Author: ITPulse

Juniper Research, the organizer of the annual Future Digital Awards for telco Innovation has released portal to apply for this year’s event. They have also released categories for the awards aim to reward the most innovative vendors and solutions in the fast-paced mobile communications market. These This year’s Telco Innovation Future Digital Awards cover the following categories: Enterprise Telco Innovation Best Carrier Billing Solution (Platinum & Gold) Best Steering of Roaming Solution (Platinum & Gold) Best RCS Provider (Platinum & Gold) Best Mobile Video Solution (Platinum) Best CCaaS (Contact Centre-as-a-Service) Solution (Platinum & Gold) Best Conversational AI Solution (Platinum &…

A research titled ‘Digital Education in Covid Era’ has revealed that eight in ten children in Nigeria representing 84percent, who switched to remote learning due to the pandemic prefer in-person education. The research done by Kaspersky and aimed at evaluating student performance during enforced distance learning shows that children complained about a lack of in-person communication with their peers between classes. It also shows that many respondents dislike learning online because of having to spend so much time in front of a screen (60%) and frequent technical problems (67%). For 29% of students, it is more difficult to understand educational…

By Sharon Shea Before jumping feet-first into the cloud, understand the new and continuing top cloud security challenges your organization is likely to face — and how to mitigate them. All the major promises of the cloud — improved IT efficiency, flexibility and scalability — come with one major challenge: security. Many organizations can’t delineate where cloud service provider (CSP) responsibilities end and their own responsibilities begin, opening them to numerous vulnerabilities. The increased expansiveness of the cloud also increases an organization’s potential attack surface. To further complicate the matter, traditional security controls often don’t fulfill cloud security needs. To help companies…

The African Postgraduate Students’ Research Group (APSRG) has rated Konga, one of Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce platforms as the most reliable source for best-priced genuine PCs and laptops from top global brands in Nigeria. APSRG in a research collective which numbers budding scholars of African origin among its membership, revealed that though the ratio of PC shipment across all shopping platforms in Nigeria were impacted by the unfavourable exchange rate, Konga leads other platforms by a large distance as the platform with the most competitive pricing for genuine devices across all three consumer categories. “Konga led other retailers in PC and…

Sulaiman Sulaiman Tunde is a young, vibrant, and experienced full stack developer in Ibadan, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria. He works remotely with Leasytime, a dutch  Startup in The  Netherlands. How did he get an international, you may ask? He got the job through Zwarttalent. Zwarttalent via Zwartrecruit connects senior IT experts with international job opportunities to enable them to compete in the global marketplace. Tunde, in this interview, discusses his experience working with an international company, how he got the job, and much more. Excerpts What is your name, and what is your role/position? My name is Sulaiman Sulaiman Tunde.…

Sales are a determinant of whether a business would survive or not. The life blood of every business is embedded in the day-to-day activities that can generate consistent cash flow. Some organizations get caught up in trying to do many things are at time which makes their progression towards activities that contributes to their down line flawed and is visible in the finances of the organizations. Organizations are not necessarily alarmed until there is a sharp drop in revenue; however a sharp drop in revenue is only an indication of many other factors beyond what has been observed. This revenue…

Every other day, social media brings us a picture or video of a dilapidated school somewhere in Nigeria or shares images of a distraught widow, a struggling roadside trader or street hawker, or some other hapless victims of the extremely harsh realities of living in Nigeria. Immediately, as if on cue or automated, viewers launch into stinging attacks of government, public officials, the privileged class and even Nigeria itself. The attacking mob wastes no time in calling for the government’s head or the heads of public officials with responsibilities in the jurisdiction or sector where the unfortunate sights surfaced from.…

No matter how close a person is to you, don’t link your National Identification Number (NIN) to the person’s SIM, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned. “On no account should a telecom consumer, however circumstanced, allow another person to register a SIM with another person’s NIN,” said NCC’s Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Efosa Idehen while speaking during the radio programme focused on ‘the Benefits of NIN-SIM Integration. According to NCC, not linking your NIN to another person’s SIM will protect the true owner of the NIN from any liabilities or negative consequences arising from the use of other person’s…

Stakeholders in the information and communication technology industry have stressed that accelerating innovation remains the best path to drive inclusive growth. The tech experts among who are C-Suite executives, founders, presidents of companies/organisations, presidents of industry associations, startups/entrepreneurs and government officials, etc., unanimously agreed on this at the 2021 Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH2021) held in Lagos on Wednesday October 13, 2021, highlighting that building infrastructure to extend internet access in underserved areas will drive digital transformation across board. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), focusing his presentation on “NCC as a…

United Kingdom based Juniper Research has reported that 5G capabilities will drive enthusiasm and awareness of private cellular networks; bringing annual spend on network hardware and services to almost $12 billion globally by 2023. This will represent 116% from the $5.5 billion expected for 2021, even as over 60% of base stations used in these deployments in 2023 will be 5G  Thanks to its ultra-low latency and signal propagation properties that allow deployment in environments where conventional networks struggle. “With private networks frequently entirely separate from public networks, the role of traditional mobile network operators can be minimal in many…