By Adeyemi Adepetun EXCEPT for the speedy intervention of the Presidency, some 45 million Nigerians may suffer telecoms blackout in the country. Telecommunications operators issued this warning on Monday and have called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to intervene in the matter. The operators under the aegis of the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) vast experience as a long-standing member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has served as a booster to the Commission in its effective implementation of government policies, and in stimulating regulatory initiatives focused on advancing Nigeria’s digital transformation, the NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun OVER two million Subscribers Identification Modules (SIM) cards were activated in the first month of 2022 and were shared by the mobile network operators (MNOs). Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) showed that the quartet of MTN, Globacom, Airtel and 9mobile shared 2,024,509 subscribers in January 2022. The...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami has called for the need to entrench transparency, laws, and regulations in social media usage to ensure a safer digital space, devoid of illegalities and promoters of fake new The minister, who was represented by the Director-General, National Information...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has explained its issues with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Recall that the leadership of ASUU had accused NITDA of “peddling lies” over the status of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). NITDA disclosed its position in a statement,...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun FOR effective and efficient handling of emergency call through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on the deployment of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution. This bolstering of the capacity of emergency response agencies is coming on the heels of Commission’s recent activation of the...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) have revealed that COVID-19 pandemic caused a major spike in the prices of broadband services across the globe in 2021. The bodies noted that Internet connectivity became less affordable around the world in 2021. Specifically, ITU stressed that consumers in...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun LEGAL experts in Nigeria have picked hole in the new propositions contained in the planned National Information technology Development Agency (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2021, describing it as attempting to unnecessarily duplicate the regulatory powers of some existing government agencies in the country. The legal luminaries made their positions known during...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun GOVERNMENTS and the private sector have been advised to leverage satellite technology for better disaster management efforts globally. The counsel formed part of the recommendations made by Access Partnership, a global public policy firm for the technology sector, in its Fair Tech Institute whitepaper, which outlined need to speed up usage...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso FOR Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the 2022 International Women’s Day became a day for acknowledging his role in women empowerment in the country, as numerous beneficiaries of his efforts decorated him with awards of recognition. The event...
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