Tag: IoT
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Intel, Nokia, Qualcomm bet on MulteFire to blend LTE and Wi-Fi
A wireless industry consortium is developing a new technology called MulteFire that it says delivers the high performance of 4G LTE cellular networks while being as easy to deploy as Wi-Fi routers, according to reports. Marcus Weldon, president of Nokia Bell Labs and chief technology officer of Nokia, laid out his vision for MulteFire during…
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We need 80 Thousand Base Stations for Smart Nigeria – Danbatta
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta has said Nigeria needs at least seventy thousand to eighty thousand telecommunication base stations to actualize the dream of joining the club of countries working toward making Internet of Things (IoT) a reality by leveraging 4G and 5G networks. Prof Danbatta,…
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Government institutions lagging behind in adopting ICT – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has lamented the snail pace at which government institutions are adopting Information and Communication Technology (ICT), stressing the institutions have lagged behind far too long, and have to turn a new leaf. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, represented by the Executive Commissioner, Sunday Dare, made the…
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Google trends: Most searched consumer tech of 2016
Google has released search trends for year 2016 recently, dubbed ‘Year in Search 2016’ with Apple topping the list of most searched consumer tech worldwide, raking up four positions worldwide and taking top spot as the most searched mobile phone in Nigeria. This year, many topics set a new all-time high in search interest. Some…