Telecoms
4 Oct 2023
• Ministry eyes 500% rise in broadband investment The Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy is considering enacting the National Digital Economy Law, which is expected to see a drastic reduction in paper-based processes in the country in two years. According to the ministry, the National Digital Economy Bill will be designed as an…
27 Sep 2023
The challenge posed by affordability has dragged the Digital Quality of Life (DGL) of Nigerians and ranked the country low among other nations.
27 Sep 2023
Mobile connectivity has helped in fueling the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the globe.
27 Sep 2023
Technology firm, MTN Nigeria, has announced its achievements in promoting workplace equality and implementing family-friendly policies.
27 Sep 2023
9mobile has said it will partner the Cross River State government in building a data centre in the state to provide various solutions, particularly to better the security and digitalize government.
27 Sep 2023
The duo of Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), a membership-based organisation, which provides a platform where networks interconnect directly within Nigeria and Medallion Datacenters, have canvassed for Internet peering and interconnectivity to boost integration.
21 Sep 2023
Nigeria’s $77 billion telecommunications sector, which currently houses 34,862 towers, 127,294 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) and 96,198km fibre optics, is endangered as a result of the absence of laws backing infrastructure safety and deployment.
20 Sep 2023
The federal Government’s plan to have an inclusive information and communications technology (ICT) sector, enhance the digital economy and see more contributions of the industry to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) may be hampered by the refusal of states ....
6 Sep 2023
Nigeria is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholders at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from September 18 to 21. This year’s event, the 12th edition of the yearly forum, is being hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on behalf of the…
6 Sep 2023
Further expansion of telecommunications services would be hindered significantly by the inability of the players to secure foreign exchange to upgrade current infrastructure and deploy new ones
6 Sep 2023
Global communications infrastructure provider, Zayo Group Holdings Inc., in its yearly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) report, has disclosed that the global landscape of increasing digitisation, political unrest and the emergence of widespread adoption of work-from-home have contributed to an increase in DDoS attacks, which jumped 200 per cent in the half year 2023 compared…
30 Aug 2023
MTN Group has restated its commitment to Nigeria’s development.The Group Chief Executive Officer and President, Ralph Mupita, stated this when he met with the Vice President of Nigeria, Sen. Kashim Shettima, on the sidelines of the BRICS ....
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