Communications

Financial inclusion agents groan as SANEF fails to achieve interoperability

Two months after, financial inclusion agents under the network of Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility, SANEFare yet to enjoy interoperability promised them, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek checks reveals.

24 Jan

SIMs are national resources, Telcos have right to reassign inactive lines, says NCC

24 Jan

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the telecommunications companies have the right to reassign SIM cards once they’re inactive for a maximum of 180 days.

5G SIM cards to enable crypto-currency payments in 5 years

24 Jan

By 2025, half of smartphone owners who do not have a bank account will use a mobile-accessible crypto-currency account for their day-to-day financial transactions.

Enyioha, guber aspirant to anchor Anambra on ICT, people

24 Jan

Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, the youthful and charismatic governorship aspirant for the Anambra governorship election, has said he will tap from the best brains in the state to run the first knowledge driven state in Nigeria.

NESREA raises concern over danger of e-waste

24 Jan

National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has raised concern over the danger of e-waste, saying it increases susceptibility to health conditions.

Nigeria ends 2019 with 10.7m new telephone lines, 37.8% broadband penetration

23 Jan

Some 10.7 million lines were added to Nigeria’s telephone network in 2019. This made the country to finish the year with 184.7 million active telephone subscriptions. This resulted in 96.8 per cent teledensity penetration.

UBA supports creative industry with REDTV’s new series assistant madams

17 Jan

REDTV, the foremost lifestyle platform powered by the United Bank for Africa, has just launched its new and very much anticipated series, Assistant Madams. Creators of the hit series,

SIM recycling rings danger for phone users

17 Jan

Phone numbers are now often considered the “trust anchor” for end-user accounts. In some cases, a user’s valid phone number is their user name.

FG asks states to reverse increased RoW charges

17 Jan

Isa Pantami, the minister for communications and digital economy, has urged states that increased their right of way (RoW) charges to reverse their decision because the additional cost will be transferred to customers.

Mobile payments topping facial recognition hardware

17 Jan

As mobile banking security takes on new forms of authentication technology, a report by Juniper Research found that facial recognition will likely become the fastest-growing use of biometric hardware on smartphones.

ATCON says ROW hike by states bad for broadband growth

17 Jan

Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has added its voice to the growing condemnation of the recent hike in right of way (RoW) charges by state governments.

Nigeria considers alternative technology for rural connectivity

17 Jan

With the release of draft guideline by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the use of TV white space technology for rural broadband connectivity in Nigeria...

Bauchi introduces digital attendance system to weed ghost teachers

17 Jan

Dr. Aliyu Tilde, Bauchi State Commissioner of Education, has said that the State Government has introduced fingerprint devices that will capture workers’ daily attendance.

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