In this interview with BUKOLA OLANREWAJU, the Phase3 Telecom General Manager Southern Region, Babalola Olalekan speaks on challenges and governmental initiatives needed for the growth of the Nigerian telecom sector What is Phase3 Telecom’s operational scope? Phase3 Technologies (operational name- P3TECH), formerly known as Phase3 Telecom, is Africa’s …
Read More »ATCON Berates Destruction of Telecom’s Fibre Optic Cables
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has frowned at the indiscriminate destruction of telecom’s optic fibre cables in the country. The ATCON’s President, Olusola Teniola who made this disclosure in an interview with Business Remarks said the destruction is unwarranted. Teniola stressed that the fibre cuts witnessed over …
Read More »FG directs security agencies to protect Telecom Infrastructures
Building on the fact that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has leapfrogged Oil and Gas in contribution to Nigeria’s GDP, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has disclosed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has officially directed security agencies to protect telecom infrastructures against …
Read More »Hike in RoW charges counterproductive – ATCON to State Governors
…..Association appeal for a reversal Stakeholders under the aegis of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has frown at the recent hike in the cost of Right of Ways (RoW) – an action taken by over 14 State Governors in Nigeria. Maintaining the unilateral hike as counterproductive and …
Read More »Quality of telecom services threatened as Lagos, others hike RoW charges
…..States’ action against FG Broadband Plan – ALTON Fourteen states, among them Lagos, Nigeria’s commerce capital, have hiked the cost of right of way (RoW) for telecommunication infrastructure, making it difficult for telecommunication services providers to provide pervasive telecom services infrastructure and offer such services at reduced cost as is …
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