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The surest way to deter criminal elements from continuing damages on telecommunication infrastructure is to pass the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) Bill into law by the National Assembly. This is a call by the Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers (DEMS Volunteers), a non-governmental group of media practitioners that create awareness on the digital economy. The DEMS Volunteers believes that the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), which is one of the key demands of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and telecommunication network operators, will to ensure a halt to rampant vandalism of telecommunications infrastructure. The group wondered why the Senate has not…

The Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA), last week in Lagos elected new members into its executive committee that will champion the affairs of the association in the next three years. The new executive consists of Mr. Chike Onwuegbuchi as Chairman, while Mr. Chidiebere Nwankwo is the Secretary. Other members of the executive include Bukola Olarenwaju, Assistant Secretary; Mr. Justus Adejumoh as Financial Secretary and Mrs. Chioma Obiora-Ezike as treasurer. Giving an acceptance speech on behalf of the new executives, the Chairman, Mr. Chike Onwuegbuchi noted that the task ahead is to build upon the achievements of the previous administration,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has allayed the fears in some quarters that radiation levels from the deployment of Fifth Generation 5G network in Nigeria is disastrous and harmful to the existence of human being. Speaking on an NCC special panel last week at the Social media Week, Engr. Bako Wakil, Director, Technical Standards & Network Integrity at NCC, said though there is every reason for people to be apprehensive with respect to the radiation of new technology such as 5G, the radiation from 5G is non-ionising. “Non-ionising radiation cannot cause adverse health effects in humans. So, radiation in 5G…

The Chief Executive Officer of Jaiz Bank, Hassan Usman has hailed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its effort at making telecom services affordable to Nigerians. Usman, who stated this at the Commission headquarter last week, noted though Nigeria has not reached the promised land of telecom regulation, the NCC deserves commendation for its regulatory efforts in ensuring a telecom reality that can easily be benchmarked against what is happening in other countries. “NCC must be applauded for its efforts in ensuring effective regulations aimed at protecting the rights and interests of consumers of telecom services as well its efforts…

Some Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria have identified some key issues embedded in the Social Media Bill, which is presently being debated by the National Assembly. The key issues, according to the organisations comprising of Paradigm Initiative, Media Right Agenda and Enough is Enough Nigeria are the transmission of a false statement of facts, jamming the Internet and criminalization of misrepresentation of facts. Transmission of a false statement of facts: the societies interpret it you must not make false statements that diminish public confidence in the performance of any duty or function of or in the exercise of any power…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has identified the lack of electricity and fibre as some of the challenges that may hinder the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) across Nigeria. “While 5G deployment will enhance the speed of the broadband Internet and change the business environment, electricity and inability to get fibre to home and offices across Nigeria will frustrate the acceleration of 5G,” said Engr. Bako Wakil, NCC’s Director, Technical Standard and Network Integrity at a special session on “Fifth Generation (5G) Networks Deployment: Socio-economic Benefits and Challenges at the ongoing Social Media Week. Wakil explained that the current electricity…

The organizers of the annual Nigeria Corporate Services Conference, NiCoS, TenticP Communications Nigeria Limited has announced a partnership agreement with Think Big Freelance Consulting on the 2020 and the second edition of the programme. The partnership, which was announced during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU by the management of both organisations. According to the Founder and the Lead Strategist, TenticP Communications, Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen, the partnership is to form a synergy between both organisations for a hitch-free conference. She said NiCoS conference 2020 rides on the success of the maiden edition of the event held in May last…

…. Organisers blame technology failure By Martin Ekpeke A middle-aged woman, simply referred to as Janet has narrated how her sister was allegedly defrauded via the Better Life Billionaire Promo, organized last year by NNB Capital and Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Eczellon Capital, an investment and advisory firm. Narrating the story to ITPulse via email, she said the sister, whom she refused to reveal her name, citing security implication emerged as one of the winners of Better Life Billionaire Promo weekly draws and ought to have been paid N2million cash prize. She disclosed that up till now the money…

By Samantha Naidoo African telco operators face a landmark five-year period as they strive to reimagine their business models and build new capabilities that will ensure their future success. Currently, non-traditional market entrants are putting pressure on telco operators’ profit margins, forcing them to look at ways of quickly delivering new services to meet customer demands. The introduction of telco operator -enabled IoT networks and the upcoming rollout of 5G is also creating a new battleground for connecting a sensor-based world. The potential benefits to telco operators for 5G rollout are immense: total revenue from 5G is expected to reach…

The TV and video industry continues to grow as a medium. Thus, getting the marketplace more fragmented, eMarketer, research company focused on digital transformation, has released its 2020 TV and Video trends report, displaying where viewers are going to be spending their time. The report highlights 8 trends that will guild marketers deciding where to invest their video marketing efforts with a special focus on cable TV, connected TV, over-the-top, social media video platforms. The report advised that understanding the reasons for these trends will help any marketer to make better decisions on where to spend their video ad dollars…