By Adeyemi Adepetun FOR effective and efficient handling of emergency call through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on the deployment of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution. This bolstering of the capacity of emergency response agencies is coming on the heels of Commission’s recent activation of the...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) have revealed that COVID-19 pandemic caused a major spike in the prices of broadband services across the globe in 2021. The bodies noted that Internet connectivity became less affordable around the world in 2021. Specifically, ITU stressed that consumers in...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun LEGAL experts in Nigeria have picked hole in the new propositions contained in the planned National Information technology Development Agency (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2021, describing it as attempting to unnecessarily duplicate the regulatory powers of some existing government agencies in the country. The legal luminaries made their positions known during...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun GOVERNMENTS and the private sector have been advised to leverage satellite technology for better disaster management efforts globally. The counsel formed part of the recommendations made by Access Partnership, a global public policy firm for the technology sector, in its Fair Tech Institute whitepaper, which outlined need to speed up usage...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso FOR Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the 2022 International Women’s Day became a day for acknowledging his role in women empowerment in the country, as numerous beneficiaries of his efforts decorated him with awards of recognition. The event...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun MTN Group this week committed to support a bi-national conference for businesses operating in South Africa and Nigeria during the first visit to its South African headquarters of the chairman of MTN Nigeria, the Group’s biggest operating company. The commitment was made to Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa H.E. Muhammed...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun CYBERSAFE Foundation in partnership with the United Kingdom (UK) government, which trained 2,400 girls and women across Nigeria in digital skills through the DigiGirls Digital Empowerment Program, has produced the first graduating cohort of women and girls who are expected to be in high demand globally. Speaking at the graduation ceremony...
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun TELECOMMUNICATIONS service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a major upgrade and overhaul on its network infrastructure nationwide in a move to ensure its over 50 million customers continue to enjoy the best experience on voice call and mobile Internet services. As part of the exercise, Airtel has upgraded all its...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso COMPUTER Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) (CPN) has condemned the proposed NITDA Bill 2021 in its entirety. CPN delegates, led by the President and Chairman of Council, Kole Jagun, were at the stakeholders engagement, recently organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to consider the proposed NITDA Bill...
Read MoreTELECOMMUNICATIONS firm, MTN, in partnership with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has offered 5000 evacuated returnees displaced by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war more humanitarian aid to ease their premature return to the country. “1,199 have been evacuated so far from Ukraine,” NIDCOM announced in a Twitter post on March 11, 2022....
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