Globacom Positions As Nigeria’s Largest Telecoms Operator
After the bidding process that would eventually provide a fresh investor for 9Mobile, formerly Etisalat, Nigeria’s $70 billion telecommunications industry is ready to behold a major acquisition on or before December 31. The sale of 9mobile was after regulators saved the company from collapse when both an investment fund and Etisalat exited the country in […]
Nigeria’s Active Telecoms Subscribers Reach 141m In October – NCC
A record of 140,766,653 active subscribers of the telecommunication networks in October as against 139,905,213 in September has been made by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This was revealed by the telecommunications regulatory agency in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data. Active subscribers grew up by 861,440. According to the data, 140,350,383 of the 140,766,653 active numbers […]
Over 22,000 Accused For Internet, Telecom Fraud In China
Over twenty-two thousand (22,000) people have been charged by Chinese prosecutors nationwide for property violations through the Internet or telecommunication all over China in the first nine months. A call has been made by a Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) investigation department statement for a much more immediate effort to take measures against cyber and telecom […]
South African Government Given Until 2019 To Transform Telecommunications
The African National Congress (ANC) conference has given the South African government until June 2019 to complete the movement from analog to digital broadcast technology. The initial deadline, which was June 2015, has already been missed by the government, as determined by the International Telecommunication Union, due to a legal dispute between the government and […]
Short Codes, USSD, Set For Harmonization In Telecoms Industry By NCC
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) is set to harmonize all shortcodes and USSD in use in the Nigerian telecommunication industry. At a stakeholder’s forum organized by the NCC at the Digital Bridge Institute, Lagos, which drew stakeholders in the industry from far and wide, was where the plan was recently revealed to stakeholders in the […]
SK Telecom’s Fronthaul Technology Embraced As 5G Standard In Korea
SK Telecom’s fronthaul technology has been adopted as a Korean national standard. This newly developed 5G network technology was adopted by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) at its annual conference in Seoul. According to the operator, small and mid-sized equipment vendors will have a friendlier environment in which to do business in Korea due to […]
Maroc Telecom Awarded ‘Best African Operator’
Maroc Telecom has been awarded the “Best African Operator”, received at Telecoms Review Excellence Awards 2017 held in Dubai last week. This is the latest move Maroc Telecom is taking to enlarge its market in Africa. Having 56 million customers, including 50.7 million mobile customers, nationally and in the continent, it has hastily seized the […]
$70bn Telecoms Investment On Growth Course – NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is increasing efforts on releasing new and re-farming existing spectrum bands in the country and quick growth is ready to be observed in the nation’s existing $70 billion investment in its telecoms industry. According to the telecoms regulator, it is also aiming at attracting great investment into the country as it […]
Digital Transformation In Africa
Africa leads the world in mobile adoption, which continues to offer the biggest cross-sectoral economic opportunities. Mobile payment networks, pioneered in East Africa, opened the wired, global economy to poor, unbanked city and rural dwellers. Companies such as Novartis are using mobile communications to manage their supply chain; Olam has used mobile to reach out […]
Buhari’s Oil Policy Likely To Focus On Structural Reforms First, Taxes Last – APC
Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s priorities for the oil sector may be focused on ending corruption and reforming the opaque national oil company as opposed to fiscal-related issues, All Progressives Congress (APC) sources have confirmed to Reuters. Senator Bukola Saraki, whose APC party controls both houses of parliament after a landslide win, told Reuters; “We need to […]