The Enugu Zonal Office of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has received the nod of the Enugu Office of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to leverage the latter’s programmes and activities within the state to heighten telecoms consumer education. The collaboration was an outcome of a recent courtesy visit by the Enugu Zonal Office of […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its belief that its efforts at promoting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovation and leveraging on emerging technologies will accelerate Federal Government’s agenda to create jobs that will lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta stated this in keynote […]
Read MoreThe Deputy Governor of Gombe State, Dr. Manasseh Daniel Jatau, has said that there are tremendous opportunities for leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all sectors of the economy. Jatau, who represented the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, at the opening ceremony of the 7th Regular Meeting of the National Council on […]
Read Morelease of life – Fatai Ganiyu Abass was more than self-sufficient, practising as an auto-electrician and moonlighting as a Fuji musician. The future looked rosy for him until tragedy struck a couple of years back. He developed problems with his eyes and eventually lost sight in both eyes. His world seemed to fall apart. Without […]
Read MoreMainOne submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The project, notable for being the first commercial cable system in service to deploy spectrum sharing capabilities, will offer capabilities to deepen infrastructure sharing and lower the cost of delivering broadband services to the region. According to statement from MainOne, its entry into […]
Read MoreNokia and Etisalat, one of the world’s telecom groups in emerging markets, have set a capacity record during the world’s first field trial of single-carrier terabit-per-second data transmission on a deployed fibre network. A terabit-per-second is enough bandwidth to download the entire Game of Thrones video series in HD in under two seconds. This comes […]
Read MoreLagos-based on-demand, last-mile, crowdsourced delivery service kwik has secured 2,000 verified customers on its platform within two months of its launch. The platform has already reached 2,000 verified customers and is already well on the way towards the 3,000 mark, with founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Romain Poirot-Lellig saying he was delighted with the […]
Read MoreMainOne has confirmed the scheduled landing of its submarine cable systems in Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire in September and October 2019 respectively. The company had in September 2018 signed strategic partnership with Orange Telecoms and its West African Affiliates (Sonatel and Orange Cote d’Ivoire)on the deal. With the Cable Landing Stations (CLS) in both countries […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finalized negotiations on the Counterpart Funding to INFRACOS to support the deployment of the broadband infrastructures on which the Smart Services and other emerging technologies will be hosted. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta who made this known at the opening session of the […]
Read MoreAfrica Finance Corporation (AFC) has approved a $230 million loan facility for 9mobile to help it attain its long-term growth plans. In a statement signed yesterday by the Executive Director, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Abdulrahman Ado, said the approval was by the new Board and Management of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), trading as […]
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