Photos! MTN Honours Sound Sultan With Pounded Yam On His Birthday

Sound Sultan celebrated his 37th birthday yesterday and telecoms giant, MTN Nigeria invited him to their office where he was treated to a yummy plate of pounded yam. He also got a cake, 91 minutes of call credit, 30MB data and other things which the singer didn’t disclose. See another pic after the cut…

MTN Losses Almost Half Of Its Subscribbers To Mobile Number Portability Scheme

According to the Director of Public
Affairs of the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC),Mr Tony Ojobo, almost half of MTNsubscribers switched to other networks during the recently
introduced Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme.

According to figures
released by Mr Ojobo,
MTN topped the losers
table among an overall
number of subscribers
that switched service providers in the telecoms market with 49%; followed by Globacom with 23%,Airtel with 17%; while Etisalat came last on the losers' table with 11%.
Which means Etisalat emerged top in the number porting scheme among the telecoms company

Tiwa Savage Signs Endorsement Deal With MTN

Tiwa shared the above photo on her Instagram page with the caption: "MTN ambassador, I don port o. God you are so good to me #mtn #onceuponatime #powermoves #blessed"

MTN Nigeria Launches NextApps Store

MTN Nigeria has launched an app store to its customers powered by U.S. based appstore developer, neXva. Dubbed the MTN Nigeria NextApps store, the store consists of free and premium applications such as Efiko, Nigerian Constitution, aHausa and NewsBasket and is initially available to Android smartphone users. The store features one click billing for MTN customers which bills the purchase price from customers’ MTN prepaid accounts or adds the cost to their phone bill. Speaking on the launch, MTN Nigeria’s Chief Marketing Officer, Larry Annetts said: “We are very pleased to partner with neXva on this app store initiative. Our choice of neXva to deploy the MTN Nigeria NextApps Store was informed by neXva’s robust technology platform and their internal team that is able to customize and localize the offering of the applications to suit our customers in Nigeria. This, for us is a key success factor for the NextApps Store.” Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of neXva, Brian J. Friedman, said: “Bringing neXva’s app store platform to MTN Nigeria is a great opportunity for neXva. We are particularly pleased that deploying our app store technology was done with a highly curated selection of content that will, for the first time, bring apps to many of MTN’s customers in Nigeria.” Co-founder and COO of neXva, Shaun Zelber, added: “We know that app store customers are looking for a localized experience in the depth and breadth of the apps offered. “This informs why our content team is always on the lookout for the newest, best and most relevant apps that can bring MTN’s customers in Nigeria a very personalized catalogue of apps that is very relevant to their day-to-day lives. The NextApps Store delivers a rich selection of the best Nigerian and global apps.” The MTN Nigeria app store is available at nextapps.mtnonline.com

MTN Signs Iyanya, Davido, Praiz, Mike Anyaso As Ambassadors

Telecoms giant MTN has signed Iyanya, Praiz, Chidinma (MTN Project Fame), and Mike Anyaso as the new celebrity faces of MTNand also renewed Davido's contract.

It has been gathered that the stars have finished negotiations with MTN for a one year endorsement deal which will see some of them earning as much as N15m a year.

Mtn Project Fame Season 6 Audition Kicks Off

The 6th season of MTN ProjectFame West Africa is set to hit the airwaves soon starting withthe auditions in four major African states. Starting from the 25th of May in Monrovia Liberia,auditions will be held in Benin, Abuja, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Ibadan and Lagos from the 8th of June 2013 in Nigeria.

Requirements for the auditioninclude are: - Send name and location to 35850 (from an MTN line – SMS costs N100) - You will receive a PIN, Log on to www.projectfamewestafrica.com - Fill in the online form or download the form Print the online form and sign/Fill the form and sign, then bring the form to audition venue.

Below are the auditions for different locations

Liberia Monrovia: 25th May at Bella Cassa Hotel and Suites, Sinkor Ghana Accra: 1st June at Ghana international Trade FairCentre Sierra Leone Freetown: 1st Juneat Old Skool Complex Hill Station Nigeria : Benin: 8th June at Constantial Hotel 24/26 Airport Road GRA Abuja: 8th June at National Centre for Women Development,Better Life StreetCentral Area Abuja Ilorin 15th June: Kwara Hotel, 9aAhmadu Bello Way GRA Ilorin Port Harcourt: 15th June at Racheal Hotel 3/5 harbour road,ph Calabar: 22nd June at Channel View 14 MCC Road Calabar Ibadan: 22nd June at Tafo Arena Poly Road WAEC Office Junction Eleyele Ibadan Lagos 28th and 29th June at Ultima Studios Funke Zainab Usman street, end of Admiralty way Lekki