist group, Boko Haram in Baga, Borno State that led to so many deaths two weeks ago.

Daily Sun authoritatively gathered from military sources that the terrorists, who had been using Niger Republic as their major base, sneaked into Baga in alarming numbers over some time and were trying to create a major base there preparatory to commencement of a round of deadly attacks in the state and Yobe. But for the timely intervention of the military, the terrorists, who were on the verge of procuring helicopters to add to their arsenal and commence aerial assault, would have destroyed the whole of Maiduguri, Damaturu and surrounding states, sources said.

Security sources told Daily Sun that apart from their intention to carry out more deadly attacks on Maiduguri, where they have made their stronghold, the terrorists had planned to launch attacks on commercial aircraft using their helicopter until they were taken unawares by the Nigerian military personnel there on internal security operation.

The military sources said they acted on very reliable intelligence from residents who had started noticing suspicious moves and faces in the area.

Apart from carrying out attacks in Maiduguri and its environs, the terrorists had also planned to attack other states using the helicopters to prove to the Nigerian military and also the federal government their superiority. Security reports indicated that even though the Joint Multi-National Task Force (JMNTF), which comprised the security operatives of Nigeria, Niger, Chad Cameroon, some other African countries and the other nations had not been so committed in the fight against terrorism as they had displayed lukewarm attitude to the mandate of the task force.

Operatives from some of the other nations who don’t feel much of the heat of the Boko Haram attacks were said to be the ones leaking security operations information to the terrorists, with a strong base in neighbouring Niger Republic.

As a result, they had access into Nigeria without hindrance and had turned Baga, a border territory with Lake Chad, into their armoury. The terrorists were said to have dumps their ammunitions at the least suspicious places in the town.

Daily Sun source noted that Boko Haram had been stockpiling in Baga enough armament to launch violent assault on the nation that they would have sustained for months if they had been spared to hatch their plans.

Some of the MNJTF operatives, according to Nigerian military officers battling the terrorists in the region were suspected to be providing security and shelter for the terrorists in their home countries and allowing them move freely into Nigeria, and sometimes undermine the strategies of the nation’s military to tackle the terrorists.

The terrorists were said to have concluded plans to commence aerial attack before they were intercepted. Right now, security had been beefed up around the border areas with a massive deployment of immigration officers to curtail movement of illegal aliens who were taking advantage of the porous borders to move into the country.

More troops had also been deployed to Baga and the locations around the border from the JTF to push the terrorists out of Nigeria’s territory and ensure they don’t return.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/boko-haram-plans-air-strike/

halfcurrent: Can any one clarify me on the charging principle on the Blackberry Z10 plan?
I migrated recently from Blackberry Torch to the new Blackberry Z10 platform and ever since then my airtime hardly ever last, even though I paid and subscribed to the Blackberry service on Etisalat network.
Aside from the subscription, I often load credit on my phone to the tune of 3k and sometimes up to 5k. This hardly ever last more than one week even I rarely make calls.
I thought pinging is part of the weekly or monthly BB subscription.
I don’t understand, can some one please educate me on the billing principle, especially on Etisalat. Does this also apply to other network?

akirahunt: I wanna just say this is really good start from Nokia. There is quite stiff competition in the market of Smartphone so Nokia needs of improvement in their phones. One of the best things I like about Nokia is its economic price that sots budget users.

aze: Now to this-

if the network selling this phone was

1. MTN. No probs. Extortion is thier hallmark.

2. Airtel. Na to dey look them. After all the network is as worthless as a filty socks, in terms of data and voice.

3. Etisalat. No gbe ge. because l assume they thot we all have Oil Wells like them.

But it wasn't introduced into the market by the above three but a full blooded Nigerian owned network introduced

''A low specd smartphone powered by an ancient version of Google mobile OS''

Glo thought we have forgotten the BB 3gb fiasco. No instead of buying that FOOLISH Android Phone Glo, l will do these-

1. Buy the more advanced Infinix Race Bolt for 25k after adding 3k.

2. Buy 2 Tecno N3. 1 for me and the other my Broda.

OR
If l need a network branded Android smart phone l will go to any of the networks as follows-

1. Buy an Etisalat Gaga phone that has proper community support out there.

2. Walk into an MTN office and get the high specd Infinix Buzz X450 with Android 4.0 for 16k and stil keep 6k for mtn BIS downloads.

3. Sluggishly walk into an Airtel owned shop and get a Tecno N3 for 13k with 9k change in ma pocket. The Tecno has a better support and after sale service here in naija.

To hell with Glo.

luluosas: I recommend to you Glo Genious Android phone. It costs N17,600 and available from any Glo world shop closest to you.
Here is quick spec of the phone:

- Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread
- 1GHz Processor
- 3.5" HVGA Capacitive Display
- 512MB RAM
- 512MB ROM
- WiFi b/g/n
- WiFi Direct
- 3MP Rear Camera
- 0.3MP Front Camera
- 1400 mAh Battery
- Dual Sim

xtianh: These pictures depict the true look of streets in Lagos where people believe its a paradise going by what they read and hear on the radio and here in Nairaland.

miqos02: THE much-awaited Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) number portability, which allows GSM subscribers to migrate from one network to another without changing their old number takes off today, bringing to an end months of experimentation to see the workability of the idea.

The migration, which will be at no cost to the subscriber, is expected to improve the service of the operators, as each service provider has to up its game with a bid to satisfying the subscribers.

According to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), the gesture would eventually be extended to telecommunications subscribers on CDMA and fixed lines.

In preparing operators and subscribers for number portability, NCC had, last year, released guidelines for the planned introduction of number portability across networks.

The guidelines exempt subscribers from paying any fee that may be charged by telecoms operators, when they asked for number porting from one network to another.

According to the guidelines released on the website of the NCC, a service provider is responsible for maintaining appropriate records to satisfy the billing and audit requirements of Mobile Number Portability (MNP).

Services and traffic terminated to ported numbers on an individual recipient operator’s network must be charged the same as for traffic and services terminated to non-ported numbers of the same recipient operator. Neither recipient operators nor donor operators may make a charge to the customer for porting their numbers.

The exercise, according to the NCC, would address all the problems in the telecoms industry, while guaranteeing freedom of choice for subscribers, redefining competition in the industry and allowing subscribers to use only one phone while operating on the platform of their choice.

In line with the directive by the NCC, porting could only be undertaken by visiting the customer service offices or outlets, as the exercise would not be available through telephone, online or other electronic means.

Subscribers are equally advised against terminating their services with their existing service providers before initiating porting with new service providers.

While, according to NCC, there is a 90-day restriction for a porting before another one, subscribers to new service providers are mandated to bring identification cards, passports, driving licences or an officially validated photographic identity document and the working mobile numbers they wish to port into their new operators’ stores.

Meanwhile, Globacom and Airtel Nigeria have announced their readiness for the commencement of the porting exercise which begins across the country today.

Globacom, in a statement released in Lagos recently, said it was operationally and systemically set for the take-off the portability on its network, adding that it had completed the procurement and implementation of the network Signal Routing System (STP) and the porting process or gateway management system, which was the first to be commissioned in the country.

Airtel’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, while speaking with journalists in Lagos at the weekend, said the company was excited with the kick-off of MNP and assured that with the company’s robust and expanded 3.75g network coverage, many Nigerian subscribers who had waited so long to join the “best friends network” could finally exploit the new window offered by the MNP to realise their wishes.


http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/10084-freedom-of-choice-for-mobile-phone-users-as-sim-portability-begins-today-globacom-airtel-prepare-for-take-off

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