Tag: Okoh Aihe
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For Ben and Jerry, Simply Tech will go on – By Okoh Aihe
Where does one begin to write about losses that cannot be captured by any adjective? How will one ever be able to create the right picture that within a week Simply Tech lost two big followers, two souls of great intellection whose engaging arguments have enriched this column over the years?
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A case for telecoms industry using NERC’s metrics – By Okoh Aihe
The weather has been very hot in my part of the world. Those who know the signs and times of the season attribute it to global warming, warning ominously that the weather will get hotter. Really frightening, eh?
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At NAB, what happens in Vegas can’t remain in Vegas – By Okoh Aihe
For most people who see Las Vegas as the Sin City, what happens in Vegas remains in Vegas. They hardly want to talk about what goes on in those big hotels, how they lost hefty money at the casinos, how their boxing favourite lost a fight where they paid huge sums of money for front…
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NIN-SIM linkage – a story in search of a good ending – By Okoh Aihe
Looking at the pervasive insecurity in the nation at the moment, it will be right to say that the NIN-SIM Linkage Policy wasn’t a bad idea at all but for the sloppiness with which it was introduced by a former minister who literally slapped it on Nigerians as a necessity that must be executed within…
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Cable force majeure in the international waters – By Okoh Aihe
Faced with terribly hot weather that was complicated by the dearth of power supply across the nation, quite a number of phone users and big corporate players really got distraught last week when voice and data services simply went down.
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Pay TV market prepares for new competition – By Okoh Aihe
Competition is about to have a new meaning in the Pay TV industry. At the launch of Silver Lake Television (SLTV) in Abuja, last week, Secretary to the Government, George Akume, said the new entrant has promised to affect the market with service quality and affordability.
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An urgent message for President Tinubu and the National Assembly – By Okoh Aihe
I have a funny friend who would always see things where they hardly exist or make meaning out of situations that challenge understanding. Years before the Nigerian government would pick Stephen Oronsaye to run a hot knife through the unwieldiness of the Federal Civi
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A generational shift at the NCC? – By Okoh Aihe
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last Thursday, appointed Engr Abraham Oshadami as the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). When I stumbled on this bit of information taken from the statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, at about 2am Friday morning, my heart literally stopped…
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Mobile World Congress, more than an annual ritual – By Okoh Aihe
The Mobile World Congress, MWC 2024, holds next week, from February 26 to 29, at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. The city looks forward to this great event which, at some point, was gathering over one hundred thousand people in four days every year, and the industry looks forward to the meeting because it…
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Digital language for Imo youths – By Okoh Aihe
When I was much younger, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the late political sage, in a moment of political flamboyance and philosophical exactitude, had said life was a “continuum.” It was the time children still rush to their dictionaries searching for words that could build up their vocabularies.