Telecom operators seek stronger infrastructure protection to sustain Nigeria’s digital growth
By Juliet Umeh & Islamiyyah Adekanbi For more than two dec-ades, Nigeria’s telecommunications operators have powered one of the country’s biggest economic success stories, connecting millions of people, driving financial inclusion and providing the digital infrastructure that supports banking, education, healthcare, commerce and governance. However, they have come out to demand stronger government support, policy […]
NigComSat hosts satellite pre-launch confab
As prelude to the launch of its replacement satellite, NigComSat 1R, in December, Nigeria’s premier communications satellite company, NIGCOMSAT will hold a series of roadshows and interactive sessions with stakeholders in Lagos.
Why networks are congested, by Ndukwe
The Nigerian Communications Commission, last week rolled out the drums to celebrate a successful eight years hosting of the consumer parliament and a decade of telecom revolution in Nigeria…
Calls for NBC, NCC merger re-echoed at Spectranet launch
Former Executive Director of Multilinks Limited, Engr Ezekiel Fatoye has re-echoed the demand for the Nigerian Broadcast Commission, NBC to be merged with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, just as he requested that…
Starcomms partners Edo, Delta govts to battle poverty
TOP CDMA operator, Starcomms Plc, in its effort to support the poverty eradication in Nigeria, has joined Edo and Delta State Governments in their poverty eradication initiatives, making donations to give the projects some materials to the Edo State Government.
Software database and national security (2)
THe reality today translates to the fact that it should be abundantly clear to us, that the era and long-addicted habit of physically and blindly chasing the containers and cargo packages at all our import terminals and air/land boarders and throwing away the content of the manifest documents that represent the knowledge-base and real world inside the containers, must be over by now.
Nigerian Blackberry users to get compensation
After a traumatising period of blackberry services black out, last week, users all over the world have been asking for compensation for the pains of not connecting to loved ones and business associates.
African technology billed for parade at COP-17 in S-Africa
THE city of Durban South Africa, would light up December as the whole world gather for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC popularly called Conference of the Parties (COP-17).
GOTv launches new service in Ibadan
THE Federal Government has been advised to double its efforts at improving power generation across the country so as to get the economy off ground.
ISPON at CT Ministry; seeks N5bn software fund
To save the nation’s locally developed software applications from total collapse, the institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) has called on the Federal Government to establish as matter of urgency a National Software Innovative Fund with a start-up sum of N5 billion.
RIM out to rev up BlackBerry with sexy new apps
Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday set out to rev up its BlackBerry and PlayBook lines with a tactic from Apple’s winning playbook — sexy, entertaining software applications.
