By Favour Unukaso TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators have committed about $1 billion to the procurement of equipment to boost telephony service in Nigeria. This was revealed by the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida in Lagos, Tuesday, at a Colloquium on a Legislative Agenda: The Nigerian Communications Act 2003 with the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso TELECOM subscribers will soon be paying for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) with deductions from their airtime. Findings showed that talks are currently at advanced stages between the deposit money banks (DMBs) and telecommunications operators to introduce an end-user billing system. End-user billing refers to a...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso SOME 783 mobile operators in over 200 countries are on the journey to complete the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network. This is even as 326 5G networks are currently life across the globe, according to the Global System for Mobile telecommunications Association (GSMA). The telecoms advocacy body also noted...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm, MTN is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Pascal Gabriel Dozie, its founding Chairman. MTN extended its heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing and working with him. In a statement Tuesday by the management, the telecoms firm described Dozie as...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso GOING forward, telephone subscribers will be made to lose unused credit on their telephone lines after prolonged inactivity. This is according to a proposed framework, which was subjected to discussions on Tuesday. Subscribers have within 12 months to claim every unused airtime, or they risk losing it. Indeed, at the virtual...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso The female folks, again, been tasked on technology adoption and development in the country for their competitiveness. This has become very important as technology continues to evolve and fast widening the gap between male and female. In this vein, a federal lawmaker, Kafilat Ogbara, has initiated a comprehensive information and communication technology (ICT) training programme...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Managing Director of New Horizons Nigeria, Tim Akano, has offered lifetime employment to a visually impaired corps member, Olayinka Akinbiyi as part of New Horizons’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards transforming Nigeria into a more inclusive society where physically challenged individuals are given equal opportunities. Akinbiyi lost her sight completely...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso KWARA State and IHS, a leading towerco, are hoping to see the new Ilorin innovation hub creates 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in Nigeria, focusing on digital skills, artificial intelligence, agricultural technology, and energy innovation in the next few years. They made this known Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso New Horizons has partnered with four universities on information, communications and technology and project empowerment. The varsities are the Lagos University Teaching Hospital Schools, Hillside University of Science and Technology, Aletheia University, and Ahman Pategi University. They have all entered into separate high-level collaborations to train students in 21st-century-oriented, lucrative international...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators may have actually begun the implementation of the Federal Government approved 50 per cent tariff hike as subscribers, especially on MTN network, woke up Tuesday to see that the price of its data subscriptions has gone up. This tariff hike came a bit earlier, as the telecoms operators had...
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