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- 2 Jan 2013
Informa Telecoms & Media's Top 10 Telecom Predictions
Informa Telecoms & Media has revealed its Top 10 trends for 2013 for the telecoms and media sectors and five of the predictions relate directly to telecoms operators while the other five cover…
- 15 Apr 2014
Zamir Telecom, Exchange Telecom to Interconnect MNOs in Nigeria to Global Telco
Zamir Telecom’s joint venture with Exchange Telecom, enabling multiple STM1 capacity across four cities in Nigeria, has directly connected the global telco to all mobile network operators (MNOs) in…
- 17 Nov 2016
Nigeria Seeks Increased Telecoms Investment at ITU Telecom World
Nigeria’s government and private sectors have made a pitch to foreign investors at the 2016 International Telecommunication Union conference, Telecoms World, where they presented the country’s…
- 10 Feb 2015
Phase3 Telecom Simplifies Telecoms with Enterprise Solutions
Phase3 Telecom, West Africa’s largest independent fibre optic infrastructure and telecommunications services provider is now connecting several cities including Ibadan and Kaduna to its IP/MPLS…
- 30 Jun 2008
Informa Telecoms & Media Happy with Nigeria Telecoms Growth
After months of speculations, Nigeria has officially taken the lead as Africa’s largest telecommunications market, Informa Telecoms & Media (IT&M), organizers of the annual West and…
- 18 Mar 2020
NCC Sensitises Lawyers on Telecoms Regulation, Urges them to Specialise in Telecoms Laws
To sustain the contribution of telecommunications and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Nigeria’s economic growth, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced a…
- 23 Aug 2014
African Telecoms Market to Top $65Bn by 2018
The African telecoms market is set to be one of the main growth success stories for the telecoms sector in the next 5 years, according to a new report entitled Sub-Saharan Africa telecoms market:…
- 2 Jul 2012
Telecom Industry Rings Worries Over Vandals
The telecom industry waxed worriedly at the weekend over the growing targeted attacks on telecom equipment, infrastructure and telecom workers and urged the government to declare ICT equipment,…
- 12 Mar 2013
Glo Bags Telecoms Company of the Year Award
Globacom, West Africa’s telecom powerhouse has been named the Best Telecoms Company of the Year for its innovation, resilience and pocket friendly-products. The telecom giant was honoured at the…
- 29 Jun 2016
Liquid Telecom & RBH Agree to Acquire Neotel
On Tuesday, Liquid Telecom, a privately owned Pan-African telecoms group majority owned by Econet Global, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire South African communications…
- 14 Jul 2015
Global Investment Surges in Africa’s Telecoms Industry
The international telecoms community regards Africa as an area of high value for new business. Africa’s telecoms industry forms a vital component to the country’s economic growth, affecting all…
- 22 Aug 2016
Ovum, Informa Telecoms & Media Research Complete Merger
Ovum and Informa Telecoms & Media research (ITM) have completed of the merger of the two companies under the Ovum brand. The merger creates the leading analyst firm for telecoms research and…
- 9 Jul 2017
ALTON Rues Exclusion of Critical Telecoms Infrastructure in Abuja City Master Plan
Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has identified the exclusion of critical telecoms infrastructures from Abuja Master plan, as contributory factor to the persistent poor…
- 17 Aug 2012
Ndukwe Chairs Telecom Infrastructure Protection Round Table
Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, immediate past executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) who superintended Nigeria’s now famous telecom revolution is to chair the first ever ‘Telecom…
- 2 Oct 2013
Zamir Telecom Expands Its Wholesale VoIP Network into Africa
Zamir Telecom on Wednesday announced the expansion of its wholesale VoIP network into Africa in response to increasing demand from its customers and has signed its first partner, Exchange Telecom…
- 18 Sept 2016
ATCON Offers Solutions to Over-Regulation in Telecoms Sector
Although the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the statutory authority charged with the regulation of telecoms services in Nigeria, today, the telecoms sector has witnessed…
- 25 Aug 2008
Ndukwe Bags Icon of Nigerian Telecom Revolution Award
Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, executive vice chairman and chief executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) has won the Icon of the Nigerian Telecom Revolution award at the Nigerian Telecoms…
- 10 Jun 2014
TI Sparkle Partners Dolphin Telecom Global IP Backbone Reach in West Africa
TI Sparkle, the International Services arm of Telecom Italia Group, and Dolphin Telecom, on Monday, announced a new partnership for the provision and the development of IP connectivity…
- 20 Apr 2010
Building Capacity to Sustain Telecom Growth
The telecom sector is presently undergoing speedy transformation on account of explosive growth and rapid infrastructure development. The liberalization of telecom sector along with increased…
- 12 Aug 2015
ITU Announces Telecom World Entrepreneurship Awards
ITU has launched the ITU Telecom World Entrepreneurship Awards 2015, a new awards programme for the most innovative start-ups, micro-, small and medium-sized businesses participating at ITU Telecom…
- 6 Apr 2009
50 Hearty Cheers to Telecom Consumer Parliament
It seems like yesterday when the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) begun the Telecom Consumer Parliament, Telecom, an alternative dispute resolution mechanism (ADR). Like in all the previous…
- 6 Oct 2017
Maiden Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards Nominees Unveiled
By peter oluka Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and Instinct Wave have launched this year’s edition of Telecoms Executives and Regulator Forum (TERF) and the maiden edition of…
- 29 Apr 2015
Intel® Security, Ericsson Unite for Managed Security to Telecom Operators
Ericsson and Intel Security have come together to bring managed security to telecom operators with an aim to make it easier for telecom operators to support their enterprise clients in protecting…
- 8 Mar 2016
Yahsat, IEC Telecom Group Scout for New Opportunities in Africa
Yahsat, satellite operator has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with existing partner, IEC Telecom Group (IEC Telecom) to identify new opportunities in Africa. The agreement comes ahead of…
- 9 Sept 2019
Nigeria @ ITU Telecom World 2019, to Explore ICT Growth Opportunities
As the International Telecom Union (ITU) Telecom World 2019 opens in the Budapest, Hungary, the Nigerian delegation led by Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, minister of communications, is set to explore growth…
- 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…
- 16 Mar 2009
Telecom Stakeholders’ Forum to focus on Consumer Protection
This year’s Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) organized telecom stakeholders forum will focus on the protection of the telecom consumer in the growing global Information and…
- 8 Dec 2008
Igbalode Wins NMMA’s Telecom Reporter of the Year Award
Seun Igbalode, senior reporter with IT & Telecom Digest, has clinched the exalted Telecom Reporter of the Year in this year’s edition of the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA). The NMMA…
- 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,…
- 2 Mar 2021
Liquid Telecom Redundant Subsea Network Unaffected by Red Sea Cable Outages
Liquid Telecom, a leading pan-African telecommunications group, ensured continuity of service to its customers during the recent outages of the SEA-ME-WE 5 and EIG submarine cables. Liquid Telecom…