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  By Martin Ekpeke The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), established by the Federal Government to drive universal access to Information and Communications Technologies in rural, unserved and underserved areas, yesterday berthed in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State for what it described as ICT utilization and sustainability workshop. The 2-day South-West Zonal Stakeholder Engagement workshop, was organized to encourage and build capacity among benefiting communities of USPF’s programmes and how to protect the infrastructure provided. Declaring the workshop open, the Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission and Vice Chairman of USPF, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, urged participants at the workshop to fully harness…

  Medallion Communications, touted by stakeholders in the telecommunication industry as ‘‘Nigeria Telecom House’ has won another Interconnect Company of the year award at the Ghana Information And Telecom Awards, organized by InstinctWave in Accra, Ghana. Medallion had last year in Lagos won the Interconnect Service Provider Of The Year at the prestigious Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA), which was powered by Instinct Wave and supported by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). Reacting to the award, Engr. Ikechuchwu Nnamani, CEO, Medallion communications, said that the award would encourage Medallion to strengthen its efforts as a…

In a rapidly changing business environment, businesses are under pressure to not only comply with constantly changing regulations, but also to modernize their processes and systems. The purpose is to help reduce compliance costs, improve efficiency and effectiveness, stay competitive and drive innovation whilst looking for better ways to serve their customers. Against this backdrop, businesses will become more successful based on how they use data, analytics and collaboration in the new analytics economy. This was the thrust of the conversations made at the SAS Road to Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, AI Showcase in Lagos recently. Other topics…

By Jenny Casswell and Keeya-Lee Ayre The UN Refugee Agency’s annual Global Trends study published today highlights that forced displacement is at a record high, with 68.5 million people driven from their homes by the end of 2017. Yet, there is optimism that digital solutions and the ubiquity and pace of growth of mobile technology can benefit the lives of refugees in a multitude of ways. According to UNHCR, roughly 93 per cent of refugees live in areas that are covered by at least a 2G network and 62 per cent are living in areas covered by 3G networks.…

  By Cyril Ilayah The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), today hailed telecom consumers across the country, describing them as the biggest asset in the telecommunication industry. Danbatta gave the kudos to the consumer in a speech he delivered at today’s Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP), with the theme “Improving Telecom Service Delivery to Consumers: Key to Industry Sustainability” which was held at the NAF Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja. “The Telecom consumer is expectedly the biggest assets in the industry. As a regulator, we are committed towards protecting their interest at all time,” he assured. He, however,…

  The present global spending on cybersecurity products (both hardware and software) and services is $114 billion, a leading data and analytics companyData has revealed. GlobalData believes that this figure is expected to have passed $140bn by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6 percent, adding that spending on services accounted for 68 percent of total spending in 2017 and this share will remain relatively steady through 2021, despite the CAGR of the services segment (4.9 percent) being outstripped by that of products (7.7 percent). Many of these money will be spent on artificial intelligence (AI) -infused…

  MDXI Data centre, a subsidiary of MainOne has received its Tier III Constructed Facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. This was announced by the General Manager of MDXI, Gbenga Adegbiji, saying the certification further validates the company’s investment in critical infrastructure to grow West Africa’s Digital Economy. “With the increased recognition of Africa as home of fast growing economies, it is important that we have the infrastructure required to establish, enhance and sustain effective business performance in today’s global digital economy. Outsourcing of Data Center services to a reputable provider, such as MDXI ensures businesses can adopt more…

  The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber crimes, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, has chided the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for refusing to participate in the on-going 2018 legislative stakeholder conference on cyber security. A visibly paranoid Buhari, argued that ignoring the conference despite several letters written to invite the apex bank shows that the apex bank is less concern with cyber threats and criminalities, which have led to the lost of billion of dollars. “The Central Bank of Nigeria is the biggest financial institution in Nigeria. Unfortunately, they have shown that they are less concerned with the issues…

  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…