The Nigerian government is waging war on its technology industry. Within the last 12 months, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration — through different ministries and regulatory bodies — has enacted a series of bans and operational restrictions in the country’s vibrant tech ecosystem. Most recently, the Central Bank froze the accounts of four fintech platforms this August,...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has published a Draft Information Memorandum for its upcoming auction of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band, as part of its 5G Technology Deployment Plan and in line with the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2020-2025. Interested stakeholders are invited to make written submissions on the subject by 27 October and...
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said Nigerian citizens below the age of 18 would not be allowed to own a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. The commission revealed this in a recent publication on its official website. The draft copy of the modified registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations as seen by Vanguard, revealed that...
Eutelsat Communications and Globacom signed a multi-year, multi-Gbps wholesale capacity contract, enabling Globacom to extend its coverage beyond the reach of its terrestrial infrastructure, leveraging the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite. The service will be used to deliver high-speed broadband via satellite to businesses and communities in unconnected and underserved areas throughout Nigeria. Globacom, trading under the...
The two biggest stakeholders interest groups in the Nigerian telecom industry; Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), have partnered DigiVation Network, an awareness and digital solution firm to host an event to celebrate Nigeria’s telecom revolution at 20. The essence of the event, which is...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on telecoms subscribers to complete their NIN-SIM integration process before the October 31 deadline to avoid disconnection. The federal government had in the past, sensitised the public on the need to integrate their National Identity Numbers (NINs) with their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) and had set October 31,...
Over the past sixteen months, the government of Nigeria has succeeded in combating disinformation, carrying out international benchmarking and developing a national 5G policy. Faced with this increasingly clear horizon, some telecom companies are already impatient. According to Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, the deployment of 5G could take place in January 2022. Ubale...
MTN Nigeria is eager to participate in Nigeria’s 5G licensing process. Mohammed Rufai, MTN Nigeria’s Chief Technical Officer, told ITWeb Africa that the operator is excited about the opportunities that 5G represents and announced plans to invest US$1.45-billion in expanding broadband access. The operator said its plans will rely on the country’s telecommunications regulator, the...
Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on Tuesday unveiled two new companies created from the Nigerian Communications Satellite {NIGCOMSAT). They are: Satellite Infrastructure Company ( SIC) and the Satellite Broadband and Broadcasting Company (SBBC). The new firms were unveiled to stakeholders and channel partners at the just concluded NIGCOMSAT Stakeholders’ Forum, with the...
The coming of global system for mobile telecommunications, GSM, into Nigeria in 2001 changed the dynamics of telecommunications in the country. But it also goes beyond that. By the time the derivate of that ‘revolution’ started rolling in some five years later via instant messaging by service providers like Blackberry, then the impact of that...
