Author: ITPulse

Following the Federal and State Governments directives that businesses in Nigeria should adopt measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus many if not most organisations have already crossed the “working from home”, or at least the “working while on the road” bridge. Therefore, the global concerns over the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, and the need to keep at-risk staff away from the office, means that lots of companies may soon and suddenly end up with lots more staff working from home A global cybersecurity Company has also suggested that it is vital not to let the precautions intended to protect…

Nigerian telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) seems to have reduced official activities and out rightly canceled official traveling among its staff as part of efforts to tame the spread of the deadly Coronavirus Pandemic. Though no official statement was issued by the commission in this regard, a check indicates that only skeletal activities are going on at the Commission Head Office and its new annex at Mbora District, which was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari last week. In fact, ITPulse’s queries have shown that out of the over 1500 staff of the Commission, only a scanty 50 are…

By Okechukwu Chukwuebuka There is a cost to any economy when there is a major health concern. In recent years, the world has been, thankfully, free from epidemic and pandemic of pathogens. Where there has been an outbreak, the WHO has moved swiftly to deliver services and supply nations that have been hit hard. Outbreaks such as Sars and Ebola have been confined to small geographic areas and were able to be dealt with swiftly and successfully, only having a relatively small impact on national economies where the outbreak occurred. However, the current outbreak COVID 19 and the subsequent rapid…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has given reasons why the Commission decided to establish 18 Emergency Communications Centers in 17 States of the country. Danbatta, while speaking at the launch of the Emergency Communications Centers, 112 Toll-free Number and other projects and programme of the government in Abuja recently, disclosed that NCC facilitated the establishment of 18 ECCs in 17 states of the Federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in line with the Commission’s mandate under section 107 of Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003. “This is to promote and enhance public safety…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged mobile network operators (MNOs) to fully concentrate on the unserved and underserved areas of the country when deploying telecom services to ensure full attainment of the targets set in the new National Broadband Plan 2020-2025. The President made the call recently at the unveiling of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020–2025 and the launches of ECC, 112 Toll-free Number in Abuja. While reiterating Government’s commitment to ensuring that all stakeholders have a conducive environment to ensure the successful implementation of the Broadband Plan, which seeks to boost broadband penetration as well as support the…

Dear Customers, Greetings from all of us at Galaxy Backbone and we hope you and your family are staying healthy even as the world and indeed our dear nation continues to look for innovative ways to prevent and manage the effects of the Corona Virus Pandemic. Galaxy Backbone has put in place measures to ensure minimal service disruptions during this period.   In this regard, we have set up the GBB Covid-19 Action Team to activate and implement our Business Continuity Plans to ensure that our operations continue to run seamlessly round the clock; 7 days a week, even while our…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said fraudsters have created a website, which is capitalizing on the Covid-19 pandemic to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a statement issued by Mrs. Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs & External Relations, NITDA noted that such websites are fake. “We would like to bring to the attention of the general public the existence of fraudulent websites trying to capitalize on the Covid-19 pandemic to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. “In NITDA’s efforts at ensuring safe and secure Nigerian cyberspace, the Agency’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT) identified a number of websites using various…

The National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has requested that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to initiate the process of National Right of passage for all technical staff of telecommunications companies in the event of foreseeable lockdown by either the Federal Government or the State Government in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus outbreak in the country. This request was made in a statement issued and signed by the Executive Secretary of ATCON, Mr. Ajibola Olude. The umbrella body of all telecom companies in Nigeria said in the statement that it made…

As the Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19 is ravaging the world forcing people to work from home, the Chief Executive Officer of Fornetix, Mark Gilroy has given some cybersecurity/cyber hygiene tips for remote workers. He said these tips are some of the key measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is social distancing, which for many organizations means encouraging – or instructing– staff to work from home. “Moving at short notice from a trusted office environment to working remotely can create security risks. Switching to remote working because of the coronavirus can create cybersecurity problems for employers and employees,” he stated. Here…

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched a global platform to protect telecommunication networks during the COVID-19 crisis. The platform, according to ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao in a statement, will assist governments and the private sector in ensuring that networks are kept resilient and telecommunication services are available to all. “At stake is our ability, as one human family, to give health workers everywhere the tools they need to carry out their duties, to allow all those that can to work from home, to trade online, to ensure that hundreds of millions of children and young people keep up with…