Broadband

IT News Nigeria: MainOne, West Africa’s leading provider of Wholesale and Enterprise connectivity and data center services celebrates 10 years of delivering innovative, world-class service in West Africa. Ten years ago, the company launched its operations with the commissioning of the first private submarine cable on the West Coast of Africa. The company has played a critical role in enabling ...

By Houlin Zhao – Secretary General, ITU Among the new urgency is that emerging technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and many more have the capacity to improve the lives of billions across the globe Internet usage has kept growing over the last 15 years, to reach an unprecedented level of connectivity that ...

IT News Nigeria: The President of the Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6 Council Nigeria), Mr. Mohammed Rudman has been slated to speak at the ITREALMS Webinar as part of the 2020 Digital Rights series. The webinar to be hosted by the multiple international award-winning medium, ITREALMS Online, on Saturday, June 6, 2020 by 11am would be anchored on “Role of ...

IT News Nigeria: There are strong indications that placing Ekiti State ahead of others in terms internet connectivity is the very reason governor Kayode Fayemi crashed Right of Way charges from N4,500 to N145 per meter in a much publicised executive order N0 007 of 2020 Thursday. Recalled, 14 states government increased RoW charges for laying internet fibre optic cables ...

IT News Nigeria: The Covid-19 pandemic has shown cracks in what was thought to be the majority of Nigerians using easier payment options, an observer has said. This is according to Ms Kutu Ameji, Head of Administration, Finance & Security at Nigerian Embassy in Ireland. There was record crowd at the banks across the country of account holders who want ...

IT News Nigeria: Television White Space is the unused broadcasting spectrum which can be deployed to provide affordable broadband services to people at the grassroots Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has said that the Television White Space (TVWS) framework being developed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), under the ministry’s supervision, will enhance the ...

IT News Nigeria: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced that, to date, the Commission has issued Landing Permits to 55 Space Stations providing coverage over Nigeria’s territory. In a statement signed by Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Henry Nkemadu, it added that, the regulator, in exercise of its functions enshrined in the Nigerian Communications Act NCA-2003, developed the Commercial Satellite ...

IT News Nigeria: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in conjunction with the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has developed draft Guidelines for the use of Television White Spaces (TVWS) for rural broadband connectivity in Nigeria, and is organising an Industry consultation to present the draft Guidelines to all Industry Stakeholders. This is according to a release signed by  Director, Public Affairs ...

IT News Nigeria: Ahead of the 2020 launch of the Fifth Generation  (5G) telecommunications services in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) this afternoon (25/11/2019), enthusiastically supervised the execution of the proof of concept trial of 5G telecom services by MTN Communications, a leading network operator in Nigeria. The demonstration, which took place at the Regional Office of MTN in ...

IT News Nigeria: A recent study by United Kingdom (UK)-based Cable identified Nigeria as the fourth cheapest in mobile data worldwide, disputing the recent claims by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami that Nigeria ranks among the highest in data price. According to the report, based on average cost of 1 Gigabyte of mobile ...