Telecoms
19 Feb
Though Nigeria started 2023 with 226.2 million telephone lines, by year-end, the number dropped to 224.7 million, showing a depletion of about 1.5 million lines out of the networks.
9 Feb
Airtel Nigeria has disclosed that some 9.2 million of its customers have submitted their National Identification Number (NIN) for verification ahead of the February 28 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for all unlinked lines to be fully barred.
7 Feb
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has warned that SIMs not linked to National Identity Number (NIN) will be deactivated by the end of February.
7 Feb
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, as a member of the Digital Innovation Board of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance..
2 Feb
An ICT expert, Mr Jide Awe, has advised the Federal Government to engage in targeted awareness campaigns to raise education on data protection.
31 Jan
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said that while provisional estimates showed that Internet users in Africa increased from 4.5 million in 2000 to nearly 600 million in 2022, penetration remained at 43 per cent as against 68.6 per cent in the rest of the world.
31 Jan
Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has urged telecommunications operators to reduce their environmental footprints through more sustainable approaches in the design, manufacturing and operation of mobile networks, as well as finding ways to reduce their energy and water usage.
25 Jan
Former Presidential spokesperson and bestselling author, Reno Omokri, has slammed telecommunication giant MTN of "exploitative practices...multiple sub-Saharan countries." According to Omokri in a short documentary, "the exposé traced the economic malaise now afflicting the Ghanaian economy partly to the monopolistic policies of MTN, which had led to an unprecedented capital flight from that beleaguered West…
24 Jan
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, at a media parly in Lagos, listed four critical areas of concentration to reposition Nigeria’s $76 billion telecoms sector.
24 Jan
Samsung has ushered in a “new era of AI” with the launch of its Galaxy S24 smartphone series, which leans heavily on the vendor’s big-name partners – Google Cloud and Qualcomm – for the capabilities and functionality that enable features such as live translation of calls and texts.
18 Jan
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that MTN and Globacom have both reached an agreement to resolve the interconnect debt issue, over which the former was to disconnect the latter today. This came as the 10-day pre-disconnection notice issued by the Commission lapsed today. However, NCC in a statement signed by its Director of…
17 Jan
More investments in fifth-generation (5G) networks are expected to bring operators a 32 per cent revenue jump, which could fetch them $400 billion by the end of 2024. A study by Juniper Research, which disclosed this, noted that as consumer 5G