Nigeria currently accounts for 82 per cent of Africa’s information and communications technology (ICT) market. This was made known by the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, at the 10th and 11th combined Convocation Lecture of the Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State. Danbatta, who delivered the convocation lecture, said the adoption and utilisation...
FOR most of last week 5G had a bad story. For a technology that is expected to foster advantage in affecting human connectivity and machine to machine connectivity as well, 5G got into some kind of nightmarish flux that really made people begin to have a second look at the technology. This wasn’t the kind...
Worldwide, the number of attacks experienced per business each week is 870 on average – in Nigeria, this weekly figure is 2 308 across all industry sectors collectively. The more-granular per-industry analysis reveals this figure is higher still for businesses in the finance and banking sector. This is according to cyber security solutions provider Check...
Telecoms operators in Nigeria yesterday allayed fears over alarm raised by airline operators in the United States of possible disruption in aircraft operations by the rollout of 5G network. Recall that Chief Executive Officers of some of the largest airlines in the United States’ had raised the alarm over what they described as potential catastrophic...
Nigeria will launch a new communication satellite (Sat 2) into orbit this year, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has said. Pantami, who disclosed this during a one-day working visit and interaction with the staff of the Nigerian Communications Satellite in Abuja on Monday, said he had secured the...
Nigeria’s ICT industry has consistently contributed over 10% towards the West African country’s GDP over ten years, but there is more to be gained from increasing the speed and coverage of internet connectivity. This is according to Prof Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), who added that telecommunications alone contributed...
Hinged on the fact that Nigeria has highest number of mobile phones in Africa,and Internet subscribers, the Federal Government is convinced the country will emerge 5G highest subscribers in the continent. Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced that the Federal Government had adopted the national policy for the fifth-generation network, which...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned members of the public against the activities of a cybercrime group that has perfected a New Year scheme to deliver ransomware to targeted organizational networks. NCC stated that new ransomware uncovered by security experts has been categorised, by the Nigerian Computer Emergency Response Team’s (ngCERT) advisory released over...
Wireless ISP Tizeti has announced the expansion of its LTE services to Oyo State. The firm is initially deploying its low-cost solar-powered 4G network in Ibadan, with customers able to access services starting at NGN2,222 (USD5.4) per month from 1 April. In a press release, the firm said the launch will ‘provide significant opportunities for cities in Oyo State,...
Minister of communications and digital economy, says the National information technology development agency (NITDA) executed 499 information technology projects valued at N152 billion in 2021. The minister disclosed this on Tuesday at the closing of the 2021 service-wide capacity building programme on e-government in Abuja. The NITDA serves as the clearinghouse for IT projects in Nigeria. The...
