Saving DSO from needless controversies, by Okoh Aihe
Writing about the fresh aspirations of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) and FreeTV being prepped for launch on June 17, 2026, we declared our support for the regulator in choosing the satellite option but warned that the process needs to be more transparent and inclusive. Before the afternoon of the very […]
How would Dokpesi have responded to AI? By Okoh Aihe
On a day that Dr Raymond Dokpesi should have been 73 penultimate week, he wasn’t around because he had gone on a long trip. But his friends still came in his absence to speak some kind words as befitting reminiscences for the life of a good man whose memory should be kept alive in perpetuity. In […]
A rebasing brings telecoms industry to reality, by Okoh Aihe
SOME folks who read this syndicated column every Wednesday have asked me at one point or the other: what beef do you have with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC? Not any, I would always say, although beef is not the best source of protein for a senior citizen. So, beefing can be an invitation to trouble. […]
Mr President, a Board for NCC, by Okoh Aihe
ON this very day, I want to acknowledge with utmost respect that there could be so many items on President Bola Tinubu’s plate; so I do not, by any means, want to add anything to that mix which could give even an elephant a headache. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, they say. Looking […]
After SIM-NIN Policy, a plea for DSO, by Okoh Aihe
LET me serve you this whiff of good news in case it had sped by unrecognised. Dr Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, declared in Lagos, last week, that the SIM-NIN Linkage Policy, which enjoyed a convoluted tenure, has formally been completed. With that declaration, it means every phone number […]
5G facing slow growth in Nigeria, by Okoh Aihe
I was going through some of my old writings last week and I chanced on a few of them focused on 5G technology. I was still nearly overwhelmed by the great expectations, the amount of euphoria and excitement that heralded the coming of the technology to our nation. It was almost attributed as a silver bullet […]
