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By Kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has adduced reasons it initiated and implemented the infrastructure sharing policy, saying the policy would facilitate quick deployment of telecom services in an efficient manner by the new entrants to the telecom industry. Posting on its official Facebook Page, the country’s telecom regulator added that it is committed to lead the process of ensuring that the strategic initiatives of the Commission are driven by the strategic management plan through effective oversight, constant reviews and implementation. “After wide consultation with industry stakeholders, we decided to initiate and implement the infrastructure policy, with…

New technology means new features which leads to plenty of doubts and questions, here are the answers to all your queries. As technology continues to evolve, consumers get new products and newer features. However, new tech always leaves a few things unanswered. Karan Bajaj puts some of your queries to rest. How much do TV bezels really matter? Slim bezels on smartphones are the trend of the season. A phone with slim bezel will give you a larger screen in a device that’s still comfortable to hold. The current crop of flat-panel TVs have also caught up with this…

  CTI stands for Computer Telephony Integration and it refers to any type of technology that allows a computer and phone central functionalities to be interconnected resulting in an added value service portfolio. In the beginning of the telephony era, you were not given the chance of dialing; you would simply “signal” a call center and a human operator would ask you what you required. Then, once you stated you wanted to call someone, that human operator would establish a point-to-point connection between your terminal equipment (phone) and the destinations. The funny thing is that nowadays, when you ask your…

Many African countries have made significant progress towards creating an Internet sector, with broad reforms that focus on increasing broadband availability.  There have been further successes within countries in developing online platforms, fostering growth of local companies and increasing the incentive to go online– says a new report launched today by the Internet Society (www.InternetSociety.org), a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet. “Promoting the African Internet Economy” highlights how greater use of the Internet and digitization of the traditional economy will spur economic growth in Africa. The report further examines the…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), this morning signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), as part of its commitment towards achieving measurable and remarkable improvement in the quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria. The MOU was signed when the Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta met his counterpart at the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu, at the head office of the NSCDC. The signing of the MOU is the climax of sequence of meetings, visitations and serial discourse between the two organisations that will see greater security and…

  By Kester Omu The Broadband 2018 Coalition has noted that with direct connections to 5 submarine cables, representing $7bn of Africa’s $20bn submarine cable investments, Nigeria has no excuse for not leading the African index ahead of South Africa with 4 submarine cables, Zimbabwe and Gabon with 2 cables each. The Coalition noted this, while expressing worries and concerns over the country’s poor ranking on the latest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Development Index (IDI) published in the annual “Measuring the Information Society Report (MISR)” by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The latest ICT development Index rated Nigeria 143rd…

  Facebook knows what you look like, your location, who your friends are, what your interests are. Former Facebook employee says social media giant cares more about data collection than protecting users. When it comes to data privacy, the lawmakers should not allow Facebook to regulate itself because it would not, a former employee at the social media giant has stressed. Writing in The New York Times, Sandy Parakilas, who led Facebook’s efforts to fix privacy problems on its developer platform, said Facebook needs to be regulated more tightly, or broken up so that no single entity controls all its…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), partnered with the Senate Committee on Communications to organise the annual retreat for the legislature last week in Lagos. In the retreat, which was very interesting, we parse some of the things we learnt below. The Nigerian Communications Commission showed a concrete expression to its most renowned tradition of Stakeholder Collaboration, Consultation and Engagement. The retreat stamped Nigeria’s resolve to improving the socio-economic development of the nation through qualitative telecommunication services. NCC’s culture of consultation and collaboration has helped many telecom stakeholders to stay abreast of developments in the telecom sector. The Nigerian legislatures…

  The last edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout for 2017, slated for Friday, November 25, will be featuring the second Startups Pitch session in the series. Startups that are interested to participate in the Pitch session that will also be coming up during the Hangout, should visit https://goo.gl/forms/MhXZyVay4A0AeemX2 and register for it. Entries for the Pitch closes by mid-night on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. Two successful entrepreneurs are also scheduled to speak to the attendee Startups at this edition of the Hangout. They are John Obaro, MD, SystemsPecs (Remita) and Jane Egerton-Idehen, Country Manager, Avanti Satellite Communications. Attendee Startups are…

  Airtel Nigeria, has been awarded the Best Company in Stakeholder Engagement at the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAS) 2017. The leading telecommunication service provider was given the award  for its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative dubbed ‘Airtel Touching Lives’. Airtel Touching Lives is an inspiring CSR initiative that offers practical relief, succour, hope, opportunities and credible platforms to liberate and empower the underprivileged, disadvantaged and hard to reach persons in the society.  The activities of Airtel Touching Lives are recorded and produced for national television with a view to promoting the spirit of giving, self-sacrifice and love among Nigerians. The…