By Adeyemi Adepetun HOPE rose yesterday for the about 2.9 billion people across the world that are currently without access to Internet connectivity, as governments and firms pledged over $18.5 billion to support global access. This was the high point of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), which was concluded...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun EUROPEAN Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement following years of wrangling for USB-C to become the common charging port for devices in the bloc by late 2024, a landmark move that could have major ramifications for Apple. In a statement, European Parliament and European Council negotiators said a deal had been...
Read MoreBy Our Reporters Residents of Ikorodu and Okota, suburbs of Lagos have cried out to telecom operators to improve the quality of services in the areas. According to residents, both voice and data services needed urgent upgrades for subscribers to get value for money spent. Speaking, a subscriber Onyeka Nwogu, said for the past...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun STAKEHOLDERS in the telecommunications industry have said that the dearth of masterplans for infrastructure locations like road networks, water, oil and gas pipelines new town developments and others are affecting the deployment of telecoms infrastructure in the country. They urged infrastructure managers at the Federal, States and Local governments to...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE immense potential of the Internet for social and economic good remains largely untapped despite 30 years of steady growth, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies. Launched to coincide with the opening of ITU’s World Telecommunication...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun RISING from the meeting of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development in Kigali, Rwanda, at the weekend, there has been call for new actions that can drive faster progress towards universal meaningful access to digital networks and services. The advocacy group came together for its yearly Spring Meeting at the...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun SOME $57.79 million in foreign direct investments entered Nigeria’s telecoms sector in quarter one (Q1) 2022. This is according to the latest capital importation report by the National Bureau of Statistics ((NBS). According to NBS, the FDI showed a 2.6 per cent increase year-on-year when compared with the $56.28 million...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun SMALL businesses in Nigeria are still in danger and faces 89 per cent increase in cyber attacks in 2022. Kaspersky, which disclosed this, noted that when a small business owner is faced with the responsibilities of production economics, financial reports and marketing all at the same time, cybersecurity can often...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside industry stakeholders have charted new path to effective telecoms regulation and industry growth in Nigeria. At the second edition of the Nigerian Telecoms Leadership Summit, organised by the NCC, in Lagos, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Prof. Umar...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun ONLY 12.1 per cent of the Nigerian population currently enjoys Internet services (Meaningful Connectivity) quality in the country, this is according to an indepth research by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). A4AI, which explained that 81 per cent meaningful connectivity gap exists in Nigeria, claimed that only 6.6 per cent...
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