Broadband Plan: NCC Chairs Implementation C’ttee as Minister Urges for Commitment

...Penetration hits 40.14%, Danbatta pledges implementation Dele Ogbodo The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been saddled with the task of leading the team to ensure effective monitoring and steering of the overall implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020-2025. This followed the designation of NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Engr. Ubale Maska, as the…

July 11, 20200Comments

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Nigeria saves N15 billion through IXP, as Internet traffic goes local

With the aid of the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Nigeria is said to have saved about $40 million (N15.2 billion) in the localisation of Internet traffic, which would have gone abroad. The N15 billion savings, as explained by the Internet Society (ISOC), was achieved when the IXPN grew from carrying just 300 Megabits…

July 6, 20200Comments

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3.3m new users push internet users’ database to 134 million

Mobile network operators in the country added a total of 3.3 million internet customers in February, data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed. The new additions to the country’s internet users’ database brought the total mobile internet subscription to 131.6 million. While data subscriptions had been on a steady increase in the…

July 6, 20200Comments

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5G and COVID-19: The Technology, Conspiracy and Ignorance; By Emeka Oparah

One would ordinarily have dismissed the “controversy” around 5G technology and the strange connection with COVID-19 being stridently pursued by some people as ignorant rants occasioned by the morbid fear of the rampaging Coronavirus, but with the prevailing circumstances of fear and tension, I have elected, as one familiar with the workings of the telecommunications industry, to say…

April 6, 20200Comments

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How data price war hurts telecoms service quality

• ‘Nigeria’s Internet speed, one of slowest globally’ • Operators task minister on suitable environment Data price ‘war’ among telecoms operators is one of the major causes of poor service quality faced by Nigerian subscribers, especially in the download and upload of content. But while consumers have enjoyed the conflict and its attendant slash…

January 11, 2020170Comments

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California's groundbreaking privacy law takes effect in January. What does it do?

California's groundbreaking privacy law takes effect in January. What does it do? Landmark law, the ‘most comprehensive’ in the US, gives Californians an arsenal of tools to protect their data online Last year, California passed a landmark privacy law that gives consumers more control over their data. The legislation gives residents unprecedented rights to control what information…

January 1, 20200Comments

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Superior court judge who suspected DA hacked her computer is charged with computer trespassing

By Debra Cassens Weiss A superior court judge in Gwinnett County, Georgia, has been indicted on three counts of computer trespass for allegedly allowing outsiders to access the county computer system, reportedly to investigate whether the district attorney had hacked her computer. Judge Kathryn Schrader was indicted Wednesday along with a private investigator and two…

October 4, 20190Comments

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Exploring new frontiers in research for the legal industry

By Jason Tashea It’s been a surprise to legal tech blogger Bob Ambrogi that legal research has become a hotbed of new entrants with novel approaches to legal research. “If five years ago you had said to me, ‘What’s one area of technology that going to see a significant degree of innovation over the next…

October 3, 20190Comments

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Why scraping publicly available information online isn’t a crime

BY Jason Tashea Earlier this month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco took a stand for an open internet. A three-judge panel found that automated searching of a public website, also called web scraping, is not a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the country’s main anti-hacking law. At issue was…

October 3, 20190Comments

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