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Secure your networks, customers, NCC tells MNOs

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the country to comply with regulatory frameworks emplaced by the Commission towards ensuring security and safety of their networks for telecom consumers. The…

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inq. Digital Nigeria MD, Chime wins ICT Personality of the Year

Considering his remarkable contributions to the development of the ICT sector in Nigeria, inq. Digital Nigeria Limited’s Managing Director, Mr. Valentine Chime, was named as the ICT Personality of the Year, 2023, at the 14th edition of the prestigious Beacon…

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Nigeria’s Telecom Access Gaps closes by 53%

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has disclosed that the formally high areas of clusters across Nigeria without access to the telecommunications services has been reduced by 53.1…

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Telecom regulations and technology trends

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore   How telecommunications regulations could readily catch up with technology trends was the fulcrum of the just concluded Global Symposium for Regulators(GSR). Hosted by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),the symposium was seen as a clarion call to…

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Just in: Practice Code for ChatGPT, others coming—NITDA

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has revealed that it has started drafting the Nigeria Code of Practice on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT, and others. Spokesperson of the agency, Mrs Hadiza Umarexplained in an…

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N120bn USSD Debts by Banks denting their financial statements—Analysis

Whereas many Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have been posting Q1-23 financials announcing massive PBT and in some cases, PAT, unfortunately, all their postings were without recourse to the humongous N120bn debt they have piled up from usage of Unstructured…

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Just in: Ibietan’s Cyber Politics now @ MMIA II Bookshop, others

The publisher of trending book, Cyber Politics, and senior staff of Public Affairs Department of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan has revealed that the book is now at reach in some bookshop outlets across the country. Already,…

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Konga approves Free Delivery, Installation of Samsung Products

Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite giant has partnered with Samsung, a multinational manufacturing conglomerate to offer shoppers free delivery and installation as well as free installation kits when they purchase any of the Samsung Consumer Electronics products on Konga. This exciting…

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Glo 4G LTE Powered to deliver Better internet experience, boost productivity

Globacom, total telecommunications solutions provider, is set to speed-up economic and commercial activities as well as boost productivity of professionals, students and traders across the country with the launch of its Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution Advanced network, popularly known…

N120bn USSD Debts by Banks rubbishing their financial statements—Analysis

Whereas many Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have been posting Q1-23 financials announcing massive PBT and in some cases, PAT, unfortunately, all their postings were without recourse to the humongous N120bn debt they have piled up from usage of Unstructured…