By Staff Reporter The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is seeking the nation’s judiciary to be part of Information Communications Technology (ICT) trends, whose impact has now affected ways that justice is delivered across the world. The leadership of the Commission made the call during a workshop organized for Nigerian judges which started in...
Read MoreFROM January to September 2022, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means in Nigeria and other part of Africa, including Middle East and Turkey (META). Kaspersky, which revealed this, said in the META region, malicious objects were blocked on 38 per cent of ICS computers in the region...
Read MoreCYBER criminals have intensified attacks and launched innovative attacks targeting companies and individuals. According to Sophos, a cybersecurity firm, in its 2023 Threat Report, unveiled yesterday, said the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime removed through the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country, have benefited from a Federal Government’s broadband infrastructure projects designed to accelerate the Nigeria Digital Economy efforts. At the unveiling of...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter WHILE it has hailed the commitment of telecommunications operators in European countries for maximizing the use of renewable energy in their networks, the Global System for Mobile telecommunications Association (GSMA) is worried that such has not been replicated in Africa. Specifically, GSMA said European networks are leading globally, purchasing an...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has said in Lagos, Tuesday, that the efforts by the Commission to timely auction available spectrum for 5G services in Nigeria, is primarily driven by the pursuit to join the global community to advance digital services and enhance...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun SERIOUS crises appear to be brewing in Nigeria’s $70 billion telecommunications industry over interest shown by MTN to seek additional Fifth-Generation (5G) spectrum licence. Other operators and stakeholders, yesterday in Lagos, kicked against MTN’s move, to seek additional 5G spectrum in the country. This was part of the deliberations at...
Read MoreTHE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend in Lagos, received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts Association of Nigerian (CSEAN) which enumerated several steps taken by it to promote a safer Internet. The award, which was conferred on the Commission, ahead of...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun TO bridge gaps identified in Nigeria’s fibre infrastructure rollout, the Federal Government is hoping to launch the National Dig Once Policy in the country. With December target, the FG said it was giving final touches to the proposed document. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami, made the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE coffers of the Federal Government is expected to be $547 million richer following plans by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to auction two more Fifth-Generation (5G) network licences in the country. In the Information Memorandum (IM) on 3.5 GHz Spectrum Auction revealed at the weekend, which NCC used to...
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