Technology

NIGERIA’s growing subscriber base has been linked to the continued drop in quality of mobile telephone services in the country. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) stated this in Lagos, at a media briefing on the planned 2.6GHz Spectrum band auction. Indeed, the country, whose teledensity has crossed the 100 per cent mark at 100.59 per cent, currently has over 192 million connected lines, out of which 140 million are active.

THE Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has said that the Ultimate purpose of government investment in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is to bridge the digital divide, improve the human capacity to liberate people from ignorance and equip Nigerians with skills that would help them face the challenges of globalisation.

This apart, the digital dividend resulting from the switching off all analogue transmitters cannot be effectively utilized in Nigeria. The Switch-off of analogue transmitters should release a total of 168 MHz. of premium spectrum that can be deployed for mobile broadband

Meanwhile, on Saturday, in Lagos, at a media briefing, the Director of Spectrum Administration at NCC, Austin Nwaulune, said the 2.6GHz spectrum auction process would be out soonest, stressing that the whole process is to ensure the creation of pervasive broadband and enable ubiquitous Internet access in the country.

Though, Nigeria has about 184 ISPs, 115 of them are expected to update the commission with their current business contacts/addresses before the end of March, in order to ensure seamless correspondences.

LOCAL content development in the software sub-Sector of Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector can be driven to a greater height if the industry can take a cue from the successes recorded in the oil and gas sector.

GLOBAL mobile phone display module shipments in 2015 are expected to rise just four per cent year over year to reach two billion units, leading to even stronger competition among mobile phone manufacturers.

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THE Computer Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) has denied report in some section of the media, not The Guardian that the Federal Government planned to scrap it.    Refuting the story on Monday in a statement signed by the Registrar of CPN, Sikiru Shehu, he claimed that the story was false and misleading.   …

MASTERCARD has sealed a pact with eTranzact International plc, a leading pan-African mobile banking and payment services company, to make international remittance services available to millions of consumers in Nigeria.

BOLFYNG has launched a new innovative electronic procurement solutions that will bridge the gap between purchasers and suppliers, aiding the process of tendering, pre-qualification and contract bidding to be done electronically .    The new eProcurement Portal could be best described as a pace setting and another information technology revolution in Nigeria, which is already…

FRENCH multi-national electronics company, Archos Soicete Anonymes Plc, has entered the Nigerian market with the launch new sets of smartphone, tablet and connected gadgets usage.    Archos was established in 1988 by Henri Crohas and has developed a variety of products, including digital audio players, portable video players (PVP), digital video recorders, a personal digital…