TECHNOLOGY

5G ‘lightning’ fast mobile network to be unveil by 2020

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

A working group of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), said it has completed a cycle of studies on the key performance requirements of the next generation mobile networks (5G technology) for the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)-2020 systems. The ITU Secretary-General,

TECHNOLOGY

Stallion rolls out made in Nigeria Xcent

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2017

Stallion Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited has rolled out made-in-Nigeria B-segment Hyundai Grand Xcent family sedans. According to Daily Trust, this it said was to cater for growing demand for functional cars and cushion imminent scarcity occasioned by the government’s ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders. The 1.25Litre Kappa Dual VTVT capacity saloon […]

TECHNOLOGY

NCC Intercepts Pirated Movie Copies Worth N2m, Arrests 5 Suspects

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2017

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in collaboration with the police in Lagos arrested five suspects for alleged piracy of copies of a movie valued at N2million. The NCC Lagos Zonal Manager, Mr Obi Ezeilo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday that the suspects were arrested at the Computer Village, Ikeja. […]

TECHNOLOGY

GM Plans To Build, Test Thousands Of Self-Driving Bolts In 2018 – Sources

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

General Motors Co plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar with the automaker’s plans said this week. It is expected to be the largest such test of fully autonomous vehicles by any major automaker before 2020, when several […]

TECHNOLOGY

NCC Bans Open Registration Of SIM Cards

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Federal Government has placed a ban on open registration of SIM cards. Head of Enforcement Unit at the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Salisu Abdu, made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday while addressing journalists after three persons found registering SIM cards in open places were apprehended. He revealed that is now illegal for telecom operators […]

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY

Nigeria, US Firms To Power 25 Communities With Solar Energy

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2017

Two firms have signed a memorandum of understanding to power 25 communities in Bayelsa, Ondo, Ogun and Osun States with solar energy. A Nigerian firm, Community Energy Social Enterprises Limited on Tuesday signed a $767, 512 MoU with Renewvia Energy Corporation, an American company to provide solar energy for the communities on ‘pay-as- you-go’ basis.  […]