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Underserved Connectivity And The Government’s 4,000 Towers Initiative

Global UpfrontDec 10, 2025December 10, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Worried by the growing insecurity in the country and poor connectivity in underserved communities, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently approved 4,000

Call Masking Resurfaces Again in Telecom Networks

Global UpfrontOct 29, 2025October 29, 20251

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore It is unusual to receive supposedly foreign calls only for the caller identification to show a local number. Strangely, many people take

Direct Mobile Connectivity To Satellite

Global UpfrontAug 6, 2025August 6, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Connectivity and ease of mobile communications are on the rise as new technologies have introduced direct mobile access to the satellite. With

Financial Health And Quality Of Service By Network Operators

Global UpfrontMay 21, 2025May 21, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore In March 2024, Mobile Network Operators (MNOS) lamented losses of revenue when services were negatively impacted as they suffered internet outage due

Before Load Shedding By Telecoms Operators Begins

Global UpfrontSep 4, 2024September 4, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Nigerians are commonly used to electricity power load shedding which strategically reduces or cuts off electricity supply to different consumers or areas

Waiting For Telecoms Load Shedding (1)

Global UpfrontAug 28, 2024August 28, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore By the time you wake up one faithful morning to the observation that your mobile phone has no network connection, don’t panic

Nigeria Not Alone in SIM Card Registration

Global UpfrontMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore While some Nigerians bicker and are uncomfortable with the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration, and integration with the National Identity Numbers

Rumblings Over Deactivated SIM Cards

Global UpfrontMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) regulations on inactive Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card stipulates that any SIM card that has not had

Economic Headwinds As Telecoms Albatross

Global UpfrontJan 24, 2024January 24, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Without sounding pessimistic or proclaiming a death-knell, the telecommunications sector appears troubled. Apart from less than encouraging quality of service for voice

Broadband Connectivity And NCC Advocacy

Global UpfrontSep 20, 2023September 20, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore When the announcement of a new broadband plan (2020-2025) was made in 2020, those of us familiar with what broadband meant began