Author: ITPulse

  The General Manager of the MainOne Data Center subsidiary, MDXI, Mr. Gbenga Adegbiji has debunked the perception that power hungry industries such as data centers cannot successfully operate in Nigeria. Adegbiji, who was reacting to media reports that power is the key challenge of the Data center operation in Nigeria, disclosed that the MDXi Data Center has enjoyed over 90 per cent power uptime since 2015 and is poised to achieve 95 percent availability in 2018, based on a growing partnership with a local power distribution company. “We recognized the crippling impact of downtimes, the peculiarities of the Nigerian…

A prominent development economist, Mr. Mukoro Okotete had commended the contribution of the telecoms sector to the nation’s economic growth and development. Speaking at a seminar in Lagos with the theme “Nigeria: Sustainable Growth After Recession” Okotete noted that the impressive growth of the telecoms sector would be enhanced by the planned sale of 9Mobile.  He, however, cautioned that for the sale of 9Mobile to yield the desired dividends, it has to be done transparently.  He expressed dismay that some vested interest had sought to derail the sale by announcing the emergence of a preferred bidder.  That the preemptive…

  The Nigerian Senate has expressed concerns over the widespread of usage of Crypto-currency in the form of Bitcoin in Nigeria, warning that Nigerians seem not to be aware of the consequences with the way it is openly marketed across the country on the local television and radio stations. In a motion, sponsored by Senator Benjamin Uwaiumogu (APC, Imo North), the upper legislative chamber expressed concern that Nigerians are freely advised, and even persuaded to invest in crypto-currency as it promises quick returns, in certain instances, a triple or quadruple of the invested sum as profit within days. Uwaiumogu noted…

  By Kester Omu The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has posited that it would be wrong for the  Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to suspend some Interconnect houses, over the allegation of call masking without making available evidence to show that call masking emanated from their end. The President of ATCON, Mr. Olusola Teniola, who spoke to the Punch Newspaper, also argued that the affected interconnect houses, who are members of ATCON are only responsible five per cent of all calls routed in the telecom industry, while the remaining 95 per cent passed through network operators. “To the…

  Software giant, Microsoft has said its newly acquired gaming start-up PlayFab, which will be integrated into Azure platform, will help developers build better games. Microsoft had acquired PlayFab, which powers more than 1,200 live games and has served over 700 million players for for an undisclosed sum. “Together, Azure and PlayFab will further unlock the power of the intelligent cloud for the gaming industry, enabling game developers and delighting gamers around the world,” Kareem Choudhry, Corporate Vice President of gaming at Microsoft, said in a blog post. PlayFab technology is being used by entertainment companies like Disney, NBC Universal,…

  Based on the alert that there will be a potential cyber-attacks on MDAs, including the organised private sector and the general public, the following precautionary measures are hereby recommended by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has through its Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT). Efforts should be intensified at ensuring that any data is encrypted, particularly any sensitive or personal data. Ensure that networks are fully secured through the use of wired network thereby protecting them from possible hackers’ attempt at using Wi-Fi security lapses to remotely break into computer systems. Where Wi-Fi network is used,…

  By Martin Ekpeke The official website of the Nigerians Communications Commission (NCC), was today adjudged the overall best in Nigeria in the Ministry, Department and Agency (MDA) category of the 2017 edition of the highly coveted Web Jurist Awards, organized by Phillips Consulting in Lagos. NCC was declared the best ahead of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Bank of Industry (BOI) respectively in the MDA category, making it the second year the Nigeria’s telecom regulator is winning the award consecutively. Narrating how the NCC’s website was adjudged the best, Mr. Oluwaseun Ngonnase, Senior Partner at Phillips…

  The story making the rounds that a preferred bidder and a reserved bidder have emerged for 9Mobile has been described as merely “flying a kite” in order to goad the regulatory authorities in the wrong direction.  The belief is that an interested party is merely trying to preempt the outcome to suit its purpose. Information gathered from a reliable source close to the transaction stated that the bid for 9mobile has not been concluded and that the sums quoted as the financial bids of both Teleology Holdings and Smile Telecoms Holdings are inaccurate.  The source, therefore urged interested parties…

By Martin Ekpeke Workclick , a Lagos based firm that offers professional and domestic onsite services to customers on demand has officially announced its operation in Nigeria with over 5000 workers that will provide various services to Nigerians. The platform, which matches trained worker-partners to customers via its app-based platform was unveiled to the media in Lagos last week Saturday. Speaking on the idea behind the platform, Engr. Samuel Ajiboyede, Co-founder of Workclick said the platform will drastically reduce the unemployment rate and ultimately create income for skilled workers in the country. He describes Workclick as a predefine service…

    By Kester Omu One of the Interconnect operators, whose license has been penciled down for suspension by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has blamed political maneuvering at the Commission as the reason for the action. The Nigerian Communications Commission had given a notice to suspend to some interconnect operators, saying they are involved in call masking and call refilling that could undermine measures to track criminals such as kidnappers and terrorists. The Commission’s letter, which was signed by the NCC’s Head of Legal and Regulatory Service and Head of Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, Yetunde Akinloye and Efosa Idehen…