NCC raises alarm over call masking
By Juliet Umeh The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has raised the alarm over the resurgence of call masking in the country’s telecommunications industry, warning that the practice threatens industry revenues, national security and the integrity of Nigeria’s telecommunications ecosystem. The telecom regulator described call masking as an act of economic sabotage capable of adversely affecting […]
Rebranding recruitment with technology
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan recently declared that the families of those who lost loved ones at the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, recruitment exercise, be given three employment slots each in the service.
Interswitch links Quickteller, western Union on account based money transfer
PAN-African integrated payments company, Interswitch Transnational, introduced account based money transfer system in Nigeria, hooking up with Quickteller and Western Union service initiatives in the process.
Digital Africa, policy makers to meet
IT is often said that Nigerians are heavy consumers of technology, but hardly produce any.
Largest Economy: Why I can’t celebrate – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will not celebrate the recent feat of the country as the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world.
Etisalat strengthens operations, achieves all time high on sales in q1
Nigeria’s most innovative and fastest growing telecommunications company, Etisalat, has confirmed that, as part of efforts to strengthen operations and improve efficiencies across all functional areas of the business, 74 members of staff were exited recently.
Axis introduces cost-effective full HDTV 1080p network
Axis Communications a market leader in network videos, has announced the AXIS M1025, an indoor, network camera with a compact design that delivers high video quality in full HDTV 1080p or 2 Megapixel resolution, in full frame rate.
2 Nigerians, 3 others win $25,000 in Google’s ‘Africa Connected’ competition
Google Wednesday announced the five winners of the Africa Connected competition at an event held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Airtel now second largest telecoms operator in Nigeria
Bharti Airtel, the leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has further consolidated its market position in Nigeria, demonstrating return on investment for the company in Africa’s largest operation.
China mobile, Alcatel-Lucent sign MoU on IP ultra-broadband network
Alcatel-Lucent , the world’s largest mobile operator, and China Mobile the world’s largest mobile operator, yesterday signed a one-year comprehensive frame agreement valued at up to Euro 750 million to provide technology that will move the world’s largest mobile service provider to an all-IP ultra-broadband network paving the way for future network functions virtualization (NFV) and cloud-based services.
Nigeria’ll have five-fold broadband growth by 2018 – Johnson
APPREHENSION over the possibility of the Federal government achieving its target of a five-fold increase in broadband penetration by 2018 was cleared last week in Lagos by the Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson while answering questions bordering on realizing broadband penetration in the country.
