Licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), infrastructure companies, otherwise called ‘InfraCos’ are designed to help open a new chapter in the country’s bid
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MainOne, Orange ink deal to boost internet access into Francophone West Africa
French telecoms company, Orange and leading West African connectivity and data centre services provider, MainOne have struck a partnership that will see the French
CloudCover widens internet access for Nigerians with new Mi-Fi device
By Oluwatobi Opusunju and Chinedu James Nigerians are known for hunting for network signals to browse the internet. Because network signals are poor, most
How Nigeria can achieve 30% broadband target – Rack Centre’s Coker
By Chinedu James Achieving the 30% penetration target by the end of 2018 under the National Broadband plan (NBP 2013-2018) will require the collaboration
Investment-friendly ecosystem will grow Nigeria’s broadband, CloudCover’s Nick Dixon
By Oluwatobi Opusunju and Chinedu James Ubiquitous broadband penetration is achievable in Nigeria. But the ecosystem must first be enabling for investment to happen,
NigComSat in talks with President Weah, to explore business in Liberia
By Nwakaego Alajemba The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) Limited, operators of NigComSat-1R, are in talks with the Liberian government to expand the company’s satellite
MainOne’s West Africa expansion gets boost with Cote d’Ivoire license
MainOne has secured a license to expand national and international connectivity services in Cote d’Ivoire. The C1B license, received from Minister Bruno Koné, the
MainOne rollout plans for new data centres across West Africa
By Chinedu James MainOne has announced plans to build new data centres of MDXI in Sagamu, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire in addition to an
Why telecom service gaps still persist, by NCC’s Sunday Dare
By Oluwatobi Opusunju More than 45 million Nigerians across 270 communities still lack access to basic telephony services in the country; and poor telecom
Satellite vet, John Finney, will engage stakeholders on high throughput terminals at SATELLITE 2018
Organizers of SATELLITE 2018 have announced that John Finney, founder of Isotropic Systems, will deliver the Lunch Keynote address for all conference attendees on Monday,