Author: ITPulse

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…

While there could be a potential upside in most sectors of the world economy, the impact of the raging coronavirus (COVID-19) on the IT services sector will be deep, immediate and long-lasting. According to a report by GlobalData, data and Analytics Company, there is little optimism for IT services. “The coronavirus will put incredible strain on the world economy, which will be effectively halted for three months or more. Many companies will not survive this initial phase. For IT services companies asking where new business will come from in 2020, the answer is painfully bleak: there will be none,” said…

A leading data and analytics company, GlobalData has predicted that many technology companies across the world may not be able to survive the crisis posed by the emergence of the Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19. “The coronavirus (COVID-19) is by far the most significant theme to affect the technology industry in 2020. It will put incredible strain on the world economy, which will be effectively halted for three months or more. Many companies will not survive this initial phase. Almost all others will suffer a significant drop in revenues,” it said. It advised that telecom equipment companies must minimize risks to…

While calling for a harmonised action by telecommunications regulators and operators in Africa that will help to combat Coronavirus Pandemic, the African Telecommunications Union has given some guidelines it believes will prevent the spread of the deadly disease. According to ATU, a specialised agency of the African Union in the field of telecommunications, regulators across the continent should implement the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to enable authorities to effectively prevent and mitigate the spread of Covid-19 The ATU, through the Secretary-General, Mr. John Omo, believes that these set of guidelines, which every Member State should consider will assist in combating…