If all goes well, human beings may begin having live interactions with robots. Global telecommunications regulators, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will be hosting it’s first humanoid conference for robotics and their creators in Geneva, Switzerland. Tagged, Artificial Intelligence for Good Global Summit (AI), the AI Summit will include the world's...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said, it’s major role was to facilitate deployment of telecom infrastructure not to monitor social media contents. The commission made this known when it’s Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, received a group from National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN), according to a...
The Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) has debunked allegations of telephone tracking and leakage leveled against it by some individuals. The commission who made this known in a statement on Tuesday by the Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka said, the NCC cannot "track" nor "leak" telephone conversations of anyone. TheFact Daily Reports that...
The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has urged users of the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, to set up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to avoid falling victim to account takeover by hackers. The NCC-CSIRT disclosed this in an advisory made available on Tuesday by the Director, Public Affairs,...
The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned telecom consumers to desist from downloading pirated software on YouTube, saying they are harmful and illegal. The response team disclosed this in a statement by the Commission’s Director Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka in Abuja. According to the CSIRT, those...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami has disclosed that a total of 3,834,244 attacks originating within and outside the country were intercepted during the governorship and state assembly elections. The minister made this known on Wednesday in a statement by his Senior Technical Assistant on Research...
The Federal Government has exempted the telecom sector from paying five percent tax, saying the industry was already overburdened with taxation and sundry levies. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement by the Director Public Affairs of Nigerian Commission’s Commission(...
The Nigerian Commissions Commission (NCC) has disclosed that mobile network users experience data depletion either as a result of data usage or consumption. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) , NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this on Thursday at the 91st edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) titled, Data Depletion:...
The Federal Government has revealed that a total of 12.9 million cyber attacks were recorded within and outside the country during the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly Elections. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement by his spokesperson, Mrs...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set May 17, 2023 as deadline for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to fully migrate to the approved Harmonized Short Codes (HSC) for the provision of certain services to telecom consumers in the country. The commission in a statement by the Director Public Affairs, Reuben...