The Nigeria Government through its ruling organ, the Federal Executive Council said it has approved the integration of the National Identity Number, (NIN) into the SIM card. It also approved the merging of the National Identity and Bank cards in Nigeria. This followed a memorandum presented by the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to […]
Read MoreMTN GlobalConnect has rebranded to Bayobab. In a statement, the company says the brand reveal took place at International Telecommunications Week Conference in Washington DC, attended by over 6 000 delegates from across the digital wholesale telecoms community. It notes that the new identity, Bayobab, represents the company’s strategic transformation journey to connect Africa with […]
Read MoreMTN GlobalConnect (MTN GC) rolled out over 2,000 km of new fibre in the first quarter of this year, bringing its total inventory of proprietary fibre to over 107,000km. This, as the company is scaling MTN Group’s fibre ambitions to meet the growing demand for international connectivity. MTN GC, an MTN Group operating company, is […]
Read MoreSubsea cable operator Seacom has been hit by a cyber attack, impacting a small number of its customers. In a statement, the company says on Wednesday it experienced a cyber security incident, which was “contained timeously and limited” to its hosting environment. In addition, the company reveals that its initial investigation has found that no […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, (NIGCOMSAT) has entered into strategic partnership with National Petroleum Telecommunications Limited NAPET, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC for the provision of satellite services on monitoring its sensitive equipment and services. The fallout of a meeting between the two organisations during a visit to NAPET by NIGCOMSAT […]
Read MoreWest Africa’s connectivity and data center services provider, MainOne, an Equinix Company has enhanced its interconnection capabilities by using Equinix Fabric to extend its network reach and provide its enterprise customers with agile, on-demand and seamless connectivity to cloud providers, remote markets, and local infrastructure over the MainOne network and onto Platform Equinix. Equinix Fabric […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has refuted the misinterpretation of an online media, which claimed that the Commission incurred a cash deficit of N17 billion. The said online media, had in a story with a headline titled: “NCC Incurs a Deficit of N17bn, Spending N35.2bn on Personnel, Consultancy Fees” claimed that the NCC incurred same […]
Read MoreVertiv, provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has announced the appointment of a new managing director for Africa. Vertiv has promoted Wojtek Piorko with immediate effect, from his previous position as South East Africa regional director. The role was previously held by Pierre Havenga, who will be leaving Vertiv at the end of […]
Read MoreNigeria’s telecoms industry Gross Domestic Contribution (GDP) to the nation’s economy is again on the rebound trip after after falling by close to two percent in the second quarter of 20022. Statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in the Quarter 1, 2020 to Quarter 3, 2022 report showed that the telecoms industry contribution […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated the Commission’s commitment to continually drive initiatives that accelerate broadband deployment to increase penetration and make internet connection readily available to telecom consumers. According to the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Commission has been at the heart of providing the digital drive for […]
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