NCC offers students free 100MB daily for online learning
•ALTON hails gesture, says it’ll enhance digital education in NigeriaBy Prince Osuagwu Hi-Tech Editor The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has launched a Zero-Rated Data Access to Educational Platforms and Content initiative, offering eligible users up to 100MB of free data daily to access approved educational websites and platforms. Access to digital learning The initiative, launched […]
Internet Governance: Pantami, Danbatta target digital tech for national development
By Juliet Umeh Key players in Nigeria’s information and communications technology, ICT, are gathering to discuss how to entrench digital technology and how to use it to achieve national development. The discussion will practically commence at the 2020 virtual Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, vNIGF. The two-day event will x-ray the importance of digital technologies in […]
Trump told Oracle, Walmart he wants US paid in TikTok deal
US President Donald Trump told Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Friday that he still wants the government to receive a payment as part of a deal for the US operations of the TikTok video-sharing app. Trump spoke to the two men by phone as he weighed whether to approve the […]
US judge halts Trump order to remove WeChat from app stores
A US judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple and Google to remove the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads. Magistrate Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said in an order that WeChat users who filed a lawsuit “have shown serious questions going to the merits of the first amendment claim, the balance […]
NCC mulls new pricing regime for mobile int’l termination rate
…Commences cost-based study to determine new rates By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on a cost-based study to set the new pricing regime for mobile international termination rate (ITR) for inbound international voice calls in the country. The ITR is the rate paid to local operators by international operators to terminate […]
Founder of truck maker, Nikola, resigns after fraud allegations
The founder and executive chairman of embattled zero-emission truck maker Nikola has resigned, the company announced Sunday, after allegations of fraud which sparked a stock tumble and a regulatory investigation. The Phoenix-based company said in a statement that it had accepted Trevor Milton’s resignation and that he would be replaced by Stephen Girsky, a Nikola […]
