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- 30 Apr 2015
Ericsson Gears Up Africa Operations with New Network Operations in Nigeria
To better serve both operators and end users across the continent, Ericsson is building a new network operations center in Lagos, Nigeria, and expanding the capabilities of its existing facility in…
- 31 May 2010
Operational Challenges Forcing Managed Services on Operators
Telecommunications operators are today faced with a lot of challenges that have made the business not rosy as it used to be some few years ago. Although, some may look at the situation as fallout of…
- 31 Jul 2023
Insurance Operators Adopt Technology for Seamless Operations, Access to Customers
Insurance sector operators said they have invested heavily in acquiring technology that will make their operations seamless and accessible to customers through the introduction of dedicated…
- 2 Mar 2014
Courier Operators Want Banks, Others off Dispatch Operations
Courier operators in Nigeria are not happy with the encroachment on their professional jurisdiction by banks, e-commerce and multi-national corporations running parcels’ dispatch services, Nigeria…
- 24 Oct 2016
Courier Operators Scaling Up Operations in North East- Obabori
As things are returning to normalcy in the North East part of Nigeria, courier operators have started reopening their offices which were shut down about four years ago. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 11 Feb 2020
Allow Operators Regulate NBC, Operators Tell FG
Operators in the nation’s broadcast industry have called on the federal government to avail industry practitioners the opportunity to regulate the National Broadcasting Commission (NB) to make it…
- 6 Dec 2016
CFAN Adopts Co-operative Banking Solution from CWG
The National Co-Operative Financing Agency of Nigeria (CFAN) has adduced reasons it decided to adopt the Unified Co-operative Platform (UCP), a core Co-operative Banking solution that is powered by…
- 29 Jun 2010
Anco Urges New Operators to Register with Relevant Authorities
Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (Anco), has appealed to intending courier operators to register with the relevant authorities in the industry before they officially commence operation. Toyin…
- 29 Jun 2010
New Operators Urged to Register with Relevant Authorities
Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (Anco), has appealed to intending courier operators to register with the relevant authorities in the industry before they officially commence operation. Toyin…
- 20 May 2024
Open Access Data Centres Recognize Sustainability as Key in its Operations - Aduloju
Mr Olatunji Aduloju is Operations Manager at Open Access Data Centres (OADC) on Sustainability in Data Centre Operations. He has an enviable career in operations of data centre, and has worked with…
- 2 Oct 2012
Operators Mull Study to Stem Terror Attacks
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton), the umbrella body of telecom operators has commissioned a study on the socio-economic impact of telecom operations in the…
- 8 Sept 2010
Ban on Okada: Courier Operators Ask for Waiver
Courier operators under the umbrella of Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (Anco) have appealed to Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos state for a waiver on ban on the operations of…
- 3 Feb 2016
ALTON Seeks FG Support to Address Operational Challenges
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is seeking the intervention of the federal government to address operational challenges faced by telecommunications operators…
- 8 Feb 2010
Funds, GSM Killing CDMA Operators Softly
A number of Code Division Multiple Access operators (CDMA) offering fixed and mobile services have seen bad times and are no longer operating optimally, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal.…
- 14 May 2015
Ericsson, EY Study Maps Successful Mobile Operator Strategies
Ericsson and EY collaborate to identify three distinct strategies adopted by successful mobile operators, dubbed Frontrunners. Successful operators share a common focus on network performance and…
- 19 Aug 2017
ALTON Decries Impact of OTT on Telecom Operations
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has decried the impact of over the top service (OTT) on the telecom operations in the country. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 24 Nov 2008
CRD Arrests Four 4 Illegal Courier Operators
Men of the Courier Regulatory Department of the Nigerian Postal Service (Nipost) last week in Abuja had a successful clampdown on four illegal courier operators operating at the domestic wing office…
- 13 Jun 2018
Telecoms Operators Seek Policy Flexibility in Favour of CDMAs
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called for policy flexibility in favour of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, ALTON…
- 30 Nov 2025
GSMA Report Warns of Fragmented Cybersecurity Regulation is Raising Costs, Increasing Risk for Mobile Operators
The GSMA has released a major new independent study, The Impact of Cybersecurity Regulation on Mobile Operators, revealing that mobile operators are spending between US $15-19 billion annually on…
- 1 May 2020
Ericsson, MIT Technology Review Insights Release a Report on How Operators are Preparing for 5G
Ericsson, in collaboration with MIT Technology Review Insights, released a report titled “The 5G Operator” to examine how telecom operators are preparing for 5G opportunities and challenges. 5G…
- 6 Sept 2024
CAC Moves Against Unregistered POS Operators as Deadline Expires
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has begun moves to enforce its directive that Point of Sale (POS) operators should register with the commission. The registration directive gave POS operators…
- 14 Dec 2014
Tower Operators Spend $80m Monthly on Maintenance
Telecommunications tower operators in the country spend some $80 million every month in the maintenance of towers they are operating. Telecom towers houses base stations that Global System for…
- 1 Jan 2014
NCC, Operators Disagree over New Licencees
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) service providers have warned the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) against licensing new operators in the country, arguing that the new operators…
- 13 May 2018
NCAA Suspends First Nation Airline’s Operations over Illegal Activities
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) of First Nation Airways indefinitely over “unauthorised and illegal operations”. NCAA Spokesman, Sam…
- 28 Aug 2016
Alternative Power Source @ Towers to Save Operators 30% of OPEX
The installation of solar power system at telecommunications towers as alternative power source to national grid is expected to save operators some 30 percent in their operational expenditure (OPEX).…
- 10 Aug 2018
Lottery Operators Lament Over Taxation, Want Act Amended
Some Nigerian lottery operators have called for amendment to the National Lottery Regulation Act, decrying multiple taxation and infiltration of the industry by unlicensed operators. They made the…
- 28 Aug 2012
Nipost, Courier Operators Bicker over New Fees
Courier Operators have reaffirmed their opposition to moves by Nigerian Postal Service (Nipost) to increase licensing fees and urged Nipost which is both regulator and operator to clear the ambiguity…
- 28 Oct 2018
Stakeholders Seeks Mobile Technology Driven Out-Bound Remittance Operators
Remittance and payment stakeholders have urged central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to expand the licensing of out-bound money transfer operation to accommodate mobile technology driven operators. …
- 8 Feb 2010
Illegal Courier Operators Double as Bureau de Change
The Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost), recently discovered that illegal courier operators, also operate as Bureau de Change in Benin City, Edo State. At a recent…
- 27 Mar 2018
NIPOST Revokes 17 Courier Licenses, Seals Five Unlicensed Operators
The Courier Regulatory department (CRD), an arm of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has on Tuesday, revoked the operational licenses of 17 courier operators for allegedly failing to regularize…