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- 3 Jan 2015
FMCT Expected to Push 3G To At least 50% Population in 2015
Going by the ‘Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Upgrade and Expansion Phase 1’ under the National Broadband master plan 2013-2018, the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) is expected…
- 12 May 2014
FMCT Unlocks NIPOST, Targets 300,000 Jobs
Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) has perfected plans to unlock the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) in order to create 300,000 agents who will drive financial inclusion, amongst…
- 30 Jan 2015
FMCT Says Economy Gained N290Bn from Courier Sub-Sector in 4 Years
Despite challenges facing the Nigerian courier (Postal) sub-sector, statistics released by the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) has shown the sector injected N290 billion into the…
- 3 Dec 2013
FMCT, Lagos, Others Ink Agreement to Remove Barriers to Broadband
Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and Lagos state government have reached a landmark agreement that will remove constraints to the…
- 22 Dec 2014
FMCT Identifies 200 Telecom Services Subsidy Clusters
Federal Ministry of Communication Technology through the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) ‘Access Gap study’, has discovered over 200 subsidy clusters across the six geo political zones which…
- 4 May 2014
iDEA Centres to Become Financial Independent in 2 Years
Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA) is to become financially self sustaining by 2016, according to Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) Progress…
- 10 Jan 2015
NCS Bemoans Unproductive Consumption, Digital Exclusion
In reflections on 2014 and aspirations for 2015, the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), has decried the persisting climate of unproductive consumption and digital exclusion in the Nigerian society.…
- 18 Jun 2014
Interswitch Partners MEST to Support IT Entrepreneurs
Interswitch, a leading pan-African integrated payment processing and transaction switching company, has partnered with Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to develop and extend the…
- 18 Apr 2017
Stakeholders Frown at Connectivity Issues
Information and Communications Technology experts in the country have frowned at poor connectivity services been delivered at public organizations resulting in loss of working hours and poor service…
- 30 Jan 2015
Johnson @ Stakeholders Forum, Lays out Plans to Privatise NIGCOMSAT
Dr Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has said that the ICT industry has witnessed tremendous growth in the last three and a half years and revealed plans to privatise Nigerian…
- 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…
- 17 May 2016
NigComSat Needs 2 Additional Satellites- Shittu
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, said that the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) will require two additional satellites to revolutionize e-governance,…
- 4 Nov 2013
ComTech, Huawei Commence 1000 Girls For ICT Training Programme
Ministry of Communication Technology and Huawei, on Monday in Lagos, commenced the information communications technology (ICT) basic knowledge programme for 1000 female students, drawn from across…