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Mondia (www.Mondia.com), a private m-commerce company dedicated to connecting, digitalising and monitising mobile consumers, today announced the launch of Getmo Games, a new gaming service for MTN Nigeria subscribers. Getmo Games is an exciting games service offering unlimited Android and online HTML5 games to subscribers, based on an All-You-Can-Eat (AYCE) subscription model. MTN customers can now enjoy thousands of premium casual games across a wide variety of genres with daily, weekly or monthly subscriptions, depending on the preference of the subscriber. Speaking on the partnership, Chie...

Stories by Emma Okonji MTN Nigeria has decided to explore new digital payment platforms outside of the general Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code for its over 77 million subscribers, the largest among other telecoms operators in Nigeria, for fear of future disconnection by commercial banks. The banks, last Thursday night, disconnected only MTN customers from accessing the USSD code on airtime vending from all bank channels that are linked to USSD code. According to the banks, they took the decision because the telco reduced the discount offered to them on airtime sales from 4...

  MTN Nigeria yesterday announced that it has begun the formation of a long term and sustainable pricing structure for its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data USSD transactions with bank channel partners. Recall that MTN bank channel partners last week temporarily suspended sales of MTN products on their platforms on April 2, 2021, claiming that the telco unilaterally adjusted the price regime without due consultation. The disruption caused MTN subscribers huge discomfort as they could not buy airtime on any bank channel throughout that day and the next. However, services were restored o...

By Emma Okonji Following the series of meetings to resolve the commercial dispute between MTN and Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) over charges and commission on the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code, it has been agreed that MTN should maintain status quo and revert to the old billing where it offered 4.5 per cent commission to the banks for all USSD charges. . Officials of MTN Nigeria and the banks, including their regulators, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) respectively, continued with their series of meetings Thursday, where...

More trouble for MTN in Nigeria as banks block subscribers Some Nigerian lenders have cut off MTN Nigeria from their banking platforms, making it impossible for millions of customers to buy credit for their phones. All lenders in Africa’s most populous country, except Zenith Bank, have taken MTN Nigeria off their platform, said Funso Aina, a spokesman for the telecommunications company. The banks took the action after MTN reduced the commission paid to lenders for allowing customers use their platform to buy call credit, Aina said. Airtime sales are suspended through all banking channels �...