New solution automatically measures antenna rotation and tilt at the touch of a fingertip using a mobile device; improves tower climber safety and efficiency in network maintenance Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Monday announced a successful demonstration of its new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks in the company’s campus. This automated solution will offer operators a simplified way to more efficiently manage cell sites, improve employee safety, and ultimately optimize network performance. In the demonstration, an engineer on the ground used a smartphone with a remote control application to fly a camera-equipped drone that captured photos…
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Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Mr. Tony Okoroji, has described as unenforceable, some of the provisions in the broadcast code recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Okoroji made his view known on his Twitter handle, @Tonyokoroji. In the tweet, the copyright activist said some of the intendments of the new code are good, but some of the provisions are unworkable while others are unconstitutional. He stated that the NBC is attempting to overreach itself by assuming powers of the National Assembly and called for a revisit of those amendments. “I understand the good intents of…
Visa has built a digital tool that uses AI and proprietary data to help US financial institutions predict credit application fraud. The Advanced Identity Score combines AI and predictive machine learning capabilities with an application and identity-related data to generate a risk score for new account applications. This, says the payments giant, helps reduce fraud, prevent hits to brand loyalty and trust and eliminate operational costs due to remediation. Visa says its technology generates a two-digit Fair Credit Reporting Act-compliant identity fraud scores in near real-time to help prevent fraud loss at the point of credit or loan application.…
Nokia on Monday confirmed reports that it plans to cut about 1,233 jobs in France. The telecom equipment vendor is doing so to “streamline” operations in the country as part of a previously announced global cost-savings initiative, a Nokia spokesperson said in a statement emailed to Fierce Wireless. The cost-savings program, announced in October 2018, also led to an evaluation of its R&D efforts that resulted in “significant adjustments globally,” the Nokia spokesperson said via email. The spokesperson added that implementation has already begun in some countries and is now impacting the Finnish vendor’s operations in France. “The aim is to…
Thousands of eager shoppers stormed the website and offline stores of e-commerce giant, Konga as the company flagged off its 8th-anniversary sales on Monday, June 22, 2020. The Konga 8th anniversary sales tagged K8onga Beyond the Hype runs until Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The e-commerce giant had announced that it would be rolling out the drums to celebrate its customers, even as it revealed that it had put together a number of mouth-watering offers as part of efforts to celebrate its eight years of outstanding innovations and leadership in the Nigerian e-commerce sector. Subsequently, Nigerians had thronged the Konga website…
MTN Nigeria on Monday provided a second update on the utilisation of the free SMS service introduced in April 2020. The initiative was implemented to ensure that while faced with unprecedented challenges and uncertainties during the initial phases of the COVID-19 outbreak, all MTN’s customers would be able to access loved ones, support systems and information. As of June 19th 2020, the network has provided 3.71 billion free SMS to more than 51 million subscribers across every state of the Nigerian Federation; which means 75% of all MTN subscribers have now utilised the service during the pandemic. Commenting on the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will on Tuesday 23rd of June, 2020, unveil a five- year (2020-2024) Strategic Management Plan (SMP). This is in line with the objective of creating a seamless strategy to augment the Commission’s effective management and regulation of the telecommunications sector. The NCC said on Sunday, through a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs at the NCC, Dr. Henry Nkemadu that the SMP that will be unveiled that day will leverage the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) as well as the new National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020 2025 Roadmaps. It will cover…
Twenty startups have been selected for the fifth edition of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme, according to a report in Ventureburn. Launched in 2017, the programme formerly known as Google Launchpad Accelerator programme has worked with 47 startups from 17 African countries in four editions. According to Google, startups that participate in the three-month-long programme have access to mentorship, funding, and PR support, among other incentives. In the fourth cohort last year, it selected 12 startups from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The startups were Afara Partners, TradeBuza, Xend, REACH, Tulaa, WorkPay, Elewa, OZE, Eversend, Phenomenal…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its IT project clearance mandate, had assessed and cleared 62 Information Technology related projects worth over N1trillion between January and May this year. Director-General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, made this known during his speech delivered by the Director IT Infrastructure Solutions, Dr Usman Gambo Abdullahi, at a virtual meeting organised by a subsidiary of the Agency, Office for Nigerian Content Development (ONC). This is an indication of the drive by this administration to digitalise government services, as most of these projects are service-based. The event theme, “Harnessing indigenous solutions for…
Abimbola Junaid, a United Kingdom-based parliamentary aide and development actor, has said that Nigeria needs a deliberate policy to skill-up the girl-child in a digital era. Junaid made this known at the second edition of Digital Rights webinar series hosted by ITREALMS in collaboration with DigitalSENSE Africa, Domain Name System ([DNS] Women – Nigeria) and NaijaAgroNet, on the theme: ‘Women and Rights in Digital Era.’ She noted that despite the gains made so far with the digital era and women having more voices, there are some lamentable aspects that should be addressed promptly. Junaid cited an instance with women celebrities…