NCC, industry stakeholders validate findings of CTO’s OTT study
As part of a stakeholder consultation session organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the 30 May, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) presented the findings of its study on over-the-top (OTT) services to the Nigerian ICT industry to provide…
CTO urges Caribbean nations to fast track switch to digital broadcasting
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Shola Taylor, has warned Caribbean countries to step up their speed in driving transition to digital broadcasting. According to Taylor, the feat will enable them join the comity of nations in enjoying the…
NCC wins award @ITU as Ghana’s NCA rakes in foreign investors’
As the 2017 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World events in Busan, South Korea ends, West African countries in attendance are now counting what were in their bags. Whereas Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) was honoured with the valuable partner Award…
Multistakeholdership key to national cybersecurity strategies—Shola Taylor
Just as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are about to forge a common front to fight electronic fraud driven by SIM swaps, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Shola Taylor,…
Learn from Ghana, CTO tells Nigeria, other Africans at ITU
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Union (CTO), Nigeria’s Shola Taylor, has called on agencies regulating telecoms and allied sectors in Africa to learn from the Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) in the areas of regulatory flexibilities and collaboration between…
Huawei elected to the executive committee of CTO
Huawei Technologies has been elected to represent industry members on the executive committee of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO). The election took place on the margins of the CTO’s annual forum, CTO ICT Forum’17 held this week in Maputo, Mozambique….
Global ICT community discuss broadband for enhancing Pacific lives
Pacific Islands ICT ministers on Tuesday, convened in Samoa to discuss the future development of broadband in the region. The ministers joined members of the Samoan diplomatic corps, other Samoan cabinet ministers, the chief judge of Samoa, regional and international…
Kingdom of Tonga making great strides in ICT development for citizens—CTO
The Secretary-General of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Mr. Shola Taylor has hosted a delegation from the Kingdom of Tonga, on the headquarters of the CTO in London on the occasion of Tonga joining the CTO. The delegation was headed by…
C/Wealth Broadband Forum to discuss connecting communities in the Pacific
Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Shola Taylor, and Hon. Afamasaga Rico Tupa’i, Minister of Communication & Information Technology (ICT), Samoa, have signed the formal agreement for Samoa to host the Commonwealth Broadband Pacific Forum 2017. The signing…
Build partnerships to grow investment in ICTs, Taylor tells Commonwealth community
The Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Nigeria’s Shola Taylor, on Tuesday called on delegates at the opening ceremony of the inaugural Commonwealth ICT Investment Forum for Emerging Markets (Commonwealth ICT Invest’17) to invest in ICTs He said…
