Dangote Cement donates medical equipment to bolster health care in host community - ITREALMS

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As part of efforts to bolster the well-being and general health care delivery in its host communities, Dangote Cement Plc Ibese has donated multi-million Naira worth medical items to Ibese Public Health Centre.

The donation which was part of the activities marking the 2023 Dangote Sustainability Week included items such as mattresses, wheelchairs, drip stands, sphygmomano-meters, infrared thermometers, solar lamps, baby cots, amongst others.

SDG lifts Oyo State with 100 hospital beds, other equipment - ITREALMS

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), on Monday, donated 100 hospital beds and other equipment to aid healthcare delivery in Oyo State.

While presenting the items received from the SDGs Office in the Presidency, Abuja, to the Oyo State Ministry of Health, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Sustainable Development Goals, Hon. Kunle Yusuff, said that the items were received due to the cordial relationship between the Oyo State SDGs Office and the Office of the OSSAP at the Presidency.

UCH gets a boost with biorespository lab equipment - ITREALMS

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The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has received a boost with the donation of some equipment to Biorepository Laboratory by the Government of Oyo State, reports ITREALMS.

The equipment, according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Ayoola Adebisi, include a biosafety cabinet and thermocycler in the fight against COVID-19 in the state.

Type approved equipment for consumer safety says NCC - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stressed the importance of type approved telecoms equipment, saying is for the safety of users and acceptable quality of service, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking at the second meeting of Type Approval Industry Working Group (TAIWG) in Lagos, Thursday, NCC through the Head of Technical Standards and Network Integrity, Engineer Bako Wakil, assured stakeholders of their safety as far as the working group and the Commission are concerned.

Wakil who made a presentation on “Implementing Voice over LTE Complaint Devices in Nigeria Telecommunications Ecosystem" said the meeting was part of the mandate provided for by the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (NCA 2003) to ensure type approval of telecoms equipment.

“The Type Approval Working Group meeting was setup in September 2018 to educate and deliberate with relevant stakeholders in the industry on the importance of Type Approval on all Telecom equipment and how it impacts Quality of Service and health of users,” he said.

He also stated that NCC usually silent on types of technologies that licensees deploy to provide their services to consumers once there are no negative socio-economic impacts, and called on them to regularize their services.

Pointing out that Long Time Evolution (LTE) for instance, is a technology just like other technologies and there are challenges in LTE device market.

Some of these, he listed to include “Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Repair centres and clear warranty agreements; Assessment of Mobile Device impact on IoS and WoE; Multiband LTE devices are usually more expensive; and there are many multi frequency bands for LTE Devices in the world when compared to 2G and 3G devices.”

The Working Group Meeting was well attended by representatives of Equipment Manufacturers, Vendors, Network Operators and Type Approval Consultants.

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Pix: From left Engr. Edoyemi Ogah, Head, Quality of Service; Engr. Chukwuma Nwaiwu, Head, Wireless Networks; Engr. Bako Wakil, Head, Technical Standards and Network Integrity; Engr. S. Jumbo, Deputy Director, Spectrum Administration and Engr. Anthony Ikemefuna, Head, Fixed Networks and Converged Services.

DBI takes delivery of Huawei’s N100m ICT equipment - ITREALMS

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Chinese Information and Communication Technology (ICT) company, Huawei Technologies, has donated N100 million ICT equipment to the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) to boost capacity building, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking Wednesday in Abuja at a delivery ceremony, the Administrator of DBI, Dr. Ike Adinde noted the partnership with Huawei started in 2016 and that the equipment donated would help DBI reshape and redefine the institute’s capacity building process, especially in the area of telecommunications.

“This partnership will support a number of DBI training programmes and help build skills.

“Equipping this lab would have taken another three years to get there but coming together with a solution provider to build core competencies in a synergistic manner is a milestone.

On his part, Mr Uwazie Kingsley, Training Director of Huawei said the company’s training centre has been in existence since 2004 to meet the company’s career capacity building requirement.

Kingsley said that the partnership with DBI started in 2016 and amongst the plans we had was for DBI to utilize Huawei lab.

He said Huawei, however, believed that there was the need to go a step further, adding that DBI should be equipped to have a lab where trainings can take place.

“We believe DBI should be equipped to have a lab to carry out its training and this we are experiencing today.

“And the equipment made available would cover various training need in Information Communications Technology (ICT).

“We are looking at not just employed Nigerians but we are also looking at trainings that would benefit unemployed Nigerians that would get them ready to move into the ICT.

Further, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that among the equipment donated by Huawei were core network, transmission and wireless equipment.

Uboshe Uboshe/GEE with additional reports from NAN.

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Alcatel-Lucent hails Technology week

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The French Telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent has, after self assessment, commended her just concluded Technology week which was held in Nigeria, reports ITRealms.

The Country Senior Officer and Managing Director of Alcatel-Lucent in Nigeria, Richard Edet, said, “The Alcatel-Lucent Technology Week was an excellent occasion to exchange, share, and build up together the next innovation framework that will help our customers innovate to unleash their values within their networks. I really look forward to the next session coming up soon,” he said.

He explained the idea behind hosting Alcatel-Lucent Technology Week.“With a population of 170 million, Nigeria is considered as Africa’s biggest economy and one of the largest and fastest growing telecom markets on the continent,” ITRealms reports. 

The three-day event that held in both Lagos and Abuja.was well attended by over a hundred professionals from Nigeria ICT ecosystem.

The Alcatel-Lucent Technology Week in Nigeria, ITRealms learnt, hosted professionals from the ICT sector, including those involved in strategic planning, network design, new service implementation and network management.

The Technology week  came as communications service providers, and regulatory body in Nigeria, engage in the process of evolving their networks toward ultra-broadband and internet protocol (IP) networking technologies which aligns closely with Alcatel-Lucent’s areas of specialization under The Shift Plan which is meant to refocus the company as an IP Networking and Ultra-Broadband specialist, the technologies at the heart of next-generation networks, and to deliver innovation that shapes the future of ICT industry.

In attendance, ITRealms gathered, were Airtel, EMTS, GLO, MTN, NATCOM, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and UBC Services.

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