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Stakeholders in the Nigerian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry at the weekend converged on Lagos where they called for the localization of data for Nigeria to benefit from the data center economy. According to the stakeholders, despite playing host to many data centers, Nigeria has not been reaping the...

The Senate Thursday in Abuja, confirmed the appointment of Dr. Aminu Maida as the substantive Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Maida was confirmed by the Senate during its plenary session where it adopted a report of the Senate Committee on Communications that...

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) held its Capital Markets Day at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja recently. The ICT company also announced progress on achieving its ‘Ambition 2025’ Strategy, and the emerging opportunities in Nigeria’s digital economy to local and international investors.   The event was attended by local...

*Agency to Commercialise Products Via Technology Transfers  * Secures $200m Deal with REA on Renewable Energy  *Attracts Lots of Private Sector Requests  The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has said his vision or direction for the Agency’s products...

With our value-based collaboration with ISPs to unlock mutually beneficial opportunities and partnerships, we foresee an era of limitless possibilities for growth, innovation, and excellence with Phase 3 being poised as the network of the future  Phase 3 celebrates its 20th anniversary with the theme "Network of the Future". The...

Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited and Specxs Care Limited, came bright at the 2023...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in keeping with its responsibilities under the enabling law, the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, to manage Nigeria's numbering resources, has announced new numbering format for fixed lines. In the process, Nigeria’s Fixed-Lines Numbering Format has changed from eight digits to 10 digits by just...

The organiser of the annual Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum and ADA have announced the speakers and date of the 2022 edition of the events. The organiser informed that the events will attract the best industry CEOs and will hold concurrently with the annual Africa Digital Awards (ADA). Due to...

  Barely a week  before the deadline set by the NCC for the payment of the spectrum fees by the winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction, the Federal Government has officially handed over the spectrum allocation for Fifth Generation (5G) deployment in the country to the Nigerian Communications Commission. Minister...

As stakeholders in Nigeria commemorate 20 years of telecoms revolution in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has clearly identified key initiatives being implemented to consolidate the growth and gains of the telecom sector. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, listed the digital frontiers while delivering a...