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TYPE APPROVAL ENFORCEMENT: Why your phone may stop working soon

TYPE APPROVAL ENFORCEMENT: Why your phone may stop working soon

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor That fairly cheap smartphone you bought from an unfamiliar dealer, the one that came without much paperwork, may soon have a date with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Not because the Commission is interested in what is inside your phone, but because it wants to know whether the device itself […]
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Why your business should go for mobile ‘Appy-ness’

Why your business should go for mobile ‘Appy-ness’

Big businesses are smart. That’s probably how they became big. Many of them have Chief Technology Officers who not only have many years of training and experience but are paid the big bucks to use technology as a gateway to economic success. It is no surprise then that many big businesses have mobile apps available to their customers. But as a small business owner, your budget might not even have room for an intern, how much more a CTO?

Telecom sector to witness fresh mobile competition

Telecom sector to witness fresh mobile competition

Rural telephony: Meanwhile, in a unique fashion, the operator revealed exclusively to Hi-Tech, that it has made an unprecedented investment towards rural inclusion, acquiring no fewer than five satellite companies which it intended to strategically deploy to complement other infrastructure that will carry services to the rural areas.the local satellites companies according to the operators would be deployed across the country to strengthen backbone network infrastructure.

Huawei pledges to work with AU to build connected Africa

Huawei pledges to work with AU to build connected Africa

The Chairperson of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma during her meeting with Gong Xingyuan, Huawei’s Senior Vice Presidentn traded ideas with the Huawei technology on how best to build Africa’s ICT strategy, industry development, and talent nurturing.

Eutelsat expands broadband offering in Africa

Eutelsat expands broadband offering in Africa

Helping to bridge the digital divide gap in Africa, Eutelsat Communications yesterday unveiled the next step in its broadband strategy for Africa with new-generation Satellite that will increase reach and access.

NCC to issue new spectrum licences in 2016

NCC to issue new spectrum licences in 2016

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday said that it would issue new telecom spectrum licences in 2016, to create robust internet infrastructure in all the 36 states in the country.

MTN bows to pressure, agrees to pay N1.04trn fine

MTN bows to pressure, agrees to pay N1.04trn fine

While pleading for staggered payment model, MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Cloud computing: Key concern is data protection — IBM Cloud Leader, Central W/Africa

Cloud computing: Key concern is data protection — IBM Cloud Leader, Central W/Africa

While the level of maturity and awareness in cloud computing in Nigeria and the rest of the African countries are improving, the Cloud Leader, IBM Central W/Africa, Yusuf Assenjee in an interview with Technology Journalists at the just concluded IBM Business Connect 2015 held in Lagos said that key concern in many countries is around data protection.

Untold secrets of internet speed

Untold secrets of internet speed

You know it doesn’t make sense to be angry with an inanimate object, but that doesn’t stop you from lashing out on your mobile device from time to time; especially when it takes so long to load pages on the internet. Although sometimes, the Internet Service Providers, ISPs are to blame, there are efforts you can make to speed up browsing.