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TECNO SPARK 3, a smartphone model by TECNO, a global premier mobile phone brand, has been awarded as the smartphone brand of the year at the 2019 edition of the Africa Information Technology & Telecoms Awards (AITTA). AITTA recognises customer service, innovation and excellence in Africa Telecom and Information Technology industry. The reputable awards now

MTN Nigeria has announced the appointment of its first Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Srinivas Rao to lead the company’s recently created Digital Services Division. The Digital Services division will play a pivotal role in driving MTN’s digital business growth; its creation marks the company’s commitment to its vision of leading the delivery of a bold,

MTN Nigeria has concluded the 2019 edition of its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care. The colourful closing ceremony recently took place at the company’s head office in Ikoyi, Lagos. The 2019 edition of the annual event provided an opportunity for MTN employees to participate in community projects that positively influenced the youths and society

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has launched 4G+ in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt. The enhanced service is aimed at delivering a premium experience to more people across the country. MTN 4G+ runs on 4G LTE Advanced Technology using a combination of the recently acquired 800 MHz spectrum and 2600 MHz. The added spectrum and advanced technology

The Nigerian Communications Commission is set for its maiden edition of the Emerging Telecoms Technologies Research and ICT Innovation forum which will hold at Tayo Aderinokun Hall by Unilag Guest House University of Lagos, Lagos State from the 10th-11th of June, 2019. The Forum’s theme: “Developing Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem; Imperative for Improving Local Content” according to the initiator-

Leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has paid the sixth and final installment of N55 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This completes MTN’s payment of the N330 billion negotiated settlement agreed between the NCC and the company in 2016. According to MTN’s Chief Corporate Relations Officer, Tobechukwu Okigbo,

The former Minister of Communications, Dr. Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, has said that more hard work must be carefully done by all stakeholders in the ICT Sector for the implementation of the e-Government Master Plan, to fully harness its promised benefits. Shittu said this recently during the official launching of the Nation’s e-Government Master Plan held

ITU has just published a new report that lays out how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used during the process of making and distributing television and radio content. The report discusses how AI is now being used to optimise workflows for broadcasting programme making, to improve audio and visual quality evaluation, to efficiently utilize the frequency spectrum

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has clarified that it has recently re-aligned the computation of the country’s teledensity with the latest population figure of 190 million given by the National Population Commission (NPC), up from the 140 million population of 2006. Following the re-alignment, which is also in line with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. Highlights: Service revenue increased by 13.4%; Voice revenue increased by 12.7%; Data revenue increased by 32.4%; Digital revenue decreased by 68.0%; Fintech revenue increased by 22.9%; EBITDA margin increased by 11.5pp to 53.3% (IAS 17: 44.2%); Mobile subscribers increased

Global premier mobile phone brand TECNO Mobile announced plans at Google IO 2019 which will see its SPARK 3 Pro running on Android operating system upgrade to join Q Beta on May 7th. Stephen HA, Vice President of TRANSSION and GM of TECNO Mobile, said: “We are delighted to announce our further expansion of cooperation

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has re-assured Nigerians that there is no iota of truth in media speculations that 95.7 million Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) data have been rendered invalid due to alleged poor deployment of technology, saying continuous data verification is a global practice. It is a continuous exercise. In a chat with journalists

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated how the over 114 million Internet users in the country can be properly protected while online. According to the Commission, one of the key ways to achieve this is through enlightenment and awareness programmes where consumers are informed on the dangers of cyber crimes as well as learn and observe