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- 11 Feb 2014
Cisco Forecasts 14-Fold Increase in MEA Mobile Data Traffic in 5 Years
Cisco® Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2013 to 2018 indicates that worldwide mobile data traffic will increase nearly 11-fold over the next four years and reach an…
- 12 Oct 2012
Comviva Bets Big on Mobile Data Growth in West Africa Region
Comviva , the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS is betting big on mobile data growth in West Africa with its award winning mobile data platform , which helps operators to provide…
- 14 Dec 2020
Ericsson Mobility Report: Mobile Data Traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa to Grow by 6.5 times by 2026
The November 2020 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by almost 6.5 times the current figures, with total traffic…
- 23 Jun 2022
Worldwide Mobile Data Traffic Growth Doubles in Two Years
Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa, like the rest of the world will maintain an upward trajectory, as mobile broadband-capable devices become more accessible. For markets like SA and Kenya,…
- 17 Jan 2014
Mobile Data Remains Africa’s Cash Cow for Telcos
International Data Corporation Insight has found that mobile data will remain the operators’ cash cow in 2014, aside the exponential increase in mobile data forcing telecommunications operators in…
- 12 Oct 2017
5 Ways to Maximise your Mobile Data Usage
Detailed analysis of mobile data usage suggests that connectivity rates remain comparatively pricey in Nigeria. According to the Research and Development Unit of Yudala, Nigeria’s pioneer online and…
- 22 Jul 2015
Gartner Predicts 59% Mobile Data Growth Worldwide in 2015
Global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 percent from 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. The rapid growth is set to continue through 2018, when…
- 30 Nov 2021
Mobile Data Traffic Increased Almost 300-fold Over 10 years - Ericsson
Ericsson global insights reveal an almost 300-fold increase in mobile data traffic since 2011 – the year in which Ericsson Mobility Report was first published. The findings, based on current and…
- 12 Oct 2017
Five Ways To Maximize Your Mobile Data Usage
By Gideon Ayogu Detailed analysis of mobile data usage suggests that connectivity rates remain comparatively pricey in Nigeria. According to the Research and Development Unit of Yudala, Nigeria’s…
- 7 Feb 2013
Mobile Data Traffic to Hit 11.2 Exabytes in 2017 - Cisco
Global mobile data traffic is forecast to increase by 66 percent CAGR or 13-fold by 2017, reaching 11.2 exabytes (1 quintillion bytes) per month, or 134 exabytes a year, according to Cisco. The…
- 11 Nov 2014
Mobile Data Services Sees Growth in Africa-Ovum
Mobile data connections and services are growing strongly in Africa, but the continent continues to lag behind most of the rest of the world in terms of high-speed broadband connectivity, according…
- 6 Nov 2020
Ministry List Benefits of Nigeria’s Mobile Big Data Initiative
Mr. Musa Istifanus, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that the telecommunications industry will thrive with the Mobile Big Data Policy being…
- 6 Feb 2015
Mobile Data Traffic to Grow 59 Percent in 2015 - Gartner
Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, which will be held on March 2-5 in Barcelona, Jessica Ekholm, research director at Gartner, shared her thoughts on what is driving the growth in mobile data…
- 26 Jan 2015
BlackBerry Handles over 30Petabytes of Global Mobile Data Monthly
BlackBerry Limited, notable for its leading role in the global mobile communications, has disclosed that its global network infrastructure presently handles approximately 35 petabytes of mobile data…
- 17 Jun 2020
Ericsson Predicts Mobile Data Traffic to Grow 12 Times in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by 12 times the current figures, with total traffic increasing from 0.33 Exabytes (EB) per month to 4EB by 2025. Meanwhile, average…
- 10 Mar 2019
Stakeholders Decry Over Dependent on Mobile Data
The ease in the deployment of mobile communications as well as the challenges in the building telecommunications infrastructure required for fixed service have forced the country to depend largely on…
- 27 Jun 2017
Etisalat Nigeria Launches Mobile Data Solution, BlazeOn
Comptel Corporation has announced that Etisalat Nigeria is launching its time-based mobile data solution BlazeOn, powered by Comptel’s FWD solution, in the Nigerian market. Adeolu Dairo, director,…
- 7 Oct 2016
Expect 80% Mobile Data Subscription Growth in Five Years- VDT
Based on the global trends and Nigeria’s antecedents, one of the most significant projection is that there would be 80% mobile data subscription growth in the next five years, said Mr. Biodun…
- 19 Nov 2019
Africa Sees Double Mobile Data Revenue by 2024
Mobile revenue in Africa will rise from $54.31 billion (R804 billion) in 2019, to $67.12 billion (R994 billion) in 2024. This is according to the Africa Digital Outlook 2019 report from market…
- 1 Nov 2021
How SHAREit Lite is Enabling Nigerians to Transfer & Share Files without Mobile Data
SHAREit Lite is a flagship application to enable Nigerians to transfer files very efficiently and fast, without mobile data. Propelled by its mission to make digital content equally accessible by…
- 2 Nov 2021
SHAREit Lite Connects Nigerians Through File-sharing Without Mobile Data
SHAREit Lite is a flagship application to enable Nigerians to transfer files very efficiently and fast, without mobile data. Propelled by its mission to make digital content equally accessible by…
- 5 Mar 2012
Alcatel-Lucent, Etisalat Address Demand for High-Speed Mobile Data Services
Alcatel-Lucent together with Etisalat, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in the United Arab Emirates, have successfully completed a technology trial with the groundbreaking lightRadio™…
- 24 Mar 2026
Airtel Africa, Starlink Mobile Data and Messaging Testing Take off in Kenya
Airtel Africa and SpaceX have commenced the successful testing of data and messaging services with Starlink Mobile in Kenya, in a significant step towards bringing satellite-to-mobile connectivity to…
- 7 Jan 2019
Keystone Bank Unveils ‘Zero Data’ Mobile Banking Feature
Customers of Keystone Bank Limited, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider, can now transact banking services at their convenience on the new ‘Keystone Bank Mobile App’ with Zero Data.…
- 26 Jun 2019
Skyroam Simo Partners Smile Telecom to Provide Improved Mobile Data Services
Smile Telecoms, a Pan-African 4GLTE telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has formally entered into a partnership with…
- 26 Jun 2019
Skyroam Simo Partners Smile Telecom to Provide Improved Mobile Data Services In Africa
Smile Telecoms, a Pan-African 4GLTE Telecommunications Group has formally entered into partnership with SkyroamSimo, the world's leading mobile Platform as a Service (PaaS) company providing global…
- 8 Apr 2015
Airtel to Let App Developers Pay for Mobile Data Download Charges
Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of 'Airtel Zero' an open marketing platform that will allow customers to access mobile applications at zero data charges. Akin to the established concept of…
- 22 Sept 2017
UNGA: Dangote Targets 1m Nigerian Women Via Biometric Data, Mobile Banking
Michael Bloomberg has inaugurated its first Global Business Forum with an astounding line up of global innovators, including Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, Nigerian industrialist. Meanwhile,…
- 24 May 2017
6 Ways to Reduce Mobile Data Usage
For many, the smartphone’s utility has assumed such remarkable proportions that it is now being relied on as a first-hand source of news, information, entertainment and a fitting tool for retaining a…
- 28 Oct 2014
IBM Deploys Mobile, Data Analytics & Cloud Technologies against Ebola
IBM has launched several initiatives to help curb the spread of the viral disease in West African nations, as the human toll of the Ebola epidemic continues to climb up in the critically affected…