‘Poor coordination of FG’s broadband penetration drive killing investors’ confidence’
An indication capable of meaning that the federal government is not serious in driving broadband penetration seems to be emerging as there has been series of back and forth policy pronouncements in recent times on the matter. Speaking at a…
Out of 5bn smartphones users worldwide, only 436m in sub-Sahara Africa—GSMA
More facts have emerged on why the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said in Lagos on Tuesday that IPv6 is very urgent in Nigeria for being among fastest growing ICT nations. Part of the facts came from the latest report by…
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) @ Lagos Digital PayExpo
Staff of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the Commission’s Stand at the Ongoing Digital PayExpo at Eko Hotel Lagos on Wednesday (June 14, 2017).
ATCON renews calls for removal of ICT equipments from 41 barred from forex window
The president of Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engineer Olusola Teniola has renewed calls on the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in particular to reconsider its inclusion of Information and Communications technology (ICT) equipments…
For being among fastest growing ICT nations, IPv6 very urgent in Nigeria—Danbatta
The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has explained the reason why Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 is very crucial to Nigeria at the opening ceremony of the 2017 International Workshop on IPV6 and INRM…
Experts worried on Minister’s poor knowledge of existing ICT roadmaps
One of the key comments of the Minister of Communications, Barr Adebayo Shittu while addressing the State House Correspondents after last week’s federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting was that part of the targets of the approved new 3-year ICT roadmap…
NCC has failed, compromised its statutory duties to protect telecoms consumers—Senate
The Nigerian Senate may be set to weld the big stick on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on grounds of rising telecoms consumers complains over galloping cases of dropped and unconnected calls which they were equally charged. At plenary on…
Huge data hunger frustrating quality of service—CEO of Spectranet, David Venn
Leading investors and pundits in Nigeria’s data market have again, called on the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to as a matter of urgency review the nation’s data price floor to drive investments and Quality of Service (QoS). Driving…
What if Globacom or Dangote buys Etisalat to rest loan default crisis, grow sector?
Crack analysts and deep pocket pundits in the nation’s telecoms sector have started putting figures, trends and happenstances together on a tactical way forward that can better the lot of the industry in Nigeria. One of their proposals is tilting…
NCC not recruiting, warns Nigerians to ignore fraudulent job offers on social media
The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has received enquiries on the advertisement for recruitment into various vacancies in the Commission. In a post on the agency’s Facebook account, it said “The Nigerian Communications Commission hereby notify the general…
