The Nigerian Communication Commission has warned telecom consumers to desist from using illegal GSM boosters. The commission published this on its website on Tuesday. According to the notice signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde, only licensed network operators are allowed to use GSM boosters. GSM boosters are devices that transmit and receive telecommunications signals...
Nokia will improve Tizeti’s Internet access network. The operation will allow the Internet service provider to offer its customers high quality services and to move more easily to 5G if necessary. The Internet service provider Tizeti has decided to further strengthen its telecoms network to respond more effectively to the populations’ demand for quality Internet connectivity. The...
In this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, the President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Olusola Teniola, speaks on the role of technology in the pandemic, broadband plan implementation The Nigeria telecom sector has surpassed expectations, remaining resilient and helping the economy withstand and navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. What was behind this? We are...
Eight satellite operators have shared the 13 new licenses for the provision of telecom services awarded by the NCC. This figure brings to 68 the licenses already issued by the regulator since January 2020. A solution that will respond to the poor telecom coverage in rural areas. The Communications Commission of Nigeria (NCC) has awarded thirteen...
Nigeria’s information communication and technology (ICT) company, ipNX has launched its high speed fiber broadband internet service that will enhance speedy download in minutes while browsing the internet. Tagged “FOS Xtreme”, the high speed internet solution, which is its new flagship series, was introduced this week into the market with two service plans, Xtreme100 and...
Integrated ICT services provider, Internet Solutions Limited is set to rebrand and operate as Dimension Data by the end of this year in all its operating companies. According to a statement released by the company, this forms part of Dimension Data’s larger plan “to consolidate its businesses, enhance efficiency, and better deliver the changing technology...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it has remitted N362.34 billion into the Federal Government Consolidate Revenue Fund from 2015 to date. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this at a function in Abuja. According to him, the revenue was realised through spectrum fees and operating surplus, which he said helped...
Nigeria’s Broadband penetration has maintained a steady growth in the last 20 months, after it surpassed the 30 per cent targeted broadband penetration in December 2018, statistics obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) website has shown. The data also showed that Nigeria’s broadband penetration surpassed the 30 per cent broadband target for December 2018,...
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says active GSM subscribers in the country have increased from 184 million in December 2019 to 199.3 million in May 2020. Danbatta made the disclosure at the virtual launch/award ceremony of the COVID-19 Research Grant presented to three startups, by the NCC, on Tuesday Abuja....
Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), trading as 9mobile, has appointed veteran business growth executive Stjepan Udovicic as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer. Udovicic joins 9mobile from the Axiata Group Berhad and its operating company in Cambodia (Smart) and s tasked with leading lead the marketing, products, sales, distribution, customer services, and digital front-ends. He...
