GSMA states that in Sub-Saharan Africa, a quarter of the population still lives outside of mobile broadband coverage, compared to 7%  globally. Mobile internet is the sole method of digital access for many individuals and businesses in Nigeria. The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the importance of the mobile internet to support access to education, work, healthcare, services and social networks.  In…

Hotspot Network Limited, a tower collocation and infrastructure sharing service provider, has selected Parallel Wireless, a United States-based Open RAN company, to deliver 2G, 3G and 4G coverage across 2,000 villages in Nigeria for MTN. The Founder and CEO, HotSpot Network Limited, Morenikeji Aniye, in a statement said that it planned to deliver 500 sites in the first year for…

A Nigerian company that specialises in building mobile networks for rural areas is to install open-source technology to deliver 2G, 3G and 4G wholesale services, upgradable to 5G. Hotspot Network has turned to Parallel Wireless, a US supplier, to install the system to offer mobile coverage to 2,000 villages. Hotspot’s founder and CEO Morenikeji Aniye said: “Low ARPU [average revenue…

November 11,2020 The CEO, Hotspot Network Limited in company of the Chief Result Officer visited the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE to commend the Management and Project Team on the implementation of the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA) initiative. Hotspot has been co-travelling with NITDA on the initiative and is facilitating…