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- 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…
- 31 Aug 2010
Main One, Glo1 Stir Broadband Revolution as Nigerians Await Feast
It is now a matter of time before broadband becomes widespread and affordable, thanks to the burgeoning competition expected from Main One and Glo 1, two home grown undersea cable initiatives,…
- 26 Jul 2010
Starcomms, Etisalat, MTN Race for Main One Bandwidth
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator, Starcomms, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators, MTN and Etisalat are among the ten telecommunications players that have subscribed…
- 6 Jul 2010
Broadband Brings Prosperity- Omo-Ettu
The burgeoning broadband banquet being laid out with the landing of Glo 1 and Main One, two major cable initiatives are presenting Nigeria with the opportunity of prosperity and wealth creation,…
- 23 Aug 2010
Competition in Undersea Cables Will Promote Reliability-Rudman
Mohammed Rudman is the managing director of Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN). In his over a decade experience in the information and communications technology, Rudman has worked as network…
- 23 Aug 2010
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Mohammed Rudman is the managing director of Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN). In his over a decade experience in the information and communications technology, Rudman has worked as network…
- 30 Aug 2013
Glut Hits Undersea Cables, Capacity Wastes
Some 7 terabyte per second bandwidth by the four undersea cables’ infrastructure are unutilized; a classical case of starving in the midst of plent y , Nigeria CommuncationsWeek can now reveal.…
- 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…
- 26 Jan 2015
NITEL Loses $6m to SAT-3 Shut Down
Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), part owners of South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable (SAT-3), has lost some $6million in the last 18 months due to a cut at the Nigerian end…
- 16 Jun 2014
Nigerians Thirsty in Ocean of Broadband Internet
As it stands today, the available bandwidth in Nigeria is potentially infinite. In fact, it is safer to say that Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable…
- 23 Oct 2015
Nigerians “Thirsty in Ocean of Broadband”
As it stands today, the available bandwidth in Nigeria is potentially infinite. In fact, it is safer to say that Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable…
- 28 Sept 2014
Internet Users Cope by Cursing in Sea of Bandwidth
The available bandwidth in Nigeria is potentially infinite. In fact, it is safer to say that Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable systems, each with…
- 7 May 2012
Blessing & Curse of Undersea Cable Initiatives
Officially, Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable systems each with landing points on the shores of the country but many Nigerians are still without a drop…
- 26 Apr 2010
Unlicensed Frequencies: Why Internet Crawl like Snail
Most Internet service providers in Nigeria operate from unlicensed frequencies and that is one of the major reasons businesses and individuals have been hobbled by the near chaotic Internet services…
- 22 Mar 2010
Developing Local Content is a Major Task - Anurag
Anurag Garg is managing director of Direct OnPC, a leading Internet Service Provider in the country. Garg joined DOPC six years ago from Zenith Computers Limited, India; he has vast knowledge of the…
- 8 Feb 2010
Operators Scrabble for MainOne Bandwidth
Ahead of the anticipated landing of MainOne submarine cable sometime in June this year, telecommunications operators are now scrabbling for bandwidth from the undersea cable, Nigeria…
- 25 Aug 2013
Gilat Satcom Believes in Connectivity for Everybody- Alex
Alex Petropouliadis is vice president, Sales Africa, Gilat Satcom, the communication solutions provider that offers satellite and fiber-based connectivity solutions in Africa, Asia and the Middle…
- 26 Nov 2014
How Insecurity Impacts Mobile Phone Subscription in Nigeria
Latest telecommunications special edition poll results released by NOIPolls Limited have revealed that a higher proportion of Nigerians use 2 phone lines either registered under one network provider…
- 2 Dec 2014
76% Nigerian Use MTN Lines – Survey
A survey of the telecommunication sector by NOI Polls has revealed that a higher proportion of Nigerians use two phone lines, with 76 percent having MTN as their main line. NOI Polls showed that…
- 13 Oct 2014
Broadbased Projects Aim to End Fiber Trouble Tickets- Ise-Okojie
Prince Henry Ise-Okojie, executive vice chairman, Broadbased Communications, is an experienced international business entrepreneur with over 25 years in starting and managing various…
- 18 Jan 2010
Atcon, NIG Support for e-Business Life Broadband Summit
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) and the Nigeria Internet Group have given their backings to the e-Business Life Broadband summit slated to hold in Lagos in February…
- 15 Jun 2010
Nigeria, Others Prepare for Broadband Banquet
By the end of 2011, the entire continent of Africa will be connected to no fewer than nine undersea broadband cable initiatives that would serve as Africa’s innovation catalysts, Nigeria…
- 12 Jan 2016
African Music Stars Bring African Unity to the Fore @ 2015 Glo-CAF Awards
African unity was brought to the fore Thursday night as iconic African music stars from across the continent enacted scintillating performances to express the “Win as One” theme at the gala night of…
- 11 Feb 2015
20 Subscribers Win N120m Glo Overload Reloaded Promo
Another set of 20 Globacom subscribers have emerged winners in the ongoing N120m Glo Overload Reloaded promotions being run by the National Telecommunications Carrier. This brings the total number of…
- 21 Jan 2016
Glo Garners more Laurels in 2015
The next generation network, Globacom, ended the year 2015 with more laurels than any other corporate body in the nation's telecoms industry for the significant progress it made in network expansion.…