Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) has warned that if conscious efforts are not made by the federal government and other stakeholders to increase local content in the information communication technology (ICT) sector of the economy, Nigerians will remain at the back seat in the comity of technologically developing nations of the world. President of NCS, Sir [...]
Telecoms network operator, MTN Nigeria, has said that it is seeking talks with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the ruling that the operator should modify the cost of its on-net voice calls which is said to be distorting the market. Last week, the regulator found that MTN’s on-net calls were about a third of [...]
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has declared cellphone operator, MTN Nigeria, as the dominant mobile voice market in the country, followed by Glomobile occupying the second dominant position in the wholesale leased lines and transmission capacity market. The commission said that the conduct of the operator determines how its dominance would be perceived, particularly if that [...]
Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has inaugurated the council of information and communications technology (ICT) heads of federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The minister, while inaugurating the council in Abuja, stressed that the inauguration marked the beginning of a new era in the ICT governance in MDAs, adding that the council is [...]
Bayelsa State government has threatened to withdraw any of the 500 beneficiaries of its ongoing agricultural training programme at the Songhai International Farms, Benin Republic. State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Thomas Commander, said in Yenegoa that some of the youths have been found to be engaging in unwholesome attitudes including the demand [...]
President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Mr. Chris Uwaje, has charged stakeholders in the information and communication technology industry to brainstorm and come up with a simple draft regulation on the Key Public Infrastructure (KPI) to superintend over Nigeria’s cyberspace. Uwaje is also canvassing for the inclusion of indigenous languages into [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has defended its recent N90 million sanction against mobile phone operator, MTN Nigeria, for failing to meet-up with the commission’s key performance indicators (KPIs) in 2012. KPI is a draft regulation that sets the standard for the determination of customer satisfaction in the industry. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr. [...]
Nigeria’s mobile phone operator, Airtel has launched a new mobile platform that allows its numerous subscribers to access Facebook via a USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) Code and engage on the social network with their mobile devices by dialing *688#. The service delivers Facebook to customers who have no access to the internet. With the [...]
Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson has projected that the nation’s broadband user base would reach 70 million by 2017, up from its current level of 46 million. The increment is a reflection of an initiative being executed by the ministry to expand internet access to the over 160 million population, which will also [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a new set of conditions to guide the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) regime expected to kick-off by June 2013. The telecoms authorities said that “subscribers who apply to port their numbers will be required to swap their SIM cards from the old mobile service provider for SIM cards [...]
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