Category: ICT

NCC Craves Stakeholders Comments for key regulatory instruments’ Review

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has craved more comments and inputs from stakeholders on the review opf three key regulatory instruments. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’ Management, NCC, Barrister Adeleke Adewolu, who said this in his remarks at the public inquiry on three (3) regulatory instruments held on October 5, 2021 at the conference hall, NCC headquarters, Abuja, noted that thi8s is to ensure that the regulatory instruments issued by the Commission are in consonance with the best practices in the industry. “The draft of all the…

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Why Nigeria Is Reviewing SIM Registration, Replacement Frameworks -Danbatta

ADEOLA YUSUF

Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has declared that the on-going review of the regulatory instrument is to ensure that frameworks that pertain to SIM Registration and Replacement in the communications industry meet the demands of the digital age and also further enhance the flexibility of the Spectrum Trading regime. Platforms Africa reports that Danbatta said this in his welcome address at the public inquiry on three (3) regulatory instruments held on October 5, 2021 at the conference hall, NCC headquarters, abuja “This Public Inquiry, on…

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Millions Locked out as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram suffer global outage

ADEOLA YUSUF

Millions of Social media users were locked out as services of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were, on Monday, October 3, 2021, hit by an outage lasting several hours. Platforms Africa reports that all the three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or smartphone apps. Downdetector, which tracks outages, logged nearly 80,000 reports for WhatsApp and more than 50,000 for Facebook. Data from the website suggests the outage is affecting user accounts across the world. Some people also reported problems using Fqacebook’s virtual reality…

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Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban, Gives Reasons Citizens’ Handles Still Logged Out

ADEOLA YUSUF

“I have directed that the suspension (slammed on Twitter) be lifted but…” – Buhari   Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the lifting of ban on operations of microblogging site, Twitter, in the African most populous nation. Platforms Africa reports that the President, who declared this during his independence day speech to Nigerians on Friday, tasked Twitter management to meet up with “conditions to allow Nigerians continue the use of the platform for business and positive engagements.” Nigeria had in June 2021, suspended the activities of the micro-blogging site  over…

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NCC to Slam N200,000 per subscriber penalty on TelCos over NIN Crime

ADEOLA YUSUF

A  proposed fine of N200,000 awaits any mobile communications services provider which fails to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number and other personal information of each subscriber to its  services, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission  (NCC). A proposed draft regulation on registration of telephone subscribers 2020 recently published on NCC’s website states that    a  licensee who fails to verify and validate biometric, NIN and other personal information before activation is liable to a penalty of N200, 000 for each subscription medium in breach of these requirements.” According to…

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Excessive Time on Facebook Can Lead to Depression – Study

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Excessive time on Facebook can lead to depression – Study   A study by social psychologists at the University of Michigan has shown that excessive time on Facebook can lead to depression. The study conducted in 2013, tracked the Facebook use of 82 young adults over a two-week period. “When we feel like we are outside a circle of safety, with no sense of belonging and no sense that others love and care for us, we feel out of control, abandoned and left for dead. And when we feel that…

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Nigeria Damns Critics, Advances 5G deployment Nationwide

ADEOLA YUSUF

Antagonists of 5G have earlier blamed COVID-19 outbreak on the network   The Nigerian Government has advanced moves for the deployment of the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise called 5G across the country. Platforms Africa reports that some antagonists of 5G network have earlier blamed COVID-19 outbreak on the network. They have claimed that vaccination against COVID-19 might include injection of microchips into human system to tag them, a claim that has been thouroughly dispelled by researchers and scientists. The Nigerian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim-Pantami,…

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NCC, FIRS others to boost e-Government adoption

ADEOLA YUSUF

ICT industry players such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Galaxy Backbone will be promoting e-Government adoption at the 2021 Nigeria e-Government Summit. The summit is scheduled to hold September 29, 2021 at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos With the theme; ‘eGovernment Adoption in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges.’ Organisers, DigiServe Network Services Limited,said the event would discuss the need to reposition government agencies and parastatals to enable them take advantage of advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve service delivery to Nigerians.…

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NCC cautions Centres on NIN registration amidst COVID-19 Spread

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised telecoms subscribers to observe the Coronavirus guidelines and protect themselves during the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment process in various centres across the country As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the independent national regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry, appealed to Nigerians to adhere strictly to the stipulated COVID-19 guidelines. The Commission, in a consumer education and protection cum public sensitisation material containing a message posted on its Facebook page on the necessity to…

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Nigeria Mulls New Legislation to Criminalise Vandalism of ICT Infrastructure

ADEOLA YUSUF

In its efforts at ensuring that telecoms consumers continue to have access to high quality services by telecoms operators, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has updated and released both the Quality of Service (QoS) and Measured QoS KPI Data for Operators in the telecommunications sector in the country. The Commission is constitutionally empowered to establish the minimum Quality of Service (QoS) standards in service delivery for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. In the updated documents released by the Commission on their corporate Website the Commission stated the QoS standards are…

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