Author: ITPulse

The General Manager, MDXi Data Centre, Mr Gbenga Adegbiji has disclosed that the company is presently investing additional N2.5 billion into its facility in Lekki-Lagos to raise its present investment stake from N10.7 billion in phase one to N12.2 billion in the current phase two. Adegbiji, who disclosed this during a media tour of the MDXi Data Centre facilities in Lagos last week, said the fresh investment will strengthen its operations in Nigeria to enhance and raise its capacity in local data hosting from 300 to 600 racks. He stated that the need for expansion was based on customer’s…

  Medallion Communications Limited said it is expanding its Interconnect and Data Centre infrastructure to Enugu, Port-Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano and Asaba in an effort to accommodate more service providers in other parts of Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of Medallion, Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, who disclosed this last week in Lagos said the expansion, which is in phases will help boost the experience of telecom users across the country. “Apart from our Data Centre in Lagos and Abuja, we are also on the verge of expanding the infrastructure to other parts of the country,” he disclosed. He noted that the expansion…

  By Martin Ekpeke There major Data Centre operators in Nigeria have called on the federal government to make policies aimed to localizing data and content in the country, saying that would help reduce capital flight, boost economy and ultimately create jobs. The three operators,  Medallion Communications, MDXi and Rack Centre made the call last week at the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA)’s February 2018 Edition of the monthly interactive session with ICT industry helmsmen tagged: ‘Breakfast Meeting With The CEO.’ According to them, a huge chunk of Nigeria’s content and data is hosted abroad, a situation they described…

  By Martin Ekpeke The disagreement between the National Information Technology development Agency (NITDA) and the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) over who register IT contractors continued yesterday. The NCS in a statement signed by its President, Prof. G.A. Aderounmu, insisted that the call for another registration and licensing of IT contractors by NITDA is tantamount to double registration which is contrary to the Federal Government’s policy on ease of doing business. NCS believes the call may lead to the registration of quacks and non professionals, as the only body recognized by law to register players in the industry is the…

  By kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured that the Code of Corporate Governance in the telecom industry is set to address the massive interconnection indebtedness and the unethical practice of call masking. The Board Chairman of the Commission, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, gave the assurance at the Code of Corporate Governance workshop in Kano, yesterday. “The Code of Corporate Governance is set up to address the concerns of massive interconnection indebtedness and the unethical practice of masking of international calls in the telecom industry,” he said. While warning operators to desist from call masking activities or face…

  By Kester Omu The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has disclosed that MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile network has paid over 30 percent, representing N110 billion, out of the N330 billion fine it impose on it in 2015. Danbatta stated this yesterday in Kano at a workshop on Code of Corporate Governance. “MTN has so far paid N110 billion of the total fine of N330 billion,” he said The Nigerian Communications Commission had imposed the fine of N1.04tn on MTN for allegedly failing to register their SIM cards. This led to a prolonged…

  By Kester Omu The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has urged Swedish investors to consider the Nigeria’s Information and Communications technology industry, saying it remained one of the untapped industry in the country. Dogara stated this when he received the Swedish ambassador to Nigeria, Inger Ulvedt, who led a delegation to his office on a courtesy call. According to him, Nigeria remained the second largest trade partner with Sweden in sub-Sahara Africa and has an existing cordial relationship. He said this relationship hope to be strengthened for the overall benefit of both countries. “Swedish companies…

  Adopting artificial intelligence for growth and positive social impact means forming new partnerships with customers and business partners. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies are accelerating the creation of intelligent enterprises and enabling companies to integrate themselves into people’s lives, according to Accenture Technology Vision 2018, the annual technology report from Accenture that predicts key technology trends likely to disrupt business over the next three years. However, capitalizing on growth opportunities while also having a positive impact on society requires a new era of leadership that prioritizes trust and greater responsibility. This year’s report, “Intelligent Enterprise…

  The Enforcement Unit of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday raided some companies in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, whose installations were allegedly causing service disruption on 9mobile network. The companies are Page Microfinance Bank, GMT Energy Resources, Club 57 and a property on No 61, Ademola Street, Ikoyi. Speaking to Journalists,  Head of Enforcement Unit at NCC, Mr. Salisu Abdu, said the raid was as a result of complaints received from 9mobile in respect of frequency interference it was having in its network, which has subjected a number of corporate and individual customers to interrupted service delivery. “We…

  The Chief Executive Officer, Oracle Nigeria, Adebayo Sanni, has predicted that, blockchain will emerge as a transformational technology in 2018, while Internet ofThings will evolve from individual components to an integrated platform; and regulated industries will move to the cloud en masse. According to Sanni, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will also cement its place in enterprises, arguing that by the end of this year, most customer support will be conducted by chatbots. “With IDC projecting the country’s ICT market to grow to $10billion in 2018; Nigeria is fast emerging as the hotbed of technological innovation in Africa, and we are…