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87% of Pakistanis Have Internet Access: PTA The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has claimed that Internet services are available to 87 percent of the population in Pakistan at the lowest rates in the region. The demand for Internet services grew immensely in Pakistan during the lockdown in 2020 due to increased use of social media and communications applications, video streaming, and online sessions. However, the quality of the services remains comprised and has been termed as ‘poor’ in many areas by users. Reportedly, a supportive regulatory environment, effective competition,...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Ecosystem Coordination Strategic Unit of the Digital Identification for Development Project in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has been handed over to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Permanent Secretary of the communications ministry, Festus Daudu, said the new unit would further enable the government to coordinate, check and curb insecurity through the linkage of National Identity Numbers to Subscriber Identification Modules of individuals across the country. Daudu said, “Every...

Views: Visits 41 The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that all National Identification Numbers (NIN) which were issued prior to 2012 in Kwara State are invalid. The Acting Coordinator of NIMC in Kwara, Paul Popoola disclosed this on Tuesday, January 26, at the University of Ilorin while speaking with newsmen. Mr Popoola stressed that all NIN registrations in the early 2000s had been rendered unacceptable by the law that created the commission, therefore, urging those yet to obtain the card to do so without further delay. Popoola said that NIMC registration...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja A total of about 143 million Subscriber Identification Modules are now identifiable to the National Identity Management Commission for registration with their respective National Identity Numbers, telecommunications operators said on Wednesday. Mobile operators also explained that the number of subscribers without NINs was about 21 million, as the deadline for the registration of SIMs with valid NINs draws near. Speaking on behalf of the firms, the Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, Gbenga Adebayo, told ...

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal Government on Sunday insisted that the deadlines given for the registration of all Subscriber Identification ...