Seven United Nations (UN) entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system, with the aim of supporting international efforts to address e-waste challenges.    The entities called for a systematic collaboration with major…

The United Nations (UN) has hinged economic developments on increased information and communications technology (ICT) skills, especially among developing countries.

Having surpassed the 30 per cent broadband penetration target of 2018, Nigeria is expected to bridge the 190 telecommunications access gap with new focus on ubiquitous Internet access. The new move, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would include the review and overhaul of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2013-2018, infrastructure upgrade and fresh…

Internet penetration in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and other part of Africa, sustained global growth in 2018. It moved from 7.7 per cent in 2005 to 45.3 per cent...

Nigeria and 12 other African countries have been elected into the membership of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council, and Radio Regulations Board. At the 20th Plenipotentiary Conference of the Council, held at the weekend in Dubai, UAE, ITU Secretary-General, Houlin Zhao, was also re-elected for another term of four years. The 153-year old ITU,…

First of all, Nigeria is seeking re-election into the council. Nigeria has been playing very active role in the ITU since independence. Nigeria was the first African country to chair the conference in the 152 years of ITU.

MTN shares rose by 8.9 per cent on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South Africa, yesterday, following Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s resolve to meet with the telecommunications firm and the indicted banks over the $8.1 billion repatriation fund saga. The rise in shares is MTN’s biggest in the last six months, but the stock is…

The United Nations (UN) has estimated that to connect the next 1.5 billion that are yet to come online across the globe, telecoms operators would need over $450 billion.

Riding on the crest of the successes the country recorded in the South Korea-hosted International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World 2017, Nigeria’s planning committee for the 2018 edition of ITU Telecom World holding in Durban, South Africa, September 10-13, has been inaugurated. The theme of ITU Telecom World 2018 is “Innovation for smarter Digital Development.”…

Inspite of the Federal Government’s approval of N10 billion for the Digital Switch Over (DSO) project since September 2016, the process has remained very slow.

The United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, which establishes worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems, has adopted the main technical principals of enhanced aircraft automatic dependent surveillance via satellite, to track in-flight aircraft worldwide. Aircraft automatic dependent surveillance is a…

With the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) targeting 2019 to standardise Fifth-Generation networks (5G), Ericsson Mobility Report...