January 22, 2025
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Danbatta applauds Pantami’s appointment as WSIS chair

by on May 20, 2022 0

By Favour Unukaso THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has congratulated the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, on his appointment as the chairman of the 2022 World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Danbatta described...

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Competition heightens as MTN, Airtel begin formal PSB operations in Nigeria

by on May 20, 2022 0

By Adeyemi Adepetun FOLLOWING the final approval for a Payment Service Bank (PSB) licence granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), MTN Nigeria’s fintech subsidiary, MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) Limited, formally commenced operations  yesterday, the firm has disclosed.   MTN said this follows a successful pilot initiated on May 16, 2022, which was...

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Telecoms body tasks govts’ on energy market as 62% of mobile operators cut emissions

by on May 20, 2022 0

By Adeyemi Adepetun THE number of mobile operators committed to rapid emissions cuts has increased by more than 50 per cent over the last year, according to the Global System for Mobile telecommunications Association (GSMA).    GSMA in its 2022 Mobile Net Zero Report revealed that 49 operators representing 62 per cent of the industry...

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VAS operators earn N185b from MTN as NIN-SIM order affects 19m subscribers

by on May 10, 2022 0

By Adeyemi Adepetun VALUE added service (VAS) providers otherwise known as content owners, earned N185 billion from technology firm, MTN in the last one and half decades. MTN Chief Executive Officer, Karl Toriola, made this known, during his presentation at the Pan Atlantic University, where he unveiled the Media Innovation Programme (NIP) in collaboration...

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NCC allays subscribers’ fears, says no tariff increase for now

by on May 10, 2022 0

By Adeyemi Adepetun THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has allayed fears emanating from subscribers in the country following the agitation by telecommunications operators to increase services tariffs.    NCC said it has monitored with keen interest the deluge of reports in the media on the demand by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) ostensibly to increase tariffs...

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Nigerians opt for used phones as global smartphone shipment drops by 11%

by on April 22, 2022 0

By Adeyemi Adepetun SMARTPHONES shipment across the various markets fell by 11 per cent in quarter one (Q1 2022) owing to ‘unsettled business environment’ fuelled by spikes in covid cases due to the Omicron variant, vendor uncertainty due to the Russia-Ukraine war, China’s resurgent lockdown policy and the implications of inflation around the world....

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