Surging Nigerian internet users may get stocked by weak broadband soon—BHIU
With the recent report released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on its website that Nigeria’s internet Users have hit 100.9m in February from 1.2 million in January, the indication is rife that very soon, available infrastructure will begin to…
Zinox now InfraCo licencee for S’East, Brinks Group for N’East—NCC
As part of fresh drive to deepen broadband penetration in Nigeria, the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently approved two additional Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Licencees. The two new Infraco licencees are Zinox Technology Limited for South East and…
ATCON, ALTON give antidote to raise Nigeria’s ITU ranking in ICT
The latest global ranking in this year’s ICT Development Index (IDI), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has once again kept Nigeria at 143rd where it was last year. Otherwise, the country’s position remains unchanged, suggesting that not much was done…
Is NCC lacking ideas in driving broadband penetration or…?
Since the seemingly failed auctioning of 2.6 GHz spectrum for the deployment of 4G services in 2016, there are indications that the telecoms regulator may have not been its self or it is still wondering why the auctioning failed to…
New Broadband Council risks losing critical industry details—-ALTON boss
Barely more than two months after the reconstitution of the National Broadband Council (NBC) by the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, industry experts and stakeholders in broadband infrastructure and penetration have picked holes in the configuration. Key issue of division…
Senate worried on wobbling speed of broadband penetration, to partner agencies
As it is becoming clear that the 2018 broadband penetration percentage of 30, adopted in the prevailing National broadband Plan (NBP) since 2013 to 2018, the Senate Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime has expressed worry, saying…