Media & Telecoms

MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications, winners of the two slots of the 3.5GHz Spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology are yet to pay the $273 million each for the slots, The Nation learnt yesterday. It is one month after…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has alerted members of the public that a cybercrime group has perfected a scheme to deliver ransomware to targeted organizational networks. The Commission in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde urged…

Telecom consumers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers have kicked against the plan by the Federal Government to introduce a suite of digital tokens to enhance the verification of the National Identity Number, effective January next year According…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has shut down Globacom (Glo) facility in Wuse 2 Abuja over a N4.7bn debt. The exercise was led by the Director General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, and was supervised by the Minister of Aviation, Sen.…

MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications Ltd have emerged winners of the license for 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria after a long-drawn bidding war which lasted to the eleventh round. The executive…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, said on Monday that Nigeria will have the largest/widest 5G coverage in Africa next year. He spoke at the auction of the 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) Spectrum in Abuja. According to him, the Fifth…