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General July 29th, 2010 by admin

Juwah confirmed Nigeria’s new telecoms regulatory czar

By Technology Times Lagos. July 29, 2010. President Goodluck Jonathan’s nominee and CEO, Cititel Networks Communications Ltd, Eugene Juwah, was today cleared by the Senate paving way for him to become Nigeria’s new telecoms regulatory czar. Juwah, the new executive vice chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, was among the three nominees for the job after they were [...]

General July 24th, 2010 by admin

Nigerian undersea cables poised to transform Africa, say U.S., analysts

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. July 24, 2010. The U.S. government has joined in the outpouring of local and international accolades for the landing of international submarine cables in Nigeria that is seen to radically the economic landscape of the African continent. Two cables, Main One, promoted by privately-owned Main One Cable Company and Glo 1 promoted by [...]

General, Latest News, Main News July 25th, 2010 by admin

Who is Eugene Juwah? A Technology Times exclusive close up on President’s nominee to head NCC

President Goodluck Jonathan’s nominee for the keenly-contested position of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Eugene Juwah, is expected to face confirmation by the Senate this week. Technology Times exclusively offers insight into the EVC hopeful’s professional track record. Excerpts: SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Over 30 years experience in Information Technology [...]

Interviews July 24th, 2010 by admin

New cables have only 50:50 chance of reducing cost of Internet services

Managing Director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, (IXPN), Muhammed Rudman, reviews the company’s vision to put the nation’s Internet traffic within her borders, policy and market dynamics as well as impact of new cables on pricing, in an interview with Shina Badaru Can you give us a background of how the Internet Exchange Point of [...]

General July 24th, 2010 by admin

MTN lied, says Main One

Lagos. July 24, 2010. Main One Cable Company has again weighed in heavily to disown claims by South Africa’s MTN Group that it has capital investments in MainOne, its submarine cable that went live in Nigeria this month. Technology Times had in an exclusive report “MTN, Main One battle over investment claims [...]

Juwah confirmed Nigeria’s new telecoms regulatory czar

By Technology Times Lagos. July 29, 2010. President Goodluck Jonathan’s nominee and CEO, Cititel Networks Communications Ltd, Eugene Juwah, was today cleared by the Senate paving way for him to become Nigeria̵[...]

Who is Eugene Juwah? A Technology Times exclusive close up on President’s nominee to head NCC

President Goodluck Jonathan’s nominee for the keenly-contested position of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Eugene Juwah, is expected to face confirmation by t[...]

New cables have only 50:50 chance of reducing cost of Internet services

Managing Director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, (IXPN), Muhammed Rudman, reviews the company’s vision to put the nation’s Internet traffic within her borders, policy and market dynamics as well as impact of ne[...]

Nigerian undersea cables poised to transform Africa, say U.S., analysts

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. July 24, 2010. The U.S. government has joined in the outpouring of local and international accolades for the landing of international submarine cables in Nigeria that is seen to radically the e[...]

ATCON commends President’s choice of Juwah to head NCC

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. July 24, 2010. The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has given kudos to President Goodluck Jonathan for his choice of former MTS First Wireless Director, Eugene Juw[...]

Globacom wins sixth telecoms licence in Gambia, set to go live in Ghana

Lagos. July 13, 2010. Globcacom has been awarded a licence in Gambia that will enable the Nigerian second national operator offer services on its international submarine cable, Glo 1, in the West African nation. The Gamb[...]

GSM rivals lose no sleep over $600m Zain Nigeria bailout by India’s Bharti Airtel

By Benjamin Amu Download free Technology Times Digital Edition here Lagos. July 10, 2010. Major rivals of Zain Nigeria, the number three mobile phone operator by subscriber number, are losing no sleep over a $600mill[...]

Firm plans Android tablet PC for Nigerian market

By Benjamin Amu July 9, 2010. Encipher Limited a Nigerian IT company has announced its newly-unveiled Encipher tablet PC that it hopes will be the first Android tablet PC into the Nigerian market. The company says the [...]

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria graduates 28 people from Ajegunle.org

By Benjamin Amu July 9, 2010. Paradigm Initiative Nigeria has announced that 28 graduates have completed this year’s second call for Change Agents in its Ajegunle.org initiative. The organisation pointed out that[...]



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