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- 29 Apr 2025
Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity, Others Form Key Focus of NCA 2003 Review
The House of Representatives Committee on Communications has commenced process to review the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, with Colloquium in Lagos, theme: " The Nigerian Communications Act 2003,…
- 8 Jul 2015
Nine Things to Consider on Your Windows 2003 Migration
It’s been a long time coming, but on July 14ththis year the support for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 will end. This may well prove to be a challenge for some IT professionals, but…
- 29 Sept 2008
Microsoft to Quit Support for Office 2003 SP2
Microsoft Corporation warned users last week that it will drop support for Office 2003 Service Pack 2 in three weeks, urging them to upgrade to a newer service pack that was involved in a squabble…
- 29 Jul 2021
Oke, Telecom Lawyer Seeks Rejiggig of NCC Act 2003 to Protect Small Operators
Ayoola Oke, Managing Partner, Ayoola Babatunde Oke & Co, has called for the rejigging of the Nigerian Communications Commission Act 2003 should be deepened to protect small operators. Ayo Oke Oke…
- 25 Aug 2013
Microsoft to End Support for Windows XP, Office 2003 in 2014
Microsoft, global devices and services giant has announced the official end of support for Windows XP, Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems and Office 2003 by April 8, 2014 and therefore…
- 15 Mar 2010
Enforce Laws on Compulsory Insurance - NAICOM Urged
Determined to ensure that the compulsory insurances under the Insurance Act 2003 are fully implemented, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has reiterated its avowed commitment to enforcing…
- 26 Mar 2020
Canon Emerges No.1 in Global Interchangeable-lens Digital Camera Market
Canon said that the company’s interchangeable-lens digital cameras (DSLR and Mirrorless) have once again maintained the number one share of the global market for the 17th consecutive year from 2003…
- 28 Aug 2013
Globacom Rings 10 Today
Globacom, Pan-African telecommunications powerhouse will today celebrate ten years of its operation as a telecommunications company in the country. Globacom launched its operations on August 29, 2003…
- 19 Mar 2012
Skye Bank Moves to Ensure Cabotage Act Realization
Skye Bank has reiterated its commitment to unfurl profitable dais in the nation’s maritime sector, pivotal to bursting the implementation of the Cabotage Act 2003. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek gathered…
- 26 Oct 2014
PocketMoni Processed 1.8m Transactions Worth $600m in 2013
eTranzact, in 2013, company processed over $600 million which accounted for over 1.8 million transactions on PocketMoni and related services. The Company's effort in mobile began in 2003 long before…
- 24 May 2010
Old Wounds Hobble New National ID Project
Again, the renewed verve by the federal government to register Nigerians under the national identity card scheme may be a white elephant like the last attempt in 2003 to unify and identify her…
- 9 Jul 2023
Digital Encode at 20: The House Adewale Obadare and Seyi Akindeinde Built
By: Peter Oluka Digital Encode Limited, a multi-award-winning consulting and integration firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Founded in 2003, Digital Encode…
- 1 Mar 2016
Microsoft Nigeria Launches 9th Annual Imagine Cup Competition
Microsoft Imagine Cup is the biggest student software competition in the world which has brought together 400,000+ competitors representing over 183 countries since its inception in 2003. Imagine Cup…
- 30 Oct 2018
Phase3 Clocks 15, Carts Awards
Phase3 Telecom, West Africa’s independent fibre optic infrastructure has attained 15 years of service excellence in the telecommunications industry. The company that began operations in 2003…
- 23 Jun 2008
The Internet and African IT Journalism
A while back, I attended the first ever IT Journalism Conference in Nigeria in 2003. I was one of the speakers (sandwiched between Adrian Woods (then CEO, MTN Nigeria) and late Dr Charles Alaba…
- 23 Apr 2012
AfricaMagic: Africa Channel for Africans
In 2003, just months after the very first Big Brother Africa production revolutionized reality television, pioneering a new experience for TV audiences across the continent, M-Net launched another…
- 24 Jul 2022
Digital Encode Founders @ BoICT 22 Lecture Explore Impact of Blockchain in Digitization
Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde, chief technology officer and Dr. Adewale Obadare, chief visionary officer both founders of Digital encode, is a leading consulting and integration firm founded in 2003 that…
- 4 May 2010
How to Provide Total Building Insurance Coverage
Under the Insurance Act 2003, there are provisions for compulsory insurances. One of the areas that fall under this is insurance of storey buildings and buildings under construction. The Act provides…
- 5 Nov 2014
EFCC Recovers $11Bn Stolen Funds in 11 Years
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that it has recovered a total of $11billion by stolen looters of government treasuries from its inception in 2003. Wilson Uwujaren, head of Media…
- 28 Aug 2022
Glo Thanks Nigerians for 19 years of Unalloyed Support
Glo subscribers have been commended for their massive support to the company in the last 19 years. Globacom commenced operation on 29th August 29, 2003. In a press statement in Lagos, Globacom stated…
- 5 Oct 2009
Intrigues Stall Amendment of Communications Act
The proposed amendment of certain aspects of Communications Act (2003) is embroiled in web of confusion three years after the National Assembly indicated that it will rejig the Act to curb the…
- 6 Oct 2008
Standard Delivery Services is Competition Friendly - Igwe
Cyril Igwe is the managing director of Standard Delivery Services Limited, a subsidiary of Ekwos Transport. The company was established in 2003 as a transport courier company meant to ride on the…
- 6 Oct 2008
As Nigeria Sat-1 Lifespan Expires
Nigeria made its debut in satellite space technology on September 27, 2003 when it launched Sat-1 aboard a Russian rocket. The launch, at Plesetsk cosmodrome was watched live on television by…
- 19 May 2009
Nigeria to become “Christmas tree” in Bandwidth- Kruyt
David Kruyt, managing director, Dimension Data West Africa has over 20 years experience in the ICT industry. Kruyt joined Dimension Data in 2003 as customer advocate: sales, operating in South…
- 4 Dec 2012
NCC Asks National Assembly to Throw Out NigComSat Bill
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), telecom regulatory authority, the has requested the Senate to discontinue any consideration on the proposed bill on the Nigerian Communications…
- 14 May 2013
FG’s Phone Bugging Programme Worry Nigerians
Some eminent Nigerians have warned against the proposed introduction of lawful interception (LI), the so-called initiative that will give security agencies powers to access private communications,…
- 31 Oct 2022
Gambian Minister Applauds Nigeria's Strides in Telecom Regulation
The Gambian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ousman Bah, at the weekend in Abuja, said Nigeria's giant strides in telecom regulation are the reason that the nation's telecoms…
- 1 Apr 2013
Atiku, el-Rufai Trade Words over Killing of Nitel
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former director general, Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) under whose watch the controversial contractual agreement with Pentascope, a Dutch firm to manage Nitel , Nigeria’s…
- 11 Jan 2013
NCC's Spectrum Saga Gets Messier with Fresh Cans of Worms
It is the story of the alleged frequency racketeering at Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC): for every rebuttal by the commission, fresh cans of worms are being opened. The federal government’s…
- 25 Mar 2016
ATCON Regrets External Interference, Impact On NCC Independence
Association of telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), has warned against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) being robbed of the independence contrary to the spirit and letters of…