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- 6 Nov 2024
Kekere-Ekun, CJN Blames Reliance on Telecom Services for Online Banking Glitches
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the Board of Governors, National Judicial Institute Justice has blamed telecommunications companies for the glitches experienced in the…
- 22 Apr 2014
15 Telecom Operators Face Collapse as Subscribers Shrink
The massive growth recorded in the Nigerian telecommunications space since the liberalisation of the industry which started with the return to democratic rule has started to slow down as the fate of…
- 2 Aug 2013
Okonkwo, Anambra Guber Candidate to Use ICT to Rebuild State
Away from the politics of moral outrage that has characterized the epic race for governorship of Anambra state, Chief Sylvester Okonkwo, a gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming election in the…
- 21 Jul 2020
NCC Recalls 41.2m Unused Lines, Okays New Numbering Plans for 37 Telcos
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn some 41, 240,448 million lines that have been left inactive or unused by telecommunications licencees across 36 states of the country over the…
- 14 Sept 2014
Remains of CDMAs Litter Telecom Graveyard
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator has declared 13 telecoms operators inactive, suggesting a crowded graveyard especially for the once active code division…
- 10 Sept 2014
NCC Declares Starcomms, 12 Other Telcos Inactive
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator has declared 13 telecoms operators that were hitherto vibrant, as inactive. The list of inactive operators, which was posted…
- 18 Feb 2018
Concerns as Dead Telephone Lines Litter Nigeria
Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has suggested a crowded graveyard for the once active code division multiple access (CDMA)…
- 15 Mar 2015
Dead CDMA Telephone Lines Litter Nigeria
Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has suggested a crowded graveyard for the once active code division multiple access (CDMA)…
- 4 Apr 2016
Worries as N30Bn Debt Threatens Telecom Sector
The telecoms sector already contending with many problems hindering quality of service; may be finally knocked down by the huge interconnect debt profile which is growing by the day, according to…
- 11 Aug 2008
Zain, ZoomMobile, What Are New Names?
An age long adage says that a rose will still smell the same, even if it is called by another name! From time, names have been extremely powerful and act, as a separate manifestation of a person or…
- 8 Sept 2008
ZoomMobile Brand is Provocative - Aigbinode
Ken Aigbinode, executive vice chairman, ZoomMobile has one passion and that is to sell his brand. This veteran banker turned telecommunications executive is also experienced in corporate governance,…
- 21 Nov 2021
Reliance Infosystems Emerges Digital Transformation Provider of the Year @ GITTA 2021
At the 11th edition of the Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Awards 2021 themed, “Rewarding and Promoting Excellence in Digital Innovations”, Reliance Infosystems, a global ICT organization…
- 8 May 2020
COVID-19: Nigerians Groan, Telcos Feed Fat
The COVID-19 outbreak is now travelling around the world, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. But there is a silver lining for telecom services providers as data revenue has continued to…
- 5 May 2009
Suburban Re-strategies for Efficient Service Delivery
Suburban West Africa, the holding company of the Suburban group of companies, has restructured its board of directors and has expanded its management team, in order to prepare the company to achieve…
- 26 Mar 2026
IFC Invests $45m to Green African Telecom Sites
Clean and reliable power for telecom networks in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will be expanded following a $45 million investment by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in IPT…
- 26 Jul 2026
NCC, REA Partner to Cut Telecom Costs with Renewable Energy
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have entered into a partnership to deploy renewable energy solutions for telecommunications infrastructure in rural…
- 14 Dec 2009
Three Execs Join Starcomms top Rank
Starcomms Plc, Nigeria’s largest 3G CDMA operators has announced the appointment of three senior management staff. The new staff are Mrs. Charlotte Courtenay chief finance director, Mr. Tushar…
- 19 Jan 2009
NCC to Review 18 Major Telecom Licenses
At least 18major telecom licenses granted by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are due for renewal, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek investigations can now reveal. The licenses made up of Private…
- 29 Jun 2016
GSMA Launches Initiative for Rich, Interoperable Messaging Experiences
GSMA hasannounced that AIS, Axiata Group, Beeline, Bell Mobility, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal…
- 30 Jun 2014
Fixed Telephones Ring Distress as Numbers Plummet
Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) at the weekend released her latest data showing that fixed telephone operators lost more than 56 per cent of their active lines in the past one year.…
- 5 Aug 2022
Pantami Reaffirms FG's Commitment to Indigenous Telecom Content
Prof. Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of the Communications and Digital Economy, has reaffirmed Federal Government's determination to reverse the trend of importation of all types of telecommunications…
- 24 May 2016
Phase3 Boss Receives Africa Telecom Entrepreneur of the Year Award
In an auspicious development that affirms Phase3 Telecom remarkable 12 play in the telecom infrastructure and broadband service space; Mr Stanley Jegede, the firm’s versatile chief executive officer,…
- 27 Oct 2008
Sat-3 Glitches Ground Businesses
Businesses in the country that depend on the Internet crawled at snail speed for the better part of last week after Sat-3, Nigeria’s backbone internet infrastructure suffered major damage…
- 27 Mar 2024
FG Rakes in N412Bn VAT from Telecom Subscribers
Telecommunication subscribers and other consumers of information and communications services in Nigeria paid N412.31 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) last year. This is as telecom companies and other…
- 5 May 2009
2.3 License: Use-it or Loose it Clause Scares Bidders
Only a handful of the 40 applicants for the four slots of 20 MHz each in the 2.3 GHz frequency band to be issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will go ahead with the bidding process…
- 18 Jul 2013
Reliance Infosystems to Showcase New Products @ NigeriaCom 2013
Reliance Infosystems Nigeria, specialists in designing and implementing business critical information technology solutions, said it would showcase a range of new products at NigeriaCom 2013…
- 21 Jun 2026
ALTON Backs CBN on Local Data Hosting Rule for Banks, Fintechs
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), official industry body and advocacy group for major telecommunications providers in Nigeria, has backed the Central Bank of…
- 15 Jul 2020
Telecom Subscribers Spend N335.94Bn on Calls, SMS, Data in May
Telecommunications consumers in the country spent some N335.94 billion in May, according to findings by Business A.M. In arriving at the figures, Business A.M, estimated that each active telephone…
- 24 Sept 2024
Airtel Nigeria Goes Green as Diesel Costs Hit N28Bn
Airtel Nigeria is taking steps to switch from diesel to solar energy as it seeks a more cost-efficient way to power its telecom infrastructure. working on the Solar energy panel Femi Adeniran,…
- 1 Dec 2024
Meta Plans $10Bn Subsea Cable Project to Boost Connectivity
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, reportedly plans to invest over $10 billion in a privately owned subsea cable network spanning more than 40,000 kilometers. This…