NUCAP towers; AI governance gaps

1. NCC-Approved Data Bundle: How Airtel, MTN and Glo compare on price, data allowance: This article is a premium feature for Technology Times Users’ Club members. It provides a comparative analysis of NCC-approved data bundles from major Nigerian telecom operators Airtel, MTN, and Glo. The report details differences in pricing structures and data allowances offered by each provider, helping readers understand the current market landscape for regulated mobile data services in Nigeria. 2. NUCAP: Nigeria targets 20 million people with 3,700 telecom towers: Nigeria aims to connect twenty million people in underserved communities by deploying three thousand seven hundred telecommunications towers under the Nigerian Universal Connectivity Access Project. Minister Bosun Tijani announced the initiative, citing a mandate from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to bridge the digital divide and improve access to digital services for rural populations. 3. Bitflux and Nigeria’s wholesale broadband experiment: The 2014 deal that was meant to change telecoms: This exclusive article is reserved for Technology Times Premium Users’ Club members. It examines the historical context of the two thousand fourteen wholesale broadband deal involving Bitflux in Nigeria. The report analyzes how this agreement was intended to reshape the telecommunications sector, offering insights into past infrastructure strategies and their impact on the country's broadband development trajectory. 4. NCC finds 27% of Nigeria’s licensees lack AI governance: The Nigerian Communications Commission reports that twenty-seven percent of surveyed telecom licensees lack artificial intelligence governance frameworks. Dr Ibiso Kingsley-George revealed that while seventy-three percent use AI, only thirty-nine percent have approved policies. The NCC plans to issue guidelines and workshops to help operators comply with the Internet Code of Practice two thousand twenty-six.