Author: ITPulse

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has expressed fears that the 2019 Nigeria’s general elections may be hampered by technology, going by the rates of election meddling via technology in some other countries. Yakubu, who was speaking yesterday at the opening ceremony of a conference attended by the Electoral Management Bodies of the ECOWAS member countries and the South African Development Community member states, noted to avert it, African countries must come together. “We are worried about the twin issues of communication and security given the high stakes of conducting elections in developing countries,”…

Vodacom Business Nigeria, a leading pan-African corporate connectivity and telecommunications provider, today sealed a deal with Intesat to expand its enterprise broadband connectivity in Nigeria. The deal with Intesat, which delivers high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world, will further provide improved satellite services to its local enterprise customers. With the deal, which was signed recently at the Satellite 2018 event in Washington D.C, United States of America recently, Vodacom Business Nigeria has become the first telecommunications provider in Nigeria to lease capacity on the Intelsat 35e Satellite. “With this partnership to deploy the Intelsat EPICNG satellite…

Leading research and advisory company, Gartner has projected in its latest forecast that worldwide Information technology spending will reach $3.7 trillion in 2018, representing 6.2 percent growth from 2017. Gartner attributed this growth to the declining U.S. dollar, which has caused currency tailwinds. “Although global IT spending is forecast to grow 6.2 percent this year, the declining U.S. dollar has caused currency tailwinds, which are the main reason for this strong growth,” said John-David Lovelock, research vice president at Gartner. According to Garner, this is the highest growth rate it has forecasted since 2007, saying the growth appears to be…

  The Nigerian  Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday disclosed that MTN has so far  paid N165 billion out of the N330 billion it imposed on it in 2015, as a result of its inability to disconnect improperly registered SIM cards. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed when he received the Chairman of MTN, Dr. Pascal Dozie and other top management staff of MTN Nigeria in Abuja. “I am happy to inform you that our agreement with MTN on how and when to pay the fine has been adhered to. Just last month, March, we received a cheque…

  Despite the growth in numbers of Internet users in Africa from 15 million in 2005 to 213 million in 2017, uptake of Internet television is still undermined by the high cost of data, global entertainment group, Naspers has said. Citing data cost across the world, Naspers spokeman, Richard Boorman, noted that companies like Showmax, an online subscription video on demand service is seeing healthy usage in South Africa, but elsewhere, Internet TV is still at the nascent stage, as a result of the cost of data in Africa, reputed to be the highest in the world. Asked what Naspers…

  This might come as a shock, but most of you have been charging your phones and tablets the wrong way. You must have heard or read on WhatsApp about phone on overnight charging blowing up causing injuries to the user while the person was asleep. Well, don’t worry, the overnight charging wouldn’t do that to your phone, but it is also not recommended, according to the findings of Cadax, a company that offers devices that test smartphone and other batteries. According to Battery University, which the company runs for free, the phone needs to charge in short bursts and…

  By Martin Ekpeke Telecommunication subscribers in Nigeria have called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to further reform the Value Added Service segment of the telecom industry. The subscribers, who made the call yesterday at the 83rd Edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP), which was held in Lagos, said the call became necessary due to the avalanche of unsolicited SMS, being sent by the operators that end up draining the pulse of the subscribers. One of the subscribers, who described himself as Joseph Igbu, a trader, said the activities of the VAS providers have become a challenge for…

  By Martin Ekpeke Nigeria’s largest system integration company, CWG PLC has unveiled what it described as a 5-year growth plan and the operational strategy that would empower it to remain the leading service platform provider out of Africa. CWG’s Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo, revealed the growth projection plan in an interaction with Journalists in Lagos. According to Adeyipo, after 25 years of doing business and providing services to major corporations in Nigeria and West-Africa, and being strategic partners for major multinationals in the continent, the next phase of CWG’s growth trajectory would be about making…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is set to train 100 women across Nigeria on digital literacy and digital jobs, which will ultimately bridge the digital divide and promote digital inclusion. The federal government agency, saddled with the responsibility of IT development and regulation in the country, said the training would address gender imbalance in ICT, where statistics have shown that women’s participation in ICT is less than 24 percent. “We in NITDA are determined to bridge the gap through special training programmes for women in addition to the usual ICT capacity development activities of which both men…

  Smile Nigeria has introduced a value adding service from its rich repertoire of value adding services, in a bid to delight its teeming subscribers. The free offering, according to the company is to make it possible for its customers to enjoy FREE 1GB data daily for 365days on a minimum of 500MB daily usage from their paid bundle. Aptly dubbed “Get 1GB FREE Daily for 365Days” the service is specifically designed for customers that have not used their Smile device in the last 90days. The service ensures that those who use a minimum of 500MB in a day from…