Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) acted beyond its powers by seeking to regulate the practice of advertising in Nigeria. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa held that the NBC lacks the power to prohibit exclusivity on privately acquired intellectual property right in programme contents of
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Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has revealed that it receives over 40 vandalisation reports on telecom structures across the federation daily. It said the situation underlines the need for all stakeholders to put hands together toward protecting the structures as theirs. This was stated by Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of
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In today’s digital world, technology has changed the way we do almost anything. It impacted how we work, communicate, study, get entertainment, and how we manage our money. More precisely, technology has changed the ways in which people budget, spend, save, send, and borrow money. Smartphones, the Internet, and various technological advancements have
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We are still trying to figure out a lot of things in terms of threats, vulnerabilities and the integration of resources. We need to ensure that the satellite realm is recognized as critical infrastructure. Satellite is a technology, which plays a critical role already, but most often omitted from formal discussions,
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Data compliance is a term used to describe formal standards and practices for ensuring sensitive data is protected from loss, theft, corruption, and misuse. The regulatory environment is a complex one that impacts all facets of a business. And if dealing with the continually evolving South African compliance landscape is not challenging
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By studying the dynamics of plasma turbulence, MIT researchers are helping to solve one of the mysteries of the origins of cosmological magnetic fields. When we look out into space, all of the astrophysical objects that we see are embedded in magnetic fields. This is true not only in the neighborhood
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A dangerous new malware that targets Android devices has been uncovered by cybersecurity experts. In 2021, researchers discovered a malware designated ERMAC that was attacking Android devices. Now, cybersecurity experts from ESET have found that a new version of the Banking trojan – dubbed ERMAC 2.0 – is active. The malware targets Android devices via 467 apps that
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The plan by the federal government to tax all telephone calls by two percent, in addition to the existing taxes and levies on telecoms operations, has continued to elicit reactions from telecoms subscribers and operators, who have threatened to challenge the federal government in court if the tax is imposed. Reactions
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Vedanta — an Indian oil, gas, and metals conglomerate — plans to finalize a $20 billion deal with the Taiwanese microchip maker Foxconn by June to produce semiconductors within India starting in 2024, India’s Swarajya magazine reported on Thursday. Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal confirmed the development to Reuters on May 25, revealing
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The world's first mission to remove several small telecommunications satellites from orbit once they reach the end of their operational service is about to start building and testing its prototype spacecraft. British-based in-orbit servicing company Astroscale—working in an ESA Partnership Project with satellite operator OneWeb—will begin manufacturing the first commercial "servicer"
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