Category: Technology

NTICE promotes Indigenous Content,and development – Danbatta ….. says NCC fully committed to FG’s Economy drive

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Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta,EVC/ CEO,Nigerian Communications Commission said Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo(NTICE) remain the only telecom event in Nigeria that solely focused on promotion of Indigenous Content,development and adaptation. He said NTICE 2023 themed “Harnessing Indigenous Content for Economic Growth;Networking to boost Investment”that commenced yesterday with the innovators pitching event called NTICE SELECT, was carefully designed by the Commission to build on the maiden edition of the NTICE. Prof Umar Danbatta disclosed this In his welcome address at the 2nd edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE…

Emergency Communication Centres: NCC engages over 1,200 Nigerian Youths …… Opens Operational centers in 27 states

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The Emergency Communications Centres (ECC), being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has provided employment placements for many Nigerian youth and professionals, as well as offering informal business activities to the citizens across the Country. Beyond providing essential emergency response services to the Nigerian public, more than 1,200 are currently offered employment at the 27 ECC’s operational centres across the country, while NCC accordingly said more will be employed as the additional 8 centres under different stages of completion become fully operational by 2024. The ECC’s, now fully operational…

Emerging Technology Forum will explore impacts of ICT on Nigeria – NCC

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The Nigerian Communication Commission NCC said the primary objective of the Emerging Technology forum for the Telecommunications Industry was to provide standard roadmaps and best practices which can be used to measure the impact of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) on Nigeria’s society and promote the adoption of new technologies. The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communication Commission NCC stated this on Thursday in Abuja in a introductory remarks at the Emerging Technology Forum for the telecommunications Industry with the theme ‘Contextualizing the Network Readiness Index (NRI) for the Nigerian Telecommunications…

Nigeria rated 11th globally in Internet penetration,7th in Mobile Phone usage – Danbatta

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The Executive Vice Chairman,Nigerian Communications Commission NCC,Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said that Nigeria is a telecommunications powerhouse, with 82% of the continent’s telecom subscribers and 29% of the continent’s internet consumption.He said Nigeria is rated eleventh globally in terms of internet penetration and seventh in terms of mobile phone usage. But he said despite these remarkable metrics, the fact remained that Nation’s Network Readiness Index (NRI) ranking for 2022 is 109th out of 131 countries is both humbling and challengin He said the NRI is a guiding metric that…

How NCC Local Content Policies create Business in excess of N55b — Danbatta

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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communication Commission NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta has said that ban on importation of whole body SIM cards has not only eased the burden on demand for foreign exchange but also created business in excess of Fifty-Five Billion Naira ( N55billion). Prof Danbatta disclosed this today while delivering a keynote address at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo(NTICE) in Lagos, Danbatta while recounting the achievements of NTICE 2023 said the local SIM card manufacturers have created direct and indirect jobs…

Over 2600 Nigerians Benefit from Digital Skill initiative – NCC

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The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO,Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) said over 2600 Youths have benefitted from digital Opportunities through various training in Digital skills by the Commission across the six- geopolitical Zones of the country. Prof. Umar Danbatta who was represented by the Commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Rueben Muoka, disclosed this in his Keynote Address at the ‘DIGIVATION FUTURE SUMMIT’ with the theme ‘Enabling Today’s Enterprise Building Tomorrow’s Economy. While speaking, he emphasized the need for Nigerians to acquire digital skills if they want to be relevant in the growing digital space…

NCC set to showcase indigenous Telecom achievements at NTICE 2023 Expo

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements so far recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023), which holds in Lagos from August 22-24, 2023, at Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Themed: “Harnessing Indigenous Content for Economic Growth: Networking to Boost Investment”, the Commission said it is mobilizing stakeholders for a remarkable outing, following a very impressive showing at the maiden edition of the event last year. The NTICE is being…

Stakeholders commends NCC for opening up MVNO licence

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Stakeholders in the telecommunication sector have said the recent move by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to open up licensing for independent Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) has the potential to spark a rush of digital innovation. They stressed that the MVNO race has become one-of-a-kind laboratory for creating innovative mobile communications products and infrastructure models, while businesses around the world are watching closely to learn what the market will adopt, and where they should be investing their development budgets in the years to come. According to them, the new…

301m SIM registration recorded in 2022 – NCC ….. as Subscribers exchange 25.9b SMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that in line with the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration exercise mandated by it, mobile operators as of December 2022 had registered 301,283,030 subscribers in the country. NCC said MTN had registered 123.5 million; Globacom, 65.4 million; Airtel, 64.8 million; 9mobile, 46.1 million; Smile, 966,066 and nTel, 236,495. The telecoms regulator, in its 2022 Subscriber/Network Data Yearly report, released on 10th August,2023, said the total yearly active voice subscription for mobile (GSM) segment increased from 195.1 million subscriptions as of December 2021…

NCC donates multi-million naira Virtual Examination Centre to MAPOLY

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday donated a Virtual Examination Centre to the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the facility was handed over to the management of the school at its premises in Abeokuta. It consisted of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre furnished with 250 tables, chairs and desktop computers with ICT peripherals and a 200KVA Generator. Speaking at the event, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed that the donation was in line…