The rising cases of vandalism on telecoms infrastructure in the country would impact negatively quality of telephony services and slow fresh investments into the sector, the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has warned.Speaking on the recent attacks on telecoms infrastructure belonging to MTN and Airtel in Damaturu, Yobe
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The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce has ruled in favor of Woodside Energy in a dispute concerning developments offshore Senegal. Melbourne-based independent FAR initiated the arbitration, claiming a pre-emption right over Woodside’s 2016 transaction with ConocoPhillips to secure a 35% interest in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar
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The fifth-generation wireless technology, 5G, is revolutionary for many reasons but it is mainly because of its unprecedented speed and low-latency. In fact, the network is expected to be 100 times faster than 4G. Consumers — businesses and individuals alike — that eventually adopt 5G are expected to greatly benefit from
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Could cyborg locusts be the bomb-sniffing dogs of the future? Scientists who received funding from the US Navy revealed last week that they were able to program the bugs to sense various different smells, including from explosives. The team’s preprint research paper, published in BioRxiv, states that the insects have been used
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United States carrier, Delta Air Lines, says starting March 1, 2020, it will be committing $1bn over the next 10 years on its journey to mitigate all emissions from its global business. The airline said it would invest in driving innovation, advancing clean air travel technologies, accelerating the reduction of carbon
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation surrounding online content, saying that it’s not up to social media companies to determine free speech. BBC News reports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned during the Munich Security Conference in Germany that excessive control of speech online risked stifling individual expression and
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The report delivers insights drawn from research carried out with enterprise organisations in late 2019, on their application environments. Over 66% of respondents highlighted the challenge of integrating and managing across multiple cloud and in-house platforms with 55% using ad-hoc troubleshooting for issue resolution and 25% indicating that they only find
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The famous “Pale Blue Dot” image of Earth taken from 4 billion miles away has been remastered and released by NASA for the snap’s 30th anniversary. To the untrained eye, the image may not look like much, but that one pale blue pixel you’re looking at is Earth in the vastness
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A new study from Juniper Research revealed total operator-billed revenue from 5G IoT connections will reach $8 billion by 2024; rising from $525 million in 2020. This represents a growth of over 1,400% over the next five years. The report identified the automotive and smart cities sectors as key growth drivers
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A device that creates electricity 'out of thin air' by using water vapour could replace rechargeable batteries in phones and smartwatches, developers claim. The ‘Air Gen’ device contains minuscule protein wires that generate electricity by pulling vapour from the atmosphere. The device connects electrodes to the protein nanowires that are produced by
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