Telecoms

National Broadband Plan May flop, Warns Telecos

THERE are indications that the current National Broadband Plan of the federal government may turned out to be a failure if urgent steps are not taken to address the plight of Tier II telecoms operators who offer broadband services in the country. According to the operators, who are sub-group members of the Assiocaition of Telecommunications […]

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Technology

Digital IQ for African Companies Drags, Says PwC Report

DESPITE 10 years of continued investment and commitment from top executives, PwC’s Global Digital IQ results showed enterprises struggling to return value, overlooking fundamental integration of technology with the human experience The 10th edition of PwC’s Global Digital IQ survey, with a focus on Africa showed that most organisations around the world have not done […]

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Telecoms

TECNO Mobile Smartphone Launch Shakes East Africa Market

PREMIUM mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile, had Thursday unveiled its latest handset to hit the for this market’s generation. The Camon CX will be available in 41 countries across Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, allowing consumers to take brighter, clearer and faster selfies than ever before. Since the Camon series was African market […]

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Internet

Kaspersky Lab Tightens Nigeria’s Cyber Space

KASPERSKY Lab has introduced Secure Connection in Nigeria, a solution for encrypting traffic on Windows and Mac computers. Based on VPN technology, it automatically enables encryption when the risk of data interception is most dangerous for the user, for example, when connecting to public Wi-Fi or using online banking or other sites containing private information. […]

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Telecoms

MTN Remains Largest Operator, Records Highest Internet Subscription

Despite the challenges arising from the sanctions it had suffered in the last few years, MTN Nigeria has remained the leading mobile network operator in the country as well as spearheading the leadership of data service in the sector. Latest statistics obtained by TechnologyMirror from the National Bureau Statistics, (NBS) in its first quarter March […]

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Technology

Stakeholders Lash NITDA over Poor Local Content Policy Implementation

STAKEHOLDERS in the Nigerian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry have lashed the Local Content Office under the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Federal Ministry of Communications Technology for poor implementation of the local content policy in the country. They also bemoaned the seeming confusion which the several ICT strategy documents, roadmaps, […]

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Business

Africa Sets Three Year Deadline for 2020 Internet Access

PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnerships and bridging the digital divide will help Africa meet the Broadband Commission target of providing at least 50% of its population with internet access by 2020. This is according to Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame who addressed delegates at Transform Africa Summit 2017 in Kigali under the banner ‘Smart Cities: Fast Forward.’ “At first […]

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