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- 12 Aug 2014
Bandwidth Consortium, Others Harp on IPv6 for Growth, Stability of Internet in Africa
Bandwidth Consortium in collaboration with Nigeria ICT Forum and AFRINIC has stated that deploying IPv6 is imperative to ensure the future expansion, openness and accessibility of the Internet.…
- 30 Aug 2015
NgREN, Consortium to Extend Services to W/African Market
Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) and Bandwidth Consortium have begun move to extend bandwidth connectivity and network to higher institutions and research institutes in…
- 15 Mar 2015
Universities Hungry for Bandwidth 8 Months after NgREN
Federal universities are still battling with bandwidth capacity to fuel further research and education in spite of the launch of Nigeria research and educational network (NgREN), to provide cheaper…
- 14 Apr 2014
Universities Seek Bandwidth to Drive ICT Education
Despite the keenness of some institutions of higher learning to establish effective ICT education programmes; they are confronted with the acute scarcity of broadband internet to achieve these…
- 14 Jul 2013
Cost of Bandwidth Crashes by 200 Per Cent
The cost of bandwidth has crashed by some 200 per cent as the avalanche of undersea cable systems, each with landing points on the shores of Nigeria battle for chunks of the country’s untapped and…
- 2 Oct 2016
Lack of Funds Threaten Bandwidth Availability in Tertiary Institutions
Tertiary institutions and research centres in the country are still facing bandwidth challenges in spite of interventions by government and some organizations to ensure that they it is made available…
- 18 Jan 2016
Expert Urges NITDA, NCC to Address Connectivity Issues
Dewole Ajao, operations manager, Bandwidth Consortium, has urged National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to intervene through issue of…
- 4 Apr 2016
FG Entities to Spend N3.4Bn on Internet Connectivity
In the recently passed 2016 budget of the federal government of Nigeria by the National Assembly, over 892 federal government entities are to spend N3.424 billion on internet connectivity, Nigeria…
- 27 Mar 2017
FG to Spend N2.3Bn on Internet Connectivity, IT Facilities
Barring any changes by the National Assembly on the 2017 budget, some 593 federal government entities are to spend N2.323 billion on internet access charges and provision of information technology…
- 15 Dec 2015
A dirge to the NgREN
One of the proudest moments in the history of the Nigerian Education sector was the successful implementation and commissioning of the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN). Being the first…
- 13 Feb 2017
Hope Rises for Universities as NgREN Infrastructure Breathes
Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) has been reactivated, after lying idle for more than one year. The reactivation of the bandwidth infrastructure for universities and research centres…
- 30 Jan 2017
Experts Seek Clear Policy for Broadband Penetration
Stakeholders have urged the federal government as a matter of urgency to intervene with clear policy on operations of transmission link, as the 2018 target set by the federal government to achieve 30…
- 14 Aug 2016
Stakeholders Seeks Govt Intervention on Bandwidth Issues
Worried by barrage of problems militating against provision of broadband internet in the country especially on transmission link, stakeholders in the ecosystem have urged the federal government as a…
- 7 Nov 2016
NgREN Bandwidth Infrastructure for Universities Idle Away
Nigeria University Commission’s Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) launched some two years ago is now idle, leaving universities scratching for bandwidth. NgREN is a collaboration…
- 27 Jul 2014
NgREN Pushes Bandwidth Demand to 377 STM-1
Launch of Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) recently have increased bandwidth demand by telecommunications operators, banks among other companies using the commodity to 377…
- 10 Aug 2010
UNN Adopts eBoards for Teaching
Nsukka, August 2, 2010: Electronic boards are set to replace the traditional blackboards in classrooms and laboratories at the University of Nigeria, as the institution prepares for full…
- 18 Sept 2013
Dolphin Telecom to Land $700m ACE Cable in Nigeria
Dolphin Telecom, a global communications carrier and operator of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system in West Africa has announced that it would land the $700 million submarine…
- 22 Apr 2017
Cable System Connecting Africa & Americas Creates New Route For Internet Traffic
Taking a step closer to completing a valuable new route for the global telecommunications sector, Angola Cables has announced the completion of the marine survey for the South Atlantic Cable System…
- 14 Sept 2009
Enhancing Telecom Service Delivery Through Glo 1
In spite of the impressive growth rate recorded by telecommunications sector of the country’s economy especially the mobile space, there exist major challenge which has hindered development in…
- 16 Oct 2016
IBM, Google, Others to Unveil Open Interface to Boost Datacenter Server
Technology giants IBM, Google and seven others have joined hands to launch an open specification that can boost datacenter server performance by up to 10 times, to take on Intel Corp. The new…
- 10 Jun 2014
TI Sparkle Partners Dolphin Telecom Global IP Backbone Reach in West Africa
TI Sparkle, the International Services arm of Telecom Italia Group, and Dolphin Telecom, on Monday, announced a new partnership for the provision and the development of IP connectivity…
- 15 Sept 2010
Broadband: WACS Battles Main One, Glo 1 with Price
West Africa Cable System (WACS), the submarine communications cable linking South Africa with the United Kingdom along the West Coast of Africa is planning an aggressive entry strategy including…
- 25 Apr 2013
Alcatel-Lucent, ACE Ink Maintenance Contract
Alcatel-Lucent has signed an agreement with Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) consortium for the maintenance of more than 6,300km of the ACE system linking Africa to Portugal. The partnership strengthens…
- 19 Jan 2014
More Africans Enjoy Glo's Quality Data Connections- Adenuga
Globacom, leading telecommunications Company, has indicated that more West Africans will enjoy fast data services and better voice quality as the network continues to extend its fibre…
- 13 Apr 2016
FG Orders Tertiary Institutions to Subscribe to NigREN
The federal government has directed tertiary institutions including universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country, to move their connectivity and services to the Nigerian…
- 19 Mar 2012
MainOne to Land in PH, fetes Accra Customers
MainOne Cable, West Africa’s pioneer open access submarine cable company is firming up more deals to have its presence felt outside Lagos by landing in Port Harcourt, Rivers state before end of 2012,…
- 24 Sept 2013
Cyberoam Announces Launch of Next-Generation Firewall Appliances
Cyberoam, the leading global provider of network security appliances, on Tuesday unveiled Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) in its NG Series appliances. The product comes with Layer 8 Identity-based…
- 7 Dec 2015
CWG Boss Seeks NgREN Resuscitation at NSE
Mr. Austin Okere, chief executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG Plc) has called on stakeholders in the private and public sector of the economy to contribute their quota towards ensuring…
- 13 Jun 2016
VDT Communications Launches 4G LTE Advanced Service
Voice, Data and Telephony (VDT) Communications has moved into the retail broadband market with the launch of 4G LTE advanced service. Abiodun Omoniyi, managing director, VDT Communications, said at…
- 18 Jan 2022
Fixed Broadband – The Next Big Thing for Nigeria
By: Rajiv Aggarwal Nigeria urgently needs rapid rollout of broadband services to address the country’s various socio-economic challenges. Rajiv Aggarwal, Head of CEWA Market Unit at Nokia With a…