GSMA
21 Mar
In a new report backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, global mobile money transactions grew 14 per cent last year to reach $1.4 trillion. The GSMA's State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money came out the same day Ericsson
27 Feb
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has disclosed that fresh $9 billion has been committed to further bridge the global connectivity gaps.
14 Feb
The deployment of mobile broadband in Nigeria may have cut the level of extreme poverty by 1.5 per cent.
1 Nov
Telecoms operators in Nigeria and other parts of the region are expected to spend $75 billion on their networks from 2023 to 2030, mostly on 4G technology.
31 Oct
The mobile sub-sector in Nigeria and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa added $170 billion to the region’s economy in 2022. This is even as the sub-sector made a substantial contribution to the funding of the public sector...
16 Oct
Subscribers have demanded improved Fifth-Generation (5G) network service. According to Swedish technology firm, Ericsson, in its latest ConsumerLab report, it found out that one in five 5G adopters is willing to pay a premium for a differentiated quality of service, highlighting another potential business case to help operators cash-in on the network technology. In total,…
28 Sep 2023
The Federal Government (FG) is looking forward to partnering with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) in a bid to drive economic growth in Nigeria.
27 Sep 2023
Mobile connectivity has helped in fueling the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the globe.
30 Aug 2023
HYDRA-headed challenges, including affordability and usability, have unconnected 61 per cent of people in Africa from mobile Internet services.This is seen as a huge threat to efforts to digitise economies in the region, including Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and others.
29 Jun 2023
A dozen mobile operator signed up to device re-use and recycling targets set by the GSMA as the industry association estimates that $8 billion worth of valuable materials were stuck in abandoned handsets across the globe.