Telecoms
6 Mar
The Chairman of Airtel Africa, Sunil Bharti Mittal, has been awarded Honorary Knighthood, the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), by King Charles III, in recognition of his contribution towards promoting India-United Kingdom business relations.
4 Mar
After successfully hosting the first Edition of the West Africa Telecoms Summit and Exhibition (WATISE), a regional gathering of telecoms players and stakeholders in the industry, all is now set for the second edition
28 Feb
Mobile network operators, largely the GSM players including MTN, Globacom, Airtel and 9mobile saw a combined growth of 1.62 per cent at the end of 2023.
28 Feb
Africa’s first integrated Demand-Side Platform (DSP), which aims at empowering advertisers and businesses to manage, buy and optimise digital ad inventory across multiple ad exchanges, has been unveiled.
22 Feb
Telecommunications firms yesterday effected the directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to block access to the websites of cryptocurrency firms.
21 Feb
The about 43 companies licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide Mobile Virtual Network Operations (MVNO) in Nigeria have been advised not to focus only on voice and data services for revenue generation, but also develop niche operations.
19 Feb
Though Nigeria started 2023 with 226.2 million telephone lines, by year-end, the number dropped to 224.7 million, showing a depletion of about 1.5 million lines out of the networks.
9 Feb
Airtel Nigeria has disclosed that some 9.2 million of its customers have submitted their National Identification Number (NIN) for verification ahead of the February 28 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for all unlinked lines to be fully barred.
7 Feb
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has warned that SIMs not linked to National Identity Number (NIN) will be deactivated by the end of February.
7 Feb
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, as a member of the Digital Innovation Board of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance..
2 Feb
An ICT expert, Mr Jide Awe, has advised the Federal Government to engage in targeted awareness campaigns to raise education on data protection.
31 Jan
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said that while provisional estimates showed that Internet users in Africa increased from 4.5 million in 2000 to nearly 600 million in 2022, penetration remained at 43 per cent as against 68.6 per cent in the rest of the world.
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