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- 13 Feb 2015
NCC Spreads Digital Dividends to Varsities, Others via ADAPTI, DAP
AS part of its deliberate digital inclusion policy to address digital divides across a broad spectrum of the society generally and the school system in particular, the Nigerian Communications…
- 31 Oct 2017
Digital Dividend and Consolidations: Elixirs for The Indisposed Communications Sector
By Osondu C. Nwokoro There have been some momentous events in the telecommunications industry very lately. The visit of Google CEO, Sundar Pichai (following on the heels of earlier visits by…
- 6 May 2016
Digital Revolution Needs Solid Analog Foundation
This past January the World Bank issued the Digital Dividends report, a comprehensive study of the state of digital developments around the world. All in all, it’s a mixed picture. Digital…
- 5 Dec 2021
Obaro, SystemSpecs Boss Says Digital Solutions will Solve Unclaimed Dividends
John Obaro, managing director, SystemSpecs, African technology giant, has stated that the deployment of digital innovations, cross-industry collaborations and the right policies would solve the…
- 3 Feb 2017
Digital Migration: Six Lessons from Kenya’s Experience- GSMA
The GSMA has launched a new report, “Digital Migration Process in Kenya”, to highlight the valuable lessons that can be derived from the country’s experience with its digital switchover in the last…
- 21 Jun 2010
GSMA Applauds Governments’ Actions on Harmonisation of Spectrum Allocation
The GSMA has announced that it welcomes an initiative driven by the Serbian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society to develop a unified approach to the allocation of…
- 5 Oct 2010
Harmonized Spectrum Bands Key to Mobile Broadband -Bateson
Ross Bateson is special adviser on government at GSMA; his projects have included defining use of the Digital Dividend with the mobile and broadcasting community in Russia, Eastern Europe and the…
- 8 Jun 2009
Digitisation Will Hasten Rollout of Mobile Broadband, Coverage – Goodluck
Mr. Akinwale Goodluck, Corporate Services executive, MTN Nigeria has said that digital dividend - the unprecedented amount of spectrum that will be freed up in the switchover from analogue to digital…
- 28 May 2015
Buhari to Query Secret Sale of Over $1Bn Telecom Spectrums
Incoming government of Muhammadu Buhari is to focus his searchlight on the circumstances surrounding the secret sale of Digital Dividend Spectrum (DDS) licences valued at over $1 billion in the last…
- 2 Jul 2019
Nigeria Loses as ICPC, NBC Bicker over N2.5Bn DSO Project
Nigeria is about to miss another chance to cheetah-pole-vault into the Age of Information; a new era where knowledge drives the economy. This new era is hinged on digital dividends through shift…
- 6 Sept 2013
47 African Countries Agree on Frequency Coordination for Digital Switchover
Frequency coordination negotiations have succeeded in setting up the mechanism to deploy digital television in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries. The consolidation of national plans to…
- 13 Dec 2012
NCC Talks Tough on Frequency Usage
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will undertake a more efficient implementation of assigned spectrum to ensure optimal usage and by this, the commission will go tough on the ‘use -it…
- 6 Feb 2012
Effective Frequency Management And Broadband Penetration
Spectrum, otherwise frequency is a scarce resource and the extremely rapid technical developments in mobile communication services have resulted in a boom in demand for use of radio frequencies.…
- 6 Feb 2012
National Licenses Hurting Broadband Revolution - Experts
Unless spectrum planning and allocation is done in clear and harmonized basis, many Nigerians will not get shares of the so called digital dividends while greater broadband connectivity that will…
- 22 Aug 2024
FG Approves N10Bn to Boost Digital Switch-over
President Bola Tinubu has approved a grant of N10 billion for the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to embark on a transformative journey to achieve the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) dividends for…
- 8 Apr 2015
GSMA Welcomes Move to Foster Digital Inclusion, Economic Growth through Mobile
Following the publication of the South African Government’s Final Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plans1, Tom Phillips, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA, commented:“The GSMA congratulates the…
- 6 Mar 2017
EFCC v. Emeka Mba: The Puzzles and Contradictions
The continued prosecution of Emeka Mba, erstwhile director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), by the Federal Government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…
- 15 Nov 2012
Nigeria, Others Face Frequency Crunch-GSMA
The GSMA which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide has warned of impeding “capacity and coverage crunch” in terms of available mobile spectrum despite the multi-billion dollars…
- 14 Apr 2019
Africa Won’t Develop without Technology — World Bank
The digital transformation of Africa will foster economic growth and reduce poverty Mr Hafez Ghanem, World Bank vice-president for Africa, has said. Ghanem expressed the view at the weekend at…
- 10 Aug 2017
FG to Partner Huawei on Smart Cities Initiative
Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications said that the Federal Government would partner Huawei, a global technology giant, in its smart cities initiative . Shittu stated this in Abuja, at a Smart…
- 17 Dec 2013
No More TV Licensing Till 2015-NBC
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said new broadcasting licenses, especially television stations would have to wait till 2015 when the country must have migrated from analogue to digital…
- 2 Aug 2016
Advancements in Mobile Technology Further Connects Africa with Global Markets- DHL
The growth of mobile phones and services across the African continent has instantly brought many Africans into the digital age and connected them to worldwide knowledge and services. Home to one of…
- 24 Sept 2015
FG Eyes N330Bn from Digitisation
The federal government can generate as much as N330 billion yearly from digital broadcasting, should Nigeria achieve the new date of June 20, 2017 for the country's Digital Switchover (DSO),…
- 5 Jul 2016
FG Welcomes China's Support to Digital Switch Over Project
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has welcomed China's decision to support Nigeria in its quest to actualise the transition from Analogue to Digital broadcasting. The Minister…
- 22 Jul 2025
Horn of Africa Leaders Seek Enhanced Digital Integration for Increased Regional Growth
Finance ministers and development partners from the Horn of Africa have called for enhanced digital integration to boost trade, drive economic growth and promote regional stability during the 25th…
- 1 Jun 2015
ITU to Mark Switchover from Analogue to Digital TV with Symposium
The deadline for the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, set for 17 June 2015, is applicable for all countries belonging to ITU Region-1 (Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central…
- 17 Jun 2015
Deadline Reached for Digital TV Switchover for 119 Countries in Europe, MEA, Central Asia
The deadline for the switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), set at 00:01 UTC on June 17, heralded the development of ‘all-digital’ terrestrial broadcast…
- 9 Oct 2025
NITDA DG Calls for Collaboration, Innovation to Build AI-Ready Africa
Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called for stronger collaboration, practical innovation, and inclusive…
- 25 Aug 2015
Taylor, CTO Boss Urges NBC to Use Spectrum Auction Proceeds for Digital Migration
Shola Taylor, secretary general of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), said Nigeria can use proceeds from available spectrum auction to achieve a seamless transition from analogue…
- 14 Mar 2022
NDSF2022 Gets June Date in Lagos
The 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) has been scheduled to hold in June this year at the esteemed Welcome Centre Hotel, International…