*Say renewal, well deserved *Achievements that paved way for him By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The telecom industry has been on wild jubilation since last week, the federal government announced the reappointment of the current Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof Umah Danbatta. Danbatta whose five years tenure is about to […]

Twitter, on Wednesday, launched a new add-on to its package, which allows users to record and tweet voice notes. In a statement on its blog, Twitter said: “Sometimes 280 characters (maximum per tweet) aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation. “So starting today (Wednesday), we’re testing a new feature that will add […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says investment in the telecommunications sector has risen to over $80 billion.  The Nigeria  Bureau of  Statistics NBS  also explained that foreign capital investment in the sector rose by 725 percent in 2019 from the $114.43 million recorded in 2018; which was the lowest annual investment […]

By Juliet Umeh Next-generation Cybersecurity Company, Sophos, said its latest Endpoint Detection and Response, EDR, would provide industries, security analysts and information communication administrators solution with live discovery and response capabilities. According to the company, the advancements in the solution make it faster and easier for users to identify and neutralizeevasive threats, and for IT […]

By Okoh Aihe Understandably the Nigerian government last week hailed media entrepreneur and emerging movie maker, Mo Abudu, for notching up a deal with global streaming outfit, Netflix, for on-screen adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s ‘Death and The King’s Horseman’ and Lola Shoneyin’s ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’. The partnership described by the Minister […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Facebook’s $19 billion acquired company, WhatsApp, has after a long expectation unveiled its payment feature which will allow users of the messaging app to send and receive money. The new feature was on Monday launched in Brazil, a country with about 120 million users of the app, the second-largest after India which […]

By Juliet Umeh Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Folio Communications Limited, Mr. Fidelis Anosike, has charged Nigerian youths to take bold steps into their future if they hoped to break even. Anosike said his advice, coming on the heels of his resignation from the company’s board, was premised on today’s economic realities. Anosike also […]

Huawei has launched an intelligent collaboration product called IdeaHub, to drive enterprise collaboration in the in Sub Saharan Africa region. The online product launch themed “Huawei IdeaHub-Intelligence at Your Fingertips” was attended by over 300 African business leaders and ICT experts, who exchanged views on digitisation of African enterprises. Distance Economy, people will likely stay […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The Federal Government, Thursday, said it had commenced policy formulation to direct 5G (the 5th generation mobile network) deployment in Nigeria. The technology is a new global wireless standard after 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G networks. 5G enables a new kind of network that is designed to connect virtually everyone […]

Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, announced it has in collaboration with Aquivis Technologies Limited, successful deployment of a smart high-tension overhead line fault circuit locator in Nigeria. This smart grid outage management solution deployed for the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, according to a statement issued by the company, is […]