Tariffs On Data, Voice Calls May Rise Over Telecom Infrastructure   Telcos may have no choice but increase tariff for voice calls and data over the decision of 14 state governments to increase the cost of right of way (RoW) for telecommunication infrastructure. The telcos, acting under...

NCC Cleans Up 24m Subscribers’ Data   The Nigerian Communications Commission says it has cleaned up the data of 24 million validly registered telecom subscribers’ records. The commission, in a statement highlighting its activities from January to October 2019, said the subscribers’ registrations were regularised using Automated...

CBN Urges Firms On Big Data Use   Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in charge of Operations, Mr Ade Shonubi, has advised business organisations in the country to leverage the power of big data and Internet of things, to survive the competition in...

As Voice Revenue Drops, Telcos Turn To Data, Mobile Money   Nigeria’s network operators are turning to other products and services to boost their revenue profile as increasing competition in voice and messaging services continue to affect their revenue. The telcos are investing massively in data services,...

Nigeria Deserves Data Protection Agency By Zaid O Olanrewaju   It is no longer news that data is the new oil. The greatest resource for mankind in the future remains data. Every process involves data while all businesses also hold data. Therefore there is a need to...

MTN Data Revenue Increases By 73%   MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has announced a year-on-year increase of 73.2 per cent in revenue from data services for the first quarter of this year. A statement issued by Public Relations and Protocol Manager, Mr. Funso Aina, on Thursday said...