9mobile, one of Nigeria’s leading telecoms providers has expressed its support towards the country’s economic transformation through the Digital Economy Policy and Strategy of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Alan Sinfield, Chief Executive Officer of the company, who was accompanied by members of the management team, gave the assurance recently while on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, at his office in Abuja. In his remarks, the Minister hailed the appointment of Sinfield, a seasoned telecoms expert with global operational expertise as CEO of 9mobile, saying his experience represents what…
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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that the regulatory action taken by the Commission to facilitate the listing of MTN Nigeria on the country’s stock exchange market has continued to bring economic gains to Nigeria and Nigerians in terms of boosting market capitalisation and yielding dividends to shareholders. Market analysts report that MTN investors have raked in approximately N1 trillion in price appreciation and dividends since April 2020. DigitalTimesNG understands that the listing of MTN was as a result of NCC’s effective regulatory action taken during the mobile network…
Plentywaka, the first bus-hailing app in Nigeria, has announced the latest move of its ambitious plan to revolutionize Nigerian travel with the new, home-grown partnership with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM). The company said in a statement Monday that as part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration for both companies, IVM, Nigeria’s first indigenous automotive manufacturer, is set to bolster Plentywaka’s fleet with a host of new vehicles as the leading bus-hailing startup prepares to break into South-eastern Nigeria starting with Delta state in Q4 2020. After celebrating its first year in operation with +200,000 completed trips and 40,000+ app downloads, Plentywaka’s rapid…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami has described the Tech Experience Centre as strategic to the Federal Government’s plan to build a digital Nigeria for all citizens. Pantami was speaking at the formal unveiling of the Tech Experience Centre located at the high-rise Yudala Heights on 13 Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, October 1st, 2020. The Minister, who was the Special Guest of Honour, expressed delight with the project, even as he conveyed the feelings of President Muhammadu Buhari on the launch of the massive initiative seen within the tech community as an ambitious…
With Internet users across mobile networks in Nigeria currently standing at 149.8 million as at August 2020, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been speaking on the need for Internet users to be cybersecurity-conscious as well as see online safety as everyone’s business and not reserved for a group of people. Danbatta’s speech was to herald the commencement of a series of enlightenment and awareness campaign activities being embarked upon by the Commission for this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), according to a statement on Sunday signed by the Director,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted the general public, especially telecoms consumers on the existence of a fraudulent and cloned Facebook profile account opened with a name similar to the Commission’s official name on the social media site. NCC said in a statement on Saturday signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde that upon detecting the fake Facebook account with the name “NIGERIA COMMUNICATION COMMISSION OFFICIAL WEBSITE,” it deemed it fit to inform members of the public that the account is fake and fraudulent. “From our findings, the fake Facebook group account was created a year ago…
21st Century Technologies (21CTL), a foremost Information and Communication Technology firm and Konet have announced the commencement of a leading-edge, hyperscale data centre project, acclaimed to be the largest in West and North Africa. This comes on the heels of the recently completed two massive data centres in Lekki, Lagos by the technology company. Described as the most ambitious data centre sited in Ikeja Lagos Nigeria, the centre is designed above Tier IV standard and will house DDOS Security scrubbing infrastructure which will be made available to all customers, boasting features like energy efficiency, green facility and explosive proof surveillance…
As Nigeria basks in the euphoria of her 60th Independent anniversary celebrations, the telecommunications industry is agog following the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s explanation of why it considered lifting the suspended Spectrum Trading Guidelines (STG), 2018, pending the conclusion of the ongoing review of the Guidelines. DigitalTimesNG understands that the lifting of the suspension followed deliberations on the subject by the Board of NCC at its Special Board Meeting, which held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. The Meeting was preceded by the suspension of the STG by the Board at its 96th Board Meeting held on May 18, 2020. “The…
The Chairman of MTN Communications Nigeria Plc, Dr Ernest Ndukwe has been speaking on why the foremost telecommunications services provider, MTN, has continued to dominate the Nigerian telecom space like a colossus. Ndukwe, who spoke as a guest at the Virtual Digital Africa VIP Leadership Series on Tuesday, organized by Digital Africa Group, organisers of the annual Digital Africa Conference & Exhibitions noted that three factors: good finance, good management and discipline in terms of managing resources, separate MTN from the rest of the pack. “I think it is important to say that MTN is a particularly disciplined company right from its…
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has inaugurated a 15-member Evaluation Committee for the assessment of the 2020 Telecommunications-based research from Academics in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. Chaired by Prof. Mu’azu Bashir, a professor of Computer and Control Engineering and Head of Computer Engineering Department at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, the Committee was inaugurated at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja on Wednesday, September 24, 2020. A statement by NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde quoted Prof. Danbatta as saying during the inauguration that the initiative speaks to the Commission’s…