Author: ITPulse

  Months after it announced its commercial readiness of Yahsat’s third satellite, Al Yah 3, Satellite broadband service provider, Yahclick says it has partnered Internet service provider Zeta-Web to expand reliable Internet access across the country. In a statement in Lagos, the company said the new partnership demonstrates Yahsat’s continuous investment in Nigeria to deepen the country’s broadband penetration and bring more areas and communities with reliable and high-performance connectivity. It says the technology will be tilizing the Ka-band frequency powered by High Throughput Satellite (HTS) spot beam technology that delivers higher capacity to smaller dishes, Yahsat – together with…

  A new research findings by GlobaData, a leading data and analytics company has highlighted the performance of the Top 25 publicly traded global technology companies by Market Cap (Mcap) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 (Q2) The top three in the list are Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft. In a statement, GlobalData said it compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2018 (Q1), have been analyzed in the latest research from GlobalData with the completed analysis revealing a number of interesting insights. GlobalData noted that there were two new entrants in the top 25 technology companies list in Q2…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has anoounced the death of one of its Managers, Mr. Benjamin M. Ogbozor. In a Facebook Post, the telecom regulator said Mr. Ogbozor, who was until his death a Principal Manager in the Department of Corporate Planing, Strategy and Risk Management, died after a brief illness and admission at a hospital in Abuja, yesterday being September 14, 2018. The post reads: “The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission regret to announce the sudden and untimely demise of its colleague, friend and enviable staff, Mr. Benjamin M. Ogbozor, popularly called Mr. Ben, who passed away…

The Nigeria Internet Group (NIG), a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the promotion of the internet and its economic benefits in Nigeria has revealed its plans to institute the body’s Hall of Fame. The internet advocacy group which was founded in 1995 made this known during a courtesy visit to Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, the Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government. The NIG executive council led by its President, Destiny Amana included, Bayero Agabi Vice President, Fidelis Orji Executive Secretary and Hilary Damissah, Publicity Secretary.  Amana briefed the SSG of the intentions of the Group the decision to induct the…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has denied media reports ascribing that its Director General, Dr. Isa Pantami categorically stated that the 2019 general election will be compromised by cyber terrorists. The IT clearing house agency described the statement as sensationalism gone awry, stressing that  the Agency is not aware of any plan to disrupt the 2019 general election, but is proactively working with INEC and other stakeholders to ensure the security of election and voting IT Infrastructure. In a statement seen as a response to the publication in the media, which was signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar,…

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iSON Technologies, a leading technology services provider in Africa has announced a strategic partnership with Staxx Solutions, a technology solutions provider with a strong focus on mobile security. The partnership is aimed at providing customers with the best of breed in mobile device cyber security solutions. The new partnership will serve 29 countries across Middle East and Africa and will augment both companies’ efforts to help businesses detect and block the growing number of cyber-attacks on mobile devices, while managing their communications. These selected regions are most vulnerable to cyber-attacks and through this partnership, iSON Technologies and Staxx Solutions have…

    Not having sufficient network protection may allow your organization’s devices to be part of the next cyber-attack, explains Harish Chib, vice president, Middle East & Africa, Sophos   Botnets are large volumes of distributed networked computers and devices that have been taken over by a cybercriminal. Botnets, also referred to as bots, are usually taken over by malicious software to enable remote control by a threat actor. They are set up and developed by a hacker to provide a powerful and dark, cloud computing network to conduct cyberattacks of a criminal nature.   The growth in mobile and…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) have sealed a partnership deal to jointly address telecom consumers’ complaints, especially those that have to do with dropped calls. In a statement jointly signed by the Executive Commissioner Stakeholders Management (ECSM) Mr . Sunday Dare, of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Director General Of the Consumer Protection Council, Babatunde Irukera, the two regulatory agencies noted that, apart from dropped calls, the partnership will also deal with other unwholesome practices by telecommunications network operators in Nigeria. Already, the two agencies have announced the commencement of a joint…

  By Martin Ekpeke Pan-African Information and Communications Technology company, CWG Plc said it has developed smart meters that would aid the energy distribution companies in Nigeria generate additional revenues apart from the normal power tariff. Apart from generating additional revenues, the smart meters, according to CWG will prevent energy theft and help restructure the hitherto dilapidating infrastructure presently owned by the DISCOS. The DISCOS can take advantage of the embedded features in the smart meter to huge additional revenue, as that is the standard in other climes Making a presentation at a seminar CWG organized in partnership with the…