A closer look at the Zero Rated Access Initiative, by Okoh Aihe
The NCC programme wasn’t part of my schedule last week but the insistence of a young employee drew me to the Hilton, venue of the programme, and I left very appreciative that I found my way there. Sometimes, you need to clear your schedule to do certain things. This was one of them. As I […]
For telecoms, the curse of the low hanging fruits
By Okoh Aihe They came on the wings of hope. Was it building castles in the air? Oh, the commonality of cliché! Nigeria will be good again. Life will be worth celebrating. Life will be safe. Food will be available. The dollar would return to the pre-1999 value. They would put an end to fuel […]
A government and a regulator in difficult placement
By Okoh Aihe A government should be concerned about demonstrable proof of performance, what the political savvy would call the dividends of democracy, for it to earn sustainability into the future. But where there are evidential reasons making performance impossible, government should, at least, maintain structures inherited. This government does not enjoy this credit at […]
MTN leads the way to a 5G world
By Okoh Aihe THE 5G technology is a big pie, a really big pie. Every country in the world wants to have a hand in it, especially those who have gone beyond the scramble for the daily grind of life. Some are front runners, doing their stuff on the fast lane. A whole lot are […]
For broadcasting, it’s the fire next time
By Okoh Aihe THERE was a rash of contradictory responses last week, when the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, in a moment of regulatory frenzy, directed 52 broadcast operators to shut down operations and return their licenses within 24 hours if they couldn’t settle their debt of N2.6bn collectively owed the Commission as […]
Airtel gives digital nod to the African child
By Okoh Aihe HAVING been very fortunate at a point in life to be a pioneer staff in birthing the Research and Development Department of a major parastatal, with a brief to work closely with tertiary institutions and fund their research works that could foster major developments and innovation in the tech sector, I saw […]
