Web Trends Nigeria » Nigeria http://webtrendsng.com/blog ...shaping the future of Internet usage in Nigeria! Mon, 21 May 2012 12:51:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Press Release: Nigerian Telecom Operators Respond to NCC Fine http://webtrendsng.com/blog/press-release-nigerian-telecom-operators-respond-to-ncc-fine/ http://webtrendsng.com/blog/press-release-nigerian-telecom-operators-respond-to-ncc-fine/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 12:10:54 +0000 Possicon http://webtrendsng.com/blog/?p=3656 GSM networks respond to NCC’s fines on network quality

Posted on 21 May 2012 by Information Desk

A STATEMENT ON THE FINES IMPOSED ON AIRTEL, ETISALAT, GLOBACOM AND MTN BY THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELATING TO THE NETWORK QUALITY

Airtel, Etisalat, Globacom and MTN would like to jointly issue a statement concerning the decision by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to sanction all four operators for failure to meet Quality of Service standards.

We would like to assure customers of all four networks that we are committed to providing high quality of service to our customers. Over the last ten years more than N 1 trillion has been invested in building and enhancing the four mobile networks. In 2012 alone, the four operators will be spending over N 400 billion of further investments in their networks. All four operators are actively competing with each other on quality of service to win the loyalty of existing customers and attract new customers.

We are all equally frustrated and concerned about the failures to meet customer expectations and needs with respect to the quality of service. Nigeria deserves and needs first class telecommunications networks. We thus apologise unreservedly to you, our customers, for those occasions when you have been disappointed or inconvenienced by a lapse or failure to deliver the requisite level of quality of service. We however believe that it is necessary to explain the major challenges we face as operators and ask for your understanding and support.

The main factor affecting quality of service is the absence of a reliable source of power. Every single site is powered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by two diesel Generators and requires regular supply of diesel as well as 24hours security protection. We need to recognise that benchmarking quality of service against countries which are not operating in such an environment is unrealistic.

The second major factor affecting network quality are frequent cuts of fibre networks which link the cell sites. These are frequently malicious in nature. Recently, operators have asked that Telecommunications Infrastructure be declared “Critical National Infrastructure” which would result in enhanced protection for these assets and criminalize the wilful damage of the same.

Another equally worrying development is the recent trend towards indiscriminate closure of sites by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal, State and Local Governments in pursuit of multiple taxation of telecommunications infrastructure.

Finally, the issue of security is a prevalent threat from our operating environment. We have had particularly unfortunate instances where our employees have been physically assaulted and in some instances killed during site maintenance visit, all in a quest to sustain service quality.

We wish to use this medium to call on the NCC, the National Environment Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, the Minister of Communication Technology, the National Assembly and the Office of the National Security Adviser to work in harmony to put in place an environment in which we can continue our substantial investments in pursuit of delivering world class telecommunications networks.

While we continue to make these investments which will also improve service quality, it needs to be pointed out that in the telecommunications industry, such investments do not yield the requisite improvement in service quality until well after 12 months. We are therefore concerned that fines will not bring about the desired service quality improvements or offer a lasting solution but will merely deplete essential resources that would otherwise be deployed for network roll out.

Also, due to capital-intensive nature of our operators, we are concerned that a regime of sanctions will inevitably erode the confidence of financial institutions and critical partners in the industry. We are also concerned that it could create an atmosphere of anxiety and regulatory uncertainty which is unattractive to investment. We are therefore actively engaging with our Regulator to resolve this issue.

Solutions being explored include ensuring a forward-looking quality of service framework, taking into account pertinent environmental factors affecting service delivery and preserving the capacity of the industry to attract the requisite levels of investment in infrastructure to meet stakeholder expectations.

Nigeria deserves and needs world class telecommunications networks. No sector in Nigeria has seen more progress than the telecommunications sector. We ask for the understanding of all stakeholders as we continue to invest and build the networks to the benefit of all Nigerians.

Signed,
gsm-networks

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As the country set to enter e-commerce phase, a site that help you get best deals for your product is really needed. Enter prices.com.ng, a new startup which was launched some months ago. The site currently has thousands of products from hundreds of merchants. It covers categories from: Home Appliances, Books, computers, Phones, Games, Electronics, Clothing, Bags and other products.

A quote from the press release;

“Our aim is to help Nigerian internet users find and compare product prices from reliable shops across Nigeria. We provide concise product description and prices from multiple shops and allow users compare, then choose the one they are comfortable with. With our service, we believe we will save users the hassle of shopping around to find quality products at good prices online and offline.”

How it works

To compare prices, simply log on to the site; select the category of the product or simply use the search box to get the product you need.

It also has an alert system that sends you an SMS or email to notify you if a product price changes.

As the e-commerce in Nigeria is about to take off, this is definitely a needed startup in the country and one to watch too!

Visit: www.prices.com.ng/

 

 

Disclosure: Webtrendsng.com and prices.com.ng share investors.

]]> http://webtrendsng.com/blog/prices-com-ng-helps-you-compare-product-prices-across-multiple-shops-in-nigeria/feed/ 0 Most Visited Nigerian Sites in November 2011 [Update] http://webtrendsng.com/blog/most-visited-nigerian-sites-in-november-2011/ http://webtrendsng.com/blog/most-visited-nigerian-sites-in-november-2011/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:29:40 +0000 Possicon http://webtrendsng.com/blog/?p=3556 November was an interesting month no doubt. Vangaurdngr.com remains highflyer as Jobberman.com for the first time becomes 3rd most visited Nigerian site. Nairaland.com remains unshaken in the second spot. Vconnect.com seems to be losing its steam as it drops further in the ranking. Having dropped a place in October, dropping another place in November is a sign of weakness on its side.

Only one news site is in the top-five and just 4 in the top-ten. This time last year it was 5 news sites that made the top-ten. If not for the last routing of thisdaylive.com, it would have been just 3 news sites like October.

 

Top Mover

  1. bbnplace.com +95
  2. jetheights.com +37
  3. omg.com.ng +30
  4. techloy.com +35
  5. dailytrust.com.ng +27

Top Shakers

  1. dragnetnigeria.com  -26
  2. Informationnigeria.org -14
  3. Mocality.com.ng -11
  4. naijahotjobs.com -10
  5. nigeriamasterweb.com -5

 

Trends

Major internet brands are not letting go of their leadership even as emerging platforms are popping up daily. Going into 2012, more investments will be made online and as such, the battle for the top spots will be very fierce.

To view November’s ranking, please click here.

 

 

 

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DrupalCamp

Last Saturday, DrupalCamp was held at the hub with large turn-out, Drupal experts hared their experiences with budding Drupal users. The explained from how they made money running drual platform. Bade Adesemowo and Aniedi, were on hand to give practical tutorial on Drupal development.

Developer Parapo

On Wednesday, Developer Parapo, Monthly meetup organized by  CCHUB will take place. This edition is sponsored by Microsoft. Microsoft would enlighten developers and participants about Windows Azure, the Windows Phone, tools, the Marketplace, Application Development for the Phone, monetization, partnership with Nokia and others, and also other latest and up-and-coming trends within our Ecosystem.

Date: 30th November 2011

Time: 5:30pm

Register here http://novdevparapo.eventbrite.com/

 

Mokolo Technical Workshop

Mokolo – a newly formed joint Pan-African initiative to build a web based platform for African film is running a workshop with experienced developers and programmers.

During the three-day workshop, experienced developers representing a variety of areas (including database programming, social media API development, privacy, payment integration, cross-platform mobile/web app development, front-end/middleware/back-end development, and software as a service models), will exchange ideas and work out a road map for the construction of the platform. Among the participants who come from Africa and Europe are Fua Tse from ActiveSpace, Cameroon, Emeka Okoye from Next2, Nigeria and Mokolo’s Quirin Pils from Pixelchiefs, Germany.

Date:  3rd – 5th December 2011

 

Tech-in Education Meet-up|

CcHUB through this meet-up aims to initiate discussion amongst teachers, parents, technologists and educationist to identify potential roles for technology in driving the items enumerated above. The forum will also help to accurately dimension the range of possibilities of technology interventions to enhance learning at the formative years of a child’s formal education. The outcomes of the meet up will have direct bearing on the call for ideas along the streams of possible areas where interventions are identified, leading up to our open living lab (Tech-In Education) scheduled for February 2012.

Moderator:  Mrs. Bunmi Lawson

Host: Co-creation Hub Nigeria. 6th Floor, 294, Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos

Date: Saturday 10th of December, 2011

Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm

For enquiries and RSVP email: info@cchubnigeria.com or call Tunji Eleso; 08099242133

 

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Consumers

Merchants

I suspect the new drive is helped by the new funding the company got. The advert is now running on local and international TV stations.
What do you think about the adverts?

]]> http://webtrendsng.com/blog/dealdey-coms-new-3d-adverts-interesting/feed/ 0 Join Us today for Mobile Monday, Get Techie 2.0 http://webtrendsng.com/blog/join-us-today-for-mobile-monday-get-techie-2-0/ http://webtrendsng.com/blog/join-us-today-for-mobile-monday-get-techie-2-0/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:23:05 +0000 Possicon http://webtrendsng.com/blog/?p=3544

This evening, Mobile Monday will hold its monthly meetup tagged Get Techie 2.0.: Doing Technology Business in Nigeria. the meetup is a follow-up to last month’s edition which was Get Techie 1.0. It will allow you network with other tech people in the industry plus ask any question you want to ask.

Bogobiri House
9 Maitama Sule Street, off Awolowo Road, South-West Ikoyi
South-West Ikoyi
Lagos, Lagos 23401
Nigeria

Monday, November 28, 2011 at 5:30 PM (GMT+0100)

You can still register to attend here.

]]> http://webtrendsng.com/blog/join-us-today-for-mobile-monday-get-techie-2-0/feed/ 0 Nairaland.com Members, raised money for the homeless #Imsoinspired http://webtrendsng.com/blog/nairaland-com-members-raised-money-for-the-homeless-imsoinspired/ http://webtrendsng.com/blog/nairaland-com-members-raised-money-for-the-homeless-imsoinspired/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:25:22 +0000 Possicon http://webtrendsng.com/blog/?p=3540 I was reading through Nairaland.com, Nigeria’s leading forum, then I stumbled on a very interesting story. Olas2U, started the thread, then people started responding with compassion. Along the line some forum members said the family has rejected efforts to help them but further investigation revealed that to be false.

The team made consistent efforts to verify all the allegations and started a fund-raising campaign. Here is the excert from the report

Nairalanders Efforts To Accommodate & Empower A Family Found Living Under Bridge

The Journey So far.

After reading the story of Mr Obuh and family (pregnant wife and kid) on this thread (Nov11) http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-801338.0.html#msg9532930 , a number of people felt concerned and believed something should be done to help this man and his family. It was agreed that the family should 1st be visited to confirm the story. Ifyalways volunteered and she visited, interviewed, took pictures of this family under the bridge and confirmed that their story was indeed true (Nov14).

Many of us then felt we should raise funds among ourselves and help this family get an accommodation and also help them start a trade of their choice so that they can continue to take care of themselves afterwards.

Shortly after we agreed on this and started raising funds(Nov15), we got a lot of conflicting stories of how other people offered to help and the Obuhs rejected all the offers (Nov16,17). We then requested Ifyalways and OlowoTee (Nairalanders) to pay them another visit (Nov18,20). They confirmed to us that most of the conflicting stories were not true, some were exaggerated and the said accommodation gotten for then was not in any way better than under the bridge they were living. On hearing this, we decided to resume the goal of helping this family as earlier intended (Nov19).

We were encouraged by the contributions of many members here and with the amount realized we have been able to secure a decent one room accommodation with some furnishings for this family (Nov24).

We believe we should not just give a man fish but teach and equip him to fish so he can look after himself and family. Because of this we wish to get a small shop for the family and buy them some items they can trade with. Also we hope to put the little boy in school.

On this regard we still seek contributions of more Nairalanders.

We need about N120,000 more to complete the project.

Attached is the account showing the funds raised, how much has been spent so far and the balance.

Also attached are the pictures of the family in the new accommodation we got for them and all the items bought for them.

God bless you as you give towards this cause.

Signed

R231, yamakuza, OAM4J, Ifyalways, Jarus, & OlowoTee

 

 

 

]]> http://webtrendsng.com/blog/nairaland-com-members-raised-money-for-the-homeless-imsoinspired/feed/ 0 DrupalCamp holds this weekend at the CCHUB http://webtrendsng.com/blog/drupalcamp-holds-this-weekend-at-the-cchub/ http://webtrendsng.com/blog/drupalcamp-holds-this-weekend-at-the-cchub/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:41:02 +0000 Possicon http://webtrendsng.com/blog/?p=3535 Are you an aspiring Web Developer? Do you use Drupal and want to upgrade your skill? Meet with other Drupal experts in the country at this weekend’s meetup.

Visit Drupalng.org

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It’s another interesting time on the Nigerian web space as a lot continue to happen in the ecosystem, internet brands have taken their businesses serious    s and as such, they continue to rank higher month on month. Vanguardngr.com has cemented its place as number one Nigerian site as nairaland.com remains in d second spot. Gtbank.com moved up one spot to dislodge vconnect.com on the 3rd spot. Vconnect.com now stands on the 4th spot and jobbernman.com finally made the top-five Nigerian site spot as I predicted last month.

Sunnnewsonline.com, dealfish.com.ng moved 2, 3 respectively as punchng.com drop 3 places. Punchng.com has continued dropping since the start of the year having lost the second spot to vanguardngr.com in January; it has never being able to regain the spot except in March. Currently on the 8th spot, the battle seems to be over for the site. Saharareporters.com and lindaikeji.blogspot.com made up the last 2 on the top-ten Nigerian sites.

Top Mover

  1. nigerianseminarsandtrainings.com  +43
  2. dragnetnigeria.com   +42
  3. etisalat.com.ng   +30
  4. sturvs.com   +15
  5. Mocality.com.ng  +14

 

Top Shakers

  1. unilag.edu.ng -19
  2. myschoolcomm.com   -17
  3. jamb.org.ng  -11
  4. smslive247.com  -9
  5. mtnonline.com  -9

 

Debutants

  • Eskimi.com
  • gnbo.com.ng
  • youwin.com.ng

 

Trends

We have seen a continuous spending on online advertising by leading start-ups to drive popularity of their website. That is paying awesomely well for them! The battle is now how much war chest do you have to get people to visit your site and come back again. That will be the determinant of who stays put on the top spots. Kalahari.com.ng, a part of MIH sites in Nigeria that recently closed shop, we really can’t tell if their inability to justify the return on their advertising investment is the cause for the closure. If that decision is anything to go by, if other sites; dealfish.com.ng, mocality.com.ng and vconnect.com are unable to turn profit soon, they could be shut down! Jobbernman.com as continued its massive push for visitor-retention, with huge presence on Google and Facebook, it is really taking the top spot seriously!

YouWin, federal government initiative to promote entrepreneur is also seeing good patronage from Nigerian internet users. On the other hand, university websites’ traffic have been dropping massively as the exam fever subsides.

To view October’s ranking, please click here.

 

]]> http://webtrendsng.com/blog/most-visited-nigerian-sites-in-october-2011/feed/ 0 [Breaking News] Father of All Classified Ad Sites; Google Trader finally launches in Nigeria http://webtrendsng.com/blog/breaking-news-father-of-all-classified-ad-sites-google-trader-finally-launches-in-nigeria/ http://webtrendsng.com/blog/breaking-news-father-of-all-classified-ad-sites-google-trader-finally-launches-in-nigeria/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:47:56 +0000 Possicon http://webtrendsng.com/blog/?p=3527 It’s been much expected, now it has finally landed, Google Trader! A Google Powered classified site focused on African market.

It has been Launched in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and now Nigeria.

All other classified site, beware! Personally, I don’t think this is a worthy investment for long-term growth of the market! It’s just an avenue for Google to make some bucks in their investments made in Africa so far. There is nothing wrong in making money from your business though! We just might have a long journey ahead.

View the site here.

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