Despite the economic impact of the CORONA VIRUS also known as COVID 19 pandemic, Nigeria’s telecommunications and information services sectors remain the enablers of growth, with N2.3 trillion or 14.30 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution in the second quarter of 2020. According to The Guardian, the sectors’s contribution to […]
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THE FUTURE IS NOW Before the global covid 19 pandemic, virtually everyone have some degree of apprehension about robots and artificial intelligence Though their beliefs may have been probably shaped by the bleak depictions of the technology in science fiction, their discomfort was strengthen by permissible concerns . Some of […]
The federal government of Nigeria has re-affirmed that it has no immediate plans to privatize the country’s satellite communication asset, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat). Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, mentioned this week in Abuja, during a media interaction, he emphasized on the importance […]
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted 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 the networks to telecom consumers. Danbatta listed these […]
Mr Remi Afon,President of the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN),recently, highlighted some counter measures that can be used to curb cybersecurity crisis in Nigeria and indeed Africa. Afon mentioned specifically that there are user awareness strategies that organisations can actually use, such as training employees on how to […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Communications Limited and the first vice president pf the Association Of telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to channel 30 percent of the N15trn consortium it announced recently to boost infrastructure development in Nigeria […]
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami has disclosed that the Federal Government would continue to protect the interests of all the stakeholders in the telecommunications sector. The Minister revealed this while delivering his keynote address in a virtual sectoral forum organised by the Association of […]
The Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) recently,approved the implementation of the Accounting Separation Framework (ASF) in the Nigerian telecoms industry with effect from July 15, 2020. The implementation, cutting across six licencees namely; Airtel Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (9Mobile), Globacom Nigeria, Main One Cable Company […]
The Nigerian Senate, the country’s upper legislative chamber, has officially confirmed the nomination of Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta for reappointment as the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Senate confirmed Danbatta during its plenary on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that it successfully resolved 98 per cent service-related complaints received from telecoms consumers within a 15-month period. The complaints spanning January 2019 to April 2020, have been successfully resolved, the NCC report said. Besides this declaration, the commission has reiterated its commitment to […]