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Towards adopting new technologies in the telecom sector

Towards adopting new technologies in the telecom sector

By Zeenat Sambo IT is gratifying that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, ordered MTN and Airtel to immediately reverse the hike in their data tariff plan, which they had implemented on their respective networks recently. MTN and Airtel subscribers suddenly realised that the operators had commenced a new data tariff plan which was an upward review […]
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2019 IN REVIEW:  Telecom activities that spurred economic prosperity

2019 IN REVIEW: Telecom activities that spurred economic prosperity

There’s no gainsaying that had other sectors of the economy performed like the telecom sector in 2019, the Nigerian economy would have become better than it is. Going by the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, the sector contributed 10.11 percent to Gross Domestic Product, GDP in the first quarter of the year, 11.39 percent in the second quarter and 11.34 percent in the third quarter.

China telecom operators build 80,000 5G base stations in 4 months

China telecom operators build 80,000 5G base stations in 4 months

Three China’s major telecom operators have been revealed to have built more than 80,000 5G base stations in four months. The recorded first quarter of the year’s development was reported as a contributing action to the country’s mission to improve its infrastructure development of the super-fast wireless technology. The telecom sector’s business volume expanded 23.9 […]

Broadbased decries indiscriminate destruction of telecom cables

Broadbased decries indiscriminate destruction of telecom cables

The Group Executive Director, Broadbased Communications, Mr. Chris Erewele has decried the indiscriminate destruction of telecom/broadband cables in the country by road construction companies, appealing to relevant Government Agencies to address the menace urgently.