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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, yesterday stated that investment has become more compelling, given that the telecom industry is a capital intensive. Danbatta stated this, while taking a deep and predictive look at the financial health of the telecom industry at the maiden edition of the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit in Eko Hotel in Lagos. According to him, with the competition for foreign direct investments becoming more fiercer among various nations, it is believed that investment opportunities, challenges and prospects would form a critical part of Nigeria’s attempt to match with technology…

Some experts, yesterday urged the Federal Government to implement Executive Order in order to curb the lingering cases of multiple taxation, vandalism of telecom infrastructure by agencies of government in the country. The experts, who gathered in Lagos at the maiden edition of the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit, lamented and frowned at the draconian and extant laws being used by state governors and other agencies of government to spin revenue from telecom operators. They believe that the Executive Order will reverse the trend, where government agencies arbitrarily harrassed telecom operators in a bid to generate revenue for their states by…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has promised to facilitate the laying of 120,000 kilometers optic fibre infrastructure by 2023, believing this will exponentially increase the contribution of telecom to GDP, which presently stands at 9.5 percent. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this at a valedictory press conference in honor of the outgoing Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu in Abuja. Danbatta, who revealed that data usage has quadrupled from 20 terabytes in 2015 to 85 today, stated that NCC has facilitated the expansion of the frontiers of access…

By Pieter Jansen Your products and services are successful in your home country. There’s nothing stopping you to enter foreign markets. If it works here, your neighbors must love it too! But then results disappoint. What went wrong? Is the message not clear, did you forget something important or is your target group not feeling it? No worries. We’ve listed 6 tips to bridge cultural differences and create a successful marketing campaign. 1. Look beyond language You’ve got a great EDM ready to send out. It’s just a matter of translating. Or not? Do you want to avoid unpleasant or…

Huawei Technologies has released an official statement on the recent suspension of its license to use Google’s services such asthe Play Store, Google Maps, Google Drive, Gmail, and YouTube, among others on its devices. In the statement from Huawei Nigeria media partner, Plexus Media Interlinks Limited, the information and communication technology provider, noted that it as an unparalleled leader in 5G, it is ready and willing to engage with the US government and come up with effective measures to ensure product security. It advised that restricting Huawei from doing business in the US will not make the US more secure…

According to StatCounter, Huawei has a market share of around 2 percent in Nigeria (it has a 10 percent+ market share in entire Africa, though). This means that the recent developments of the US-China trade war are unlikely to affect a large number of smartphone users here. The fact that Google quickly responded by suspending Huawei’s license to use its services – the Play Store, Google Maps, Google Drive, Gmail, and YouTube, among others – turns this into a worrisome piece of news. After all, pretty much every Android phone relies on these to download apps, handle email, video streaming,…

——- Irene Charnley, Founder of Smile, now Deputy Chairman Smile Telecoms, a Pan-­African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has announced the appointments of Mr. Ahmad Farroukh as Group Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Irene Charnley as Deputy Chairman, respectively, effective 1 June 2019. Ahmad Farroukh, who currently serves as Smile’s Group Executive Director, Operations, is a seasoned and experienced telecoms executive with a distinguished record of commercial and operational success. Mr. Farroukh’s vast experience extends to executive management positions at Investcom Holdings and the MTN Group (where he served as…

Following Google’s back out from supporting Huawei device, analysts have said the world’s second-largest handset maker could be forced to suspend the rollout of new devices from both of its handset brands — Huawei and Hono. This is despite Huawei’s assurance that it will continue to sell handsets from its existing stocks and supports the ones that are in use. “Huawei could look at using Android Open Source Project (AOSP) with a third-party marketplace, but that marketplace won’t have millions of apps, and it won’t be as secure as Google, besides compatibility of apps with devices will also be a…

By Martin Ekpeke The Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of CWG PLC, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo last Friday at the Company’s Corporate Headquarters in Lagos, engaged the media on his 2019 plans and prospects for CWG. At the media engagement, which lasted over two hours, Adewale disclosed that, though his plans were not far from what CWG has always been known for, he will work closely with his team to continue to grow and improve the CWG’s competency framework on services leveraging the existing customer base to scale-up to service other sectors and verticals. “Today, we have over 200 resources supporting…

What are the main types of backup operations and how can you avoid the sinking feeling that comes with the realization that you may not get your data back? Ddaniel Cunha Barbosa writes As humanity’s use of all kinds of technology has grown, terms like backup are no longer unfamiliar to the majority of people. Of course, the concept of a backup existed long before it came to be named as such. Whenever any important document or information was copied and stored in a place separate from the original for the purpose of ensuring the information would not be lost,…