By 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...
Read MoreBy Toby Prince IN the heart of Nigeria’s digital economy, a story of patriotism and resilience unfolds. The telecommunications sector, a driving force behind the country’s growth, has been facing unprecedented challenges. Despite its significant contributions to Nigeria’s social and economic development, the sector has been struggling to keep up with the rising costs...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso NIGERIA ended year 2024 with 164.9 million active telecommunications subscribers. This is according to December 2024 subscription statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The last data for 2024. Though the figure was 224.7 million in December 2023, however, the NIN-SIM audit helped to filter the system and by...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso DESPITE mounting opposition against the recently approved 50 per cent tariff hike for telephony services in Nigeria, the GSM Association (GSMA) has informed that the hike has the potential to unlock more than $150 million in additional mobile network investment and expand 4G coverage to 94 per cent covering nine million...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has renewed MTN Nigeria’s 800MHz Spectrum band licence. The approval for the renewal of MTN Nigeria’s first 800MHz Spectrum band licence (Channel 1) for an additional 10 years, is effective from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2034. This was contained in a notice MTN issued...
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