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ITREALMS Media is hosting the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) on June 19, 2025. 

The forum will explore the Global Digital Compact and its implications for Nigerian stakeholders. 

The event aims to foster discussions and awareness on technology's impact on Internet governance, access, and affordability. 

The organizers seek collaboration and sponsorship from organizations. Various sponsorship packages offer benefits like speaking opportunities, branding, exhibition space, and advertising. They are also seeking broadcast of the event to interested parties.

N42bn indebtedness: Telcos to shut down USSD options - ITREALMS

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Bearing all unresolved over N42 billion indebtedness by the Nigerian banks, under the Financial Service Providers (FSPs), the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have concluded plans to shutdown the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) options with effect from Monday, March 15, 2021, reports ITREALMS.

USSD is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) protocol that is used to send text messages and make digital financial transactions similar to the Short Messaging Service (SMS), thereby using codes made up of the characters that are available on a mobile phone.

ICANN extends comment period for Short-term options - ITREALMS

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended both the Public Comments on Short-term Options to Adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews and the Long-term Options to Adjust the Timeline of Reviews in response to community requests for additional time to prepare comments, reports ITRealms.

The Public Comment periods on both the Short-term Options and Long-term Options remain open and will encourage all stakeholders to contribute.

Also, ITRealms reports that the public comment period on Short-term Options to adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews and the public comment period on Long-term Options to Adjust the Timeline of Reviews will close on 31 July 2018 at 23:59 UTC.

ITRealms recalls that ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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More options for Nigerians with Matrix devices

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The smartphone penetration is set to gain a big boost in Nigeria as Matrix, a foremost telecoms company, is on the verge of offering access to a suite of high-end smartphones for millions of Nigerians, reports ITRealms.

These devices, neatly packaged and accessible nationwide, will be available for purchase online from Monday, March 26^th 2018.

Among the first set of devices set to be rolled out by the brand are a range of Apple devices including iPhone 7+, iPhone 7, iPhone 6s+, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6+ and iPhone 6, among others. Already, a number of interested Nigerians have embraced the pre-order campaign which affords them a chance to enjoy a number of freebies including free Apple ear-pods, wall chargers, data cables and phone cases, among others. The pre-order page is live on the Matrix website on preorder.matrixpreowned.com 

“At Matrix, we are eager to offer Nigerians more options with a range of genuine, affordable and pre-owned smartphones. These devices are good as new and are guaranteed to lower the entry point for millions of Nigerians who would have found it difficult to put up the considerable sums required to buy the brand-new models. Our motivation is to see more Nigerians make the transition from feature phones to smartphones without necessarily burning a huge hole in their finances,” said Dimeji Matesun, Chief Executive Officer, Matrix Certified Pre-Owned.

“We are starting out with a range of iPhones including iPhone 7+, iPhone 7, iPhone 6s+, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6+, but other smartphone brands will be added with time. For the pre-order campaign which is currently on-going, interested persons who pre-order also get to enjoy a number of freebies such as Apple ear-pods, wall chargers, data cables and phone cases, among others,” he said.

 Further boosting the appeal of the Matrix pre-owned devices is the one-year warranty with full technical and customer service support which accompanies the devices. The warranty period can also be extended at a cost, based on the customer’s preferences. Among the partner stores where the devices can be purchased are MTN, Yudala, 9mobile, Harmony Real Plus Ltd., XRight, and DAX, among others.

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Folayan, Onuegbu canvass new options, describe CommTax as industry-killer scheme

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The president of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Rev. Sunday Folayan has described the proposed Communication Service Tax (CST) by the Federal Government (FG) as an industry-killer scheme, reports ITRealms.

Folayan made this known in his Facebook wall post on Monday, saying there are several options the Federal Government can alleviate the suffering of Nigeria as the recession heightens.

According to him, the advanced plans by the Federal Government to introduce the Communication Service Tax (CST) among other current policies of this administration are industry-killing schemes.

A position corroborated by the chairman of Signal Alliance, Mr. Collins Onuegbu as both agreed that with the cost of living so high and foreign exchange so scarce, the government could demonstrate immediate faith in fixing the economy starting with scrapping of visa fees for visitors.

They also canvassed that FG should ensure that businesses could be registered in one working day, just as goods could be cleared at the nation’s ports in three working days.

In addition, they said that export permits should be issued within 12 hours if indeed the government is serious in changing the conditions of the people.

For Mr. Folayan, these ideas are low-hanging fruits instead of the Communications Services Tax and other nation and industry-killing schemes.

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Pix: Folayan and Onuegbu

Oracle unveils big data infrastructure with DIY options

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Oracle has unveiled big data infrastructure with options to assist people in building their own big data capabilities from scratch through Do-It-Yourself (DIY), reports ITRealms.

Big Data Solutions Lead at Oracle Australia, Mr. Vicky Falconer, said they see this introduction as a way to tailor the technology to specific business needs and to give IT department complete oversight and control of the processes and capabilities.

He promised they would explore the challenges of taking the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) route with big data and how buying the capabilities packaged together on a pre-built system could overcome them.

He pointed out that for many businesses, the ‘buy’ approach will be the better option. By investing in a suite of big data technologies packaged together, either deployed on-premise or via the cloud, companies could address all of the time to value challenges.

The technology, he said, is already tested, integrated and optimised for the task, with the vendor providing the expertise and support that may be lacking in the IT department, and which will evolve with the technology.

And while even well thought-out DIY implementations take months to make production-ready, in theory, Oracle’s Big Data Appliance could be up and running on-premise in a matter of hours.

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