Nigeria to benefit as ITU, EC plan $3.3m on bridging global Internet gap

  By Tola Adedamola NIGERIA is expected to benefit from a new project partnership between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Commission (EC), targeted at promoting Internet services and skills for everyone worldwide over the next three years. The ITU-EC project, ‘Promoting and measuring universal and meaningful digital connectivity’, will leverage EUR... Read More

Telcos want cost-based tariff in 2023 as broadband users hit 88.2m

By Favour Unukaso LATEST subscription statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed an increase in broadband usage in the country. The statistics, the November 2022 edition, showed that Internet subscription via the narrow band increased slightly within the period under review by 171,375, while broadband usage garnered fresh 1.32 million subscribers, rising... Read More

Skills dearth, affordability deny 3.2b people access to mobile infrastructure

By Adeyemi Adepetun THOUGH an increasing impact of mobile technology has been a trend in the last two decades, it has been disclosed that around 3.2 billion people, who are covered by networks are still unable to reap the benefits of connectivity, due to lack of skills, knowledge, affordability, relevant content and other factors.... Read More

Internet shutdown cases decrease by 14% in the first half of 2022

  By Favour Unukaso SOME 5.7 billion people in 76 countries have experienced both partial and total Internet shutdown since 2015 till date. Also, in the first half of the year, Internet disruptions affected more citizens, about 1.89 billion people compared to 1.54 billion in 2021’H2, though the cases reduced by 14 per cent.... Read More