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Social Media Users Now 61% of World’s Population as Instagram Leads Growth Rate

Over the past five years, 1.8 billion people have started using social media, helping platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok reach more users than ever. Although the growth rates in the social media space have significantly slowed down compared to 2020 and 2021, the number of users continues to rise. According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, […]

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Business

Expert Unveils Solution to Tackle Rising Yearly Cases of Data Roaming Fraud

According to a recent study conducted by Juniper Research, data roaming fraud is becoming an increasing concern for telcos around the world. Their insights suggest that global data roaming fraud will cost telcos around $8 billion per year by 2028. It already accounts for around 80% of global operator roaming-based losses, which are spurred on […]

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Telecoms

Africa Data Centre Partners iOCO to Enhance Competition in IT Service Industry

Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, is pleased to announce that iOCO has selected the colocation giant as a partner for data centre services to expand its range of digital business offerings to the market. Through this collaboration, iOCO’s customers will benefit from Africa Data Centre’s best-in-class, secure data centre colocation services, that […]

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Telecoms Operators Now Block Flash Calling Using Third Party Partnership as SMS Authentication Traffic Rises

Operators’ revenue from SMS traffic, used for authentication, such as MFA (Multi-factor Authentication), will represent over 70% of global mobile authentication spend by 2025. According to telecommunications experts at Juniper Research, despite market pressures, including rising SMS fraud and increasing termination charges, SMS will remain enterprises’ most used technology to authenticate and identify their users […]

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NCC ‘ll Only Give Regulatory Support to Investors & Operators ‘Playing-by-the-Rules’ , Says EVC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), regulatory support to all investors, including operators in Nigeria, will be predicated on their playing by the rules and regulations guiding the sector. According to the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, Commission places a lot of premium on compliance to industry laws, regulations and guidelines as […]

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Virtual Mobile Operator Now Vital component for Africa’s Economy, Says Expert

As of the end of 2022, there were officially 1,986 mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) deployed and operational worldwide, of which around 50% were in Europe. However, this figure may not be entirely accurate. In addition, there is an informal number of other virtual operators offering services under the branded reseller or service provider model […]

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Business

CCAAS Platform Subscriptions to Generate $18bn Revenue By 2028, as Providers Plan Reducing Data Siloes

Experts in telecommunications market, has found CCaaS (Contact Centre-as-a-Service) subscription services will generate over $18 billion in revenue by 2028; from $7.5 billion this year. The report from Juniper Research predicted growing support for inbound communication channels, such as RCS and OTT messaging apps, will drive adoption of CCaaS subscription services, and thus subscription revenue. […]

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Technology

ITU Approves Framework for 6G Deployment, Sets New Technical Standard

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published the framework for the development of standards and radio interface technologies for the sixth generation of International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) systems, popularly referred to as 6G. The details of the 6G framework are contained in Recommendation ITU-R M.2160 on the “IMT-2030 Framework” approved by the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-23) at […]

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Over 41% of Enterprise Plan to Deploy WiFi 7 by 2024, Says Report

Over 41% of respondents surveyed globally plan to deploy WiFi 7 by the end of 2024 – indicating the marketplace already sees a strong business case for WiFi 7. This is one of the key findings of the latest cross-industry report by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body for WiFi standards and […]

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Software

Mobile’s Share of Web Traffic Drops by 10% as Smartphone Users Hit 6.92 Billion

Over the past ten years, mobile’s share of web traffic has quadrupled, with today more than half of total web browsing done on mobile devices. But after a decade of continuous growth, 2023 brought an unexpected decline. According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, mobile phones made 52.8% of total web traffic in 2023, or nearly 10% […]

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