Nigeria’s 5G penetration leaps by 2.1% as data consumption hits 850,249.09 terabytes

  By Favour Unukaso ABOUT two years after its commercial launch in Nigeria, the Fifth-Generation (5G) network has hit 2.1 per cent penetration. Subscription statistics released on Monday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed this. As of quarter one, precisely March, when NCC last released industry data, 5G penetration stood at 1.24 per... Read More

Nigeria hosts 54 countries to regional Internet forum

NIGERIA is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholders at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from September 18 to 21.    This year’s event, the 12th edition of the yearly forum, is being hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on behalf... Read More

FDI into telecoms sector falls as industry gets $399.9m in 2022

By Favour Unukaso THE harsh economic condition of the economy, insecurity and volatility in the foreign exchange market might have contributed significantly to the drop in Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) into the telecoms sector in 2022 as capital inflow dropped significantly by almost 50 per cent.    According to the 2022 Subscriber/ Network Data Yearly... Read More

Airtel Nigeria earns N892b from voice, data services

  By Staff Reporter  VOICE and data services have earned Airtel Nigeria N892 billion, according to the audited financial report released Thursday by Airtel’s parent company, Airtel Africa to the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX).    Specifically, the Nigeria operating company recorded a 13.4 per cent growth in voice revenue to N484.9 billion ($1.053 billion), while... Read More