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By Ibrahim Olukotun Lagos. December 13, 2012: Mobile phone company, Airtel has announced the successful completion of its Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial operations in Lagos raising hopes out go-live of the service supporting faster data speeds on mobile networks. LTE which is widely accepted as true fourth generation (4G) technology is a standard [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. December 4, 2012: The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has set a target of 100,000 uptakes by the Q2 2013 for .ng, the internet domain name for the country. Over the last few years the Nigerian country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) name has continued to witness growing interest from [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. December 3, 2012: Starcomms Plc today confirmed plans to light up fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) by mid-2013 under plans by the CDMA operator to reinvent itself as a major player in the Nigerian telecoms sector. The 4G LTE network standard for wireless communication delivers high-speed data for [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. November 21, 2012: Globacom, the Second National Operator on Tuesday launched a national Internet service, Glo Bolt, which it says is as fast as the world’s speed record holder, Hussain Bolt. The SNO says the new package connected to its Glo 1 submarine cable was introduced to accelerate the browsing [...]
By Technology Times Staff Reporters Lagos. November 19, 2012: The Federal Government has set an ambitious target of 2015 to realise the vision of delivering affordable broadband services to connect Nigeria and stimulate the economy. Under the plan, government is looking to driving the troika of accessible, affordable and available high-speed Internet that [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. November 1 1, 2012: Funke Opeke, Chief Executive Officer, Main One Cable Company, has warned that the current underutilisation of new submarine fibre optic cables with uptake of only about 5 per cent will undermine technology growth in the economy. Opeke, who spoke at a cloud computing forum held recently [...]
By Technology Times Staff Reporter Lagos. November 4, 2012:Five Nigerian operators, Mobitel, Netcom, MainOne, Spectranet and Monacom have closed key deals with DragonWave Inc., a key supplier of packet microwave radio underscoring the growing demand for wireless backhaul services for broadband access. DragonWave Inc., says it is addressing a growing demand for streamlined wireless [...]
By Technology Times Staff Reporter Lagos. November 4, 2012: Etisalat Nigeria plans to unveil a Wi-Fi data roaming service that will enable its subscribers who travel abroad to connect their smartphones and tablets to millions of Wi-Fi hotspots following a deal with U.S.-based iPass. Etisalat Group, the Middle East’s largest telecoms operator with over [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. October 24, 2012: Nigeria’s leading telecoms operator, Visafone today broke an African record in Lagos by launching three new models of CDMA-based Blackberry smartphones in partnership with Research in Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation. Visafone launched three variants of the smartphones including the Blackberry Curve 9310, Blackberry [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. October 22, 2012: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advocated for subtle regulation of the telecoms sector to stimulate demand for broadband networks and services in the country. Market forces alone are not enough to drive broadband demand Loila Emakpore, Director, NCC, says during a panellist discussion at the just-concluded International [...]
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