News
  • November 27, 2023

New ITU Report Raises Concern Over Internet Traffic Connectivity Disparity Between High- & Low Income Countries

Steady but uneven progress in global Internet connectivity highlights the disparities of the digital divide and is leaving people in low-income countries behind, according to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Facts and Figures 2023. Analysis on Internet data usage, featured for the first time in the ITU’s annual connectivity report, showed that fixed-broadband services accounted for […]

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MTN Group President and CEO, Ralph Mupita.
 News
  • November 27, 2023

MTN Deploys Phoenix to Increase Networking Capacity for Reliable & Fast Internet Connectivity,

The MTN Group said it has utilised the services of systems integrator NEC XON to deploy Phoenix, Africa’s first 400G optical transponder solution, to accelerate its networking infrastructure across Africa. According to a statement, NEC XON combined its technologies with the Phoenix to provide customers with reliable and fast internet connectivity, as part of the IT […]

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Pan Africa Towers CEO, Azeez Amida
News
  • November 27, 2023

Pan African Towers Unveils Two Strategic Investment  Partnership to Drive Infrastructure Deployment in Nigeria

Pan African Towers (PAT), a digital infrastructure company based in Nigeria, has gone into a strategic investment from Development Partners International (DPI), an investment firm focused on Africa, and Verod Capital (Verod), an investment management firms. DPI and Verod are investing in PAT to fuel its continued growth. Established in Nigeria in 2017 to capitalise […]

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L-R: Finnish Deputy Minister for International Trade, Jarno Syrjala; EVC, (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida; Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Leena Pylvanainen; Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, and Nokia Vice President for Sales, Middle East and Africa, Petri Moilanen.
 Business
  • November 27, 2023

NCC Seeks Investment on R & D from Finland Company Nokia in Nigeria’s Telecoms Industry

There are indications that Finland company, Nokia Networks may soon invest in Nigeria’s telecoms industry following a request from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the on investment opportunities in the industry. Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida had requested from the company to increase its investments in Research and Development (R&D) […]

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Business
  • November 23, 2023

Tier IV Onix Data Centre in Ghana Integrates with Angola Cables to Expand Digital Offering

The carrier-neutral, colocation Tier IV Onix Data Centre in Accra, Ghana, is joining the Angola Cables Global Data Centre Interconnect. This integration will enhance international connectivity in Ghana and Senegal, offering access to 66 additional data centres, 8 OTTs/CDNs, and 21 IXPs. Clients will benefit from a variety of secure digital solutions and managed services […]

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News
  • November 22, 2023

Experts of NCC-Funded Research Project Develop Artificial Intelligence Device to Tackle QoS-Induced Problems

A group of don from the Federal University of Technology, Minna have developed  an artificial intelligence based portable device, in form of mobile phones, that is capable of providing seamless data and voice connections over the existing MNOs, as the solution to the QoS-induced problems which are experienced by mobile communication subscribers in Nigeria. The […]

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Technology
  • November 21, 2023

Nigerian Engineer Develops Customer Voice Recognition System for Telecos

An expert at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Kano, in northern Nigeria, Engr Mahmood Abdulhameed has designed and constructed a customer voice identification system for the Nigerian telecommunications industry that would enable the telecos and other intelligence agencies search criminal by their voices over telecommunication system. The project, which was the result of a grant […]

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Business
  • November 21, 2023

JUST IN: NCC Releases List of States with Highest Levies & Taxes Strangulating Telecoms Operators

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has released the list of States, Local Government in the country with the highest levies and taxes that is making the telecoms operators in the telecoms industry unable to breath. The list showed how Governments in all levels of the Federation make it difficult for the telecoms companies to deploy […]

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Business
  • November 20, 2023

Maida Mulls Fresh Strategy for Achieving 70% Broadband Penetration

The new leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is rejigging its strategy of achieving Nigeria’s broadband penetration rate to 70 per cent by the end of 2025. The new Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida said that under his leadership, he would be supporting the target of the Ministry of Communication, […]

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L-R: Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer/Company Secretary, Airtel Nigeria, Shola Adeyemi; CEO, IHS Nigeria Limited, Mohammad Darwish; Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, NCC, Ubale Maska; Executive Vice chairman, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida; Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, NCC, Adeleke Adewolu and CEO, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola.
 Business
  • November 20, 2023

NCC Boss Harps on Quality of Service as Non-Negotiable for Telecos

Quality of service in the Nigerian telecommunications sector is non-negotiable as such the industry needs collaboration to make this a reality. Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida who made the remark in Lagos at an interactive session with chief executive officers in the industry assured of collaborations […]

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