Meta to unveil new AI smart glasses amid privacy concerns
The Muse agent is built on Meta's own AI models and is designed to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude.
Prepaid meters : Electricity staff union slams DISCOs, says estimated bills unjust
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) has lent its voice to the calls on electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) in the country to provide consumers prepaid meters.
MainOne’s MDXI achieves TCCF, now most certified Data Center in Nigeria
MainOne’s Data Centre subsidiary, MDXI has just received its Tier III Constructed Facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. With this new milestone, MDXI becomes the leading Data center in West Africa with the top 5 certifications in the industry, being the Tier III Constructed Facility certification, TCCF, the PCI-DSS certification which certifies the Data center to process payment card information, the SAP Infrastructure Services license which certifies the Data Center as ideal for running SAP applications and infrastructure, and ISO 27001 and 9001 certifications.
Why subscribers can’t pick only channels they want — MultiChoice
Calvo Mawela, Chief Executive Officer of pay-television giants, MultiChoice, has explained that the wish of subscribers across Africa to pick only the channels each wants to watch from the packages offered will attract considerably higher costs if the model is adopted.
Battle over Visafone’s 800MHz spectrum
The proposed acquisition of Visafone operating licence by MTN, to enable it have authorised access to the defunct Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA operator’s 800MHz spectrum band is not going down well with other telcos in the country.The issue which resulted in a legal battle between MTN and another operator 9mobile, has been a time bomb since 2015 when the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, announced it has authorised MTN to acquire 100 percent equity in Visafone.However, the explosion let off, Monday, when in apparent search for clear direction, the NCC gathered the telcos and select stakeholders to a public hearing meant to resolve the impasse.
Epileptic Power : ROSATOM proposes water as effective off-grid solution for Nigeria
Inspired by the need to address Nigeria’s perennial electricity shortfalls, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, ROSATOM, is proposing off-grid technologies – such as mini hydro power stations as an effective solution to ensure access to electricity for Nigeria’s increasing population.The corporation said its prescriptions are underscored by the fact that minor water streams are practically omnipresent in Nigeria.
