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Broadcasters back hybrid digital model for Nigeria’s DSO programme
Industry stakeholders have backed the adoption of a hybrid digital broadcasting model that combines Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite services, and digital application-based platforms for the soon-to-be launched Digital Switch Over (DSO) programme by Nigeria. This is part of…
NCC kicks-off telecoms pricing review with consultancy firm
Industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), working with consultancy firm KPMG, has begun a major review of the country’s telecommunications interconnection pricing system, marking the first comprehensive reassessment in nearly a decade. According to NCC, the exercise focuses on Mobile…
FCCPC denies FG directive approving 9 new airtime credit operators
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has dismissed reports claiming federal government, through the agency, has approved the entry of nine new operators into Nigeria’s airtime credit market. It would be recalled that the Wireless Application Service Providers Association of…
Service providers accuse FCCPC of violating court order on enforcement of DEON regulation
Fresh from securing a High Court order restraining the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from enforcing the controversial Digital Economy and Online Lending (DEON) Consumer Lending Regulations, the Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has accused the…
Nigeria’s demographics drive surge in digital infrastructure investment
Frank Okon Nigeria’s rapidly growing population and youthful demographics are emerging as major catalysts for investment in digital infrastructure, with industry experts increasingly describing the country’s data centre boom as a demographic story rather than simply a technology trend. As…
ALTON welcomes FCCPC’s suspension of DEON regulation
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has welcomed the decision by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to suspend enforcement of the controversial Digital, Electronic, Online, or Non-traditional Consumer Lending (DEON) regulations against mobile network operators…
Nigeria Prize for Science records historic 237 entries after NLNG mobilizes global innovators for Nigerian solutions
The 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation has recorded its highest number of submissions since inception, with organisers receiving a record 237 entries as interest grows around the country’s evolving technology and innovation ecosystem. The submissions…
Nigeria’s connectivity gaps largely structural, as minister warns MNOs over poor service
Federal Government, through the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has noted that the country’s connectivity gaps were largely structural, owing to years of neglect. This is even as the minister warned Mobile Network Operators…
MTN plans AI-enabled data centres in S. Africa, Nigeria
Frank Okon MTN Group is advancing plans to build AI-enabled data centres in South Africa and Nigeria, betting on rapid growth in Africa’s digital infrastructure needs. The announcement comes as part of MTN’s broader Ambition 2030 strategy, which reorganises the…
Nvidia in deal to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI
American tech giant, Nvidia, has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in the ChatGPT maker, in a deal that makes it a co-builder of the infrastructure that will power the next wave of artificial intelligence or AI. With…
