World’s digital infrastructure company. Equinix today announced that it is acquiring one of the west African Data Centre and Connectivity solutions provider, MainOne Cable Company. the Data Centre with presence in Nigeria, Ghana and the Ivory Coast, for the sum of $320 million. The acquisition is expected to close Q1 […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission invites the Public to note that the submission of responses in respect of the 3.5 Gigahertz Spectrum Band auction was scheduled to close on Wednesday, 24th November 2021. However, due to the challenges posed to air travels as witnessed recently and considering that it may have […]
Colocation operator Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) is pushing for larger market share in the African data centre business through the investment round in Nigeria’s Medallion Communications Limited and others on the African Continent. According to report by Thetechcapital.com, as the US’ first pure real estate investment trust, REIT will be present on three countries […]
Former Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr Eugene Juwah is dead. TECHlife media gathered that he died in Canada where he relocated to after his tenure expired. The family have not issued any statement on the cause of his demise as at the time of going […]
Not less than 180million lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), according to statistics by Prof Umar Danbatta, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Professor Umar Danbatta made this known today while delivering his address during the Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments […]
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are currently down for many users. The three apps which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. When […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that the suspension on Twitter’s operation in Nigeria has been lifted. The president disclosed this in his Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day broadcast obtained by TECHlife media According to President Buhari, while efforts were ongoing to prevent further misuse of social media, the suspension of Twitter operation […]
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed into law the State VAT Bill as passed by the Lagos House of Assembly. The Governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services” at about 11. 45 am today, Friday, September 10, 2021.By […]
The telecommunications Giant,MTN Nigeria has announced the renewal of its Unified Access Service (UAS) and Spectrum for wireless local loop 900MHz and 1800MHz band licences by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The news of the renewal is contained in a notice by MTN Nigeria signed by the Company Secretary, Mrs […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all telecommunications providers to shut down services in Zamfara State from today, September 3, 2021. This, the telecoms regulator said became imperative to address rising insecurity in the State. This came as the last move that may totally shut down every economic activity […]