Ericsson Opens Lab In Canada To Test New 5G Tech
Ericsson is opening a lab in Ottawa, Canada, to work with customers and partners on new 5G radio access networks…
Category: Technology
Daimler To Speed Up Electric Shift As 2021 Starts Strongly
Daimler has got off to a good start in 2021 despite a global shortage of semiconductor chips, and plans to…
PayPal To Let US Users Pay With Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin From Today
Online payment app PayPal has announced US customers can make payments with its “Checkout with Crypto” feature, rolling out today.…
Hyundai Motor To Suspend Some South Korea Output Due To Chip, Component Supply Issues
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Tuesday it plans to temporarily suspend production at its Ulsan No.1 plant in…
BMW Has Got Its Timing Right For Beefing Up Electric Cars: CEO
BMW has timed its shift to electric cars well and its upcoming products will upend the perception the German carmaker…
Exclusive: Visa Moves To Allow Payment Settlements Using Cryptocurrency
Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its…
NIN: Telcos Lose 11.8 Million Subscribers In Four Months
The number of telecom subscribers in the country dropped by 11.84 million in four months, according to latest industry statistics…
Seplat Issues $650m Five-Year Senior Notes
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a Nigerian independent energy company, said on Sunday that it had priced its offering of…
Toyota Presses Australia To Promote Roll-Out Of Hydrogen Fuel Stations
Toyota Motor Corp on Monday opened its first commercial hydrogen fuel pump site in the Australian state of Victoria, urging…
Visa Moves To Allow Payment Settlements Using Cryptocurrency
Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its…
Telcos Reject Demand By Banks For Sim Swap List
Telecommunication Companies have rejected the demand by Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) to submit lists…
Singapore Wealth Fund Buys 2.5% Stake In Cellnex From Benetton Family
Singapore wealth fund GIC has agreed to buy a 2.5% stake in Europe’s largest mobile phone towers operator Cellnex from…
Facebook, Google Suggest Reform
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying companies should…
Federal Government Of Nigeria Begs States To Back Actualisation Of 70 Per Cent Broadband Penetration
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has appealed to state governments to cooperate with service providers in…
US Congress Piles Pressure On Big Tech CEOs Over Misinformation
Only Twitter Inc CEO Jack Dorsey replied “yes” to the question but said the “broader ecosystem” had to be taken…
Forex, Border Control Soar Prices Of Fairly Used Cars`
The prices of fairly used cars known as ‘Tokumbo’ have skyrocketed due to tight border control and soaring exchange rates.…
Africa Is Ripe With Enough Innovation To Finance Its Future
If anything would increase a country’s chances of attaining economic independence, it is financial inclusion. With access to financial products and…
NFT Artwork By Humanoid Robot Sells At Auction For Nearly $700,000
A digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia was sold at auction on Thursday for $688,888 in the form of a…
Boohoo Cuts Number Of UK Suppliers
British online fashion retailer Boohoo on Thursday revealed a major consolidation in its supplier base as it published a full…
MTN Nigeria Unveils Customer Engagement Platform
MTN Nigeria has unveiled a new unified customer engagement platform, EnGauge, designed to enable small-to-medium enterprise business owners seamlessly administer…
Deutsche Telekom, Slovak Unit Lose Appeal Against EU Antitrust Fine
Deutsche Telekom and its Slovak unit on Thursday lost their fight against an antitrust fine levied nearly a decade ago…
Google Offered A Professor $60,000, But He Turned It Down. Here’s Why
When Luke Stark sought money from Google in November he had no idea he’d be turning down $60,000 from the…
Asian Shares Wobble In Volatile Trade As China Tech Selloff Weighs
Asian equities bounced between gains and losses on Thursday as a selloff in Chinese technology shares due to concerns they…
Chinese Tech Stocks Fall As U.S. SEC Begins Rollout Of Law Aimed At Delisting
Shares in dual-listed Chinese companies fell sharply on Thursday in Asia after the U.S. securities regulator adopted measures that would…
Massachusetts Court Reverses Order Requiring Facebook To Disclose App Records In Privacy Probe
The top court in Massachusetts on Wednesday reversed an order requiring Facebook Inc to turn over to state Attorney General…
Google Signs News Content Deals With Italian Publishers
Alphabet Inc’s Google has sealed its first licence agreements in Italy with several publishers to offer access to some of…
Airlines Must Pay All Charges Except Duty, VAT -NCS
The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said airlines operating across the country including Air Peace must pay all other appropriate…
Euro Zone Economy Back To Growth In March As Factories Roar: PMI
Euro zone economic activity made a surprise return to growth this month as factories ramped up production to its fastest…
TSMC Shares Slide, As Taiwan Plays Down Intel’s $20 Billion Expansion Challenge
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) shares fell nearly 4% on Wednesday after Intel Corp announced a $20 billion plan…
Musk Says ‘Can Now Buy A Tesla With Bitcoin’
Tesla Inc’s Elon Musk tweeted here on Wednesday, “you can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin.” -Reuters