Author: ITPulse

  By Kester Omu The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has given given reasons why the Commission decided to hold a public inquiry on the on the transfer of Licence and Resources including 800MHz Spectrum from Visafone Communications Limited To MTN Nigeria. Danbatta said the decision is hinged on the Commission’s spirit of participatory regulation and the strategic objective of NCC to hold regular consultation with the industry stakeholders which include Operators and Consumers. “We believe this Public Inquiry is a deliberation that would lead to an informed decision consistent with the Commission’s…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Chief Executive Officer of Main One Cable, Ms. Funke Opeke has disclosed that all the submarine cables on the coast of West Africa are running less than 20 percent capacity. Opeke, in an interview with DatacenterDynamics, noted that the glut in capacity is attributed to the lack of carrier-neutral or open access data centers, where everyone can get content, as well as the robust infrastructure to move the traffic across the country and the West Africa region. “I would argue that all the submarine cables on the West coast of Africa are probably running at…

  The crisis that occurred in Jos, Plateau State have seen to the death of one of Nigerian Communications Commission’s staff,  Zayyanu Shallah, a Manager in the Department Of Universal Service and Provision Fund. According to NCC, Shallah met his death when he and one of his friends Zayyanu AA Gwandu ran into a mob of angry killers suspected to be Birom youths on a reprisal attack against the Fulanis. The two friends were said to be travelling from Bauchi state and, unexpectedly drove into a carnage of murderers in Jos enroute to Abuja. Their remains have since been buried…

  By Kester Omu Nigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the Fedreal Government has set machineries in place to build technology hubs across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Osinbajo, who stated this at the Student Innovation Challenge (SIC) South West regional demo day held at the University of Lagos recently, said the move is part of government’s effort to leverage technology to drive and support youth entrepreneurs in Nigeria. “For us to shape the future of our country, we must look the way of technology. The world’s economy is now knowledged based. Nigeria cannot be left…

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, was yesterday inducted Fellow of The Nigerian Academy of Engineering, during the Academy’s annual lecture and investiture in Lagos. An  elated Danbatta, while being inducted stated that the induction is an honour for NCC and dedicate it to the Commission, which he said has brought regulatory efficiency to the Nigerian telecom space. “Today, I feel personally fulfilled as an Engineer and administrator of human and material resources. I believe this induction is a recognition of the contribution of the ICT sector and the agency that is…

  By Martin Ekpeke Nigeria’s Comercio Limited with expertise in the supply, installation and support of computer hardware and auxiliary equipment, has launched its Enterprise Public Cloud that will ostensibly help Enterprises in Nigeria reduce cost of ownership whilst trying to grow their businesses. Speaking at the launch of the cloud service in Lagos, Comercio’s Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Aderemi Adejumo, noted that the Public Cloud Platform, which he described as the first in Nigeria will offer enterprises the opportunity to move their IT expenditure from a CAPEX to OPEX as well as pay for only service they are rendered.…

  One of Nigeria’s Data Centre operators, Rack Centre has won this year’s Datacloud Award for regional excellence in the Data Centre Geographical Location category. The Datacloud award, which recognises the leading individuals and companies shaping the global data economy and honour innovation, service excellence and diversity is highly regarded as one of the world’s defining accolade for Data Centre and cloud industry Quoting Mr Phillip Low, Chairman of Broadgroup, parent company of Data Economy Magazine and organiser of the award ceremony in a statement issued by Rack Centre, the Datacloud Awards is a reflection of the spirit of innovation…

  Nigeria’s largest system integration company, CWG Plc, last week in Lagos unveiled the ‘Agent’s recruitment initiative’ for its Unified Cooperative Platform (UCP); a core Cooperative operations software, to stakeholders from some of the Cooperative Societies in the country. At the workshop, which was attended by representatives of various Cooperative Societies in Nigeria, CWG noted that the Unified Cooporative Platform is strategically designed to meet the rising and dynamic needs of Cooperative Societies across Africa. Presenting the solution, Mrs. Funmilola Abimbola, Product Manager for UCP at CWG Plc, explained that the Unified Cooporative Platform requires little or no investment from…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday disclosed that it recently gave out N50 million to members of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering and staff from various Universities in Nigeria to aid Research and Development. The Executive Vice-Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this in Lagos at a Dinner, organized by the  Nigerian Academy of Engineer. Danbatta, who will be inducted into the Academy today, noted that the N50 million, which was given to the Academy is part of the NCC’s 8-point agenda, which is to seek strategic collaboration and partnership. “Only recently, we gave…

  The new elected President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Mr. Yele Okeremi has unveiled the agenda, which he said would move the group forward towards achieving its goal. Okeremi, who spoke briefly during the handover from the previous executive led by Olorogun James Emadoye, said the new executive will work hard to ensure local software are trusted and patronize globally. “The major obstacle we have seen in the acceptance of local software is trust. This is what we will largely work on so that locally written software can be accepted globally,” he promised. Though, he…