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    ‘ Telecoms Has Contributed to 8.5 Per Cent GDP ’

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Peter Igoh, chairman, Board of Directors, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, discusses the achievements of the commission in the following interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor, and Tony Manuaka, associate editor  As the chairman of NCC, what is your assessment of the telecoms sector […] More

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    The Imperative for Broadband

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By Omobola Johnson It appears to me that there is not a week that goes by without an event in Nigeria where broadband is not being discussed. All over the world, broadband or more importantly, universal access to broadband, is becoming a significant indicator […] More

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    NCC: The Policy Support

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The secret of the success of the telephone revolution in Nigeria is the federal government’s support for the commission and a robust national policy on ICT Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, revealed that the success of the liberalisation […] More

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    The Broadband Big Bang

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Having achieved 96 per cent penetration in voice telephony, NCC is now concentrating on the development of broadband that has immense potential for all sectors of the economy and personal life In a valedictory interview with TELL in 2010, Ernest Ndukwe, former executive […] More

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    The Making of Africa’s Fastest Growing Telecoms Market

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The rising subscriber base of mobile telecommunication operators, Internet penetration and the boom in the sale of ICT products sustain Nigeria’s ranking as one of the fastest growing telecoms markets in the world The ranking of Nigeria as the fastest growing telecommunications market […] More

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    NCC: The Evolution of Change

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow From 400,000 fixed lines in 2001 to 134 million in 2014, telecoms has become the game changer in Nigeria The telecommunications revolution dates back to 2001 when the first auction for GSM licences was held in Nigeria by the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC. […] More

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    A Regulator Par Excellence

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has established Nigeria’s telecoms sector as the fastest growing in Africa by playing the role of an efficient regulator The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, is the national regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. It not only […] More