The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated the need for ubiquitous broadband access for all Nigerians by the year 2025, while explaining that access to high speed broadband connectivity is not just a necessity, but a fundamental driver of economic growth. The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, restated NCC’s commitment to broadband...
The Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), has today elected the Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Communications Limited, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnmani as its new President. Engr. Nnamani, who was elected at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) & National Executive Council Elections 2020, held at the Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel in Lagos, will take...
This is an increase from 184 million subscribers from the previous year. The active users of telecommunications services in the country stood at 199 million, as of July 2020, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The new figure is an increase from 184 million subscribers, about 15 million, from the previous year. This, NCC said, represented about...
MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile have secured approval to trial the embedded Subscriber Identification Modules (e-SIM) service in Nigeria, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). It follows the NCC’s recent confirmation of approval for both companies to trial a national roaming service over a three-month period, scheduled to end on 31 October. The roaming service...
MTN Nigeria recovered from elevated volatility caused by COVID-19 to record massive revenue growth from digital and Fintech services in the nine months ended 30 September. During the period under review, MTN says, it experienced volatility in both voice and data revenue, affecting the trajectory of its overall service revenue, as well as pressure on...
A Nigerian company -E.F. Network Ltd, has developed a mobile application that can make a device unusable by thieves, to curb theft or resale of mobile phones and other gadgets in the country. Mr Ameh Ochojila, the company’s public relations officer said this in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja. Ochojila, said that the application...
Liquid Telecom’s Africa Data Centres, pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral datacentres, has embarked on the construction of what it describes as one of the largest datacentres on the continent – a US$100-million site in Lagos. Liquid Telecom operates five datacentres in Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa. In a statement Liquid Telecom said it has...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted MTN and 9mobile permission to trial a national roaming service. According to The Vanguard, this roaming service will allow a mobile subscriber “to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services when travelling outside the coverage of a particular network geographical area by...
Ferdi Moolman, the longstanding CEO of MTN Nigeria, MTN Group’s largest operating subsidiary, will step down from the role at the end of February 2021. Moolman, 57, will take on the role of group chief risk officer, based in Johannesburg, with effect from 1 March 2020, MTN said in a statement to shareholders on Monday. He...
Nigeria’s telecommunications industry is among the most susceptible to threats from ongoing protests against police brutality – or the End SARS campaign, should the situation worsen and remain unresolved. This is according to risk management executive Alaba Olusemore who believes the protests are taking new and dangerous dimensions in some states and telecommunications installations (including...
