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Alliance for Affordable Internet, A4AI, a global group advocating for cheaper internet, has challenged governments of member countries, which include Nigeria, to reduce taxes and duties on mobile phones. This, it said, has become necessary to make phones affordable to many people, adding that phones are no longer luxury. The...

In the bid to curb rising advanced cyber attacks at enormous cost to public health and the economy -  leading independent fiber optic network infrastructure and telecommunications services provider - Phase3 Telecom, says it is investing more in research and innovation, expanding the scope of its partnerships as well as...

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has advocated the need for all stakeholders to join hands with the Ministry and its agencies in their quest to promote the development of indigenous digital solutions in Nigeria. Pantami made the call during the presentation of N3 million...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has reiterated that the Digital Solution Hackathon for COVID-19 sponsored by the Commission would address the impact of the pandemic now and in the future.“The Hackathon is expected to throw up innovative and adaptable solutions that will address the present and future impacts of pandemics and...

Rack Centre, the leading carrier neutral data centre operator in West Africa, has announced an expansion programme that will increase capacity to a total net lettable white space of 6000 square metres and allow for 13MW of  IT power capacity in its Lagos campus. This will be in addition to...

MTN today announces changes to the board of directors of MTN Group, as well as to the board of major subsidiary MTN South Africa.After six years as an independent non-executive director of MTN Group – the last five as audit committee chairman – Christine Ramon will step down on 30 September...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will award research grants to the tune of N9 million to three deserving Nigerian startups with proposals for adaptable digital solutions for containing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The selection of the three companies followed a careful and painstaking evaluation of 282...

 …Charges stakeholders on telecom infrastructure protection  …Warns service providers against unwholesome practices Major mobile network operators (MNOs) in the country recorded 9,077 cases of service outages on their networks in the second quarter of the year, resulting in unexpected disruptions to operators’ network quality of service (QoS) delivery and intermittent...

 …Charges operators to boost network capacity The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has listed critical regulatory actions that have been taken by the Commission to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of service (QoS) delivery by...

Worried by the increasing rate of cybercrimes in the country since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has resolved to address the threats. Speaking at the first virtual Telecom Consumer Parliament, TCP, held at the NCC head office in Abuja on Friday, the Commission’s Director, Consumer Affairs,...