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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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Astra Space joins broadband internet race with proposal to launch 13,000 satellites

GeekWire

Make room for yet another competitor in the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space , the venture that went public with a helping hand from Seattle-area telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, is asking the Federal Communications Commission for authorization to launch as many as 13,620 bit-beaming satellites. .

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A poster’s guide to who’s selling your data to train AI 

Vox

If you’ve ever posted anything on the internet, chances are that your data has already been scraped, collected, and used to train AI systems like the ones powering ChatGPT, Midjourney , and Sora. Generative AI is designed to succeed as a generalist, and learning to do so, OpenAI has said, requires “ internet-scale ” data to train on.

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Six companies dominate network traffic as speed and access grows

TM Forum

telcos are investing heavily in the fixed and mobile networks, 5G trials and licenses that ensure the quality of experience which internet companies rely on. The GSA also reported that 81 operators are marketing residential or business 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband services, up from 44 a year ago. billion euros ($59.4

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

GeekWire

Amazon Photo) A month after the launch of its first prototype Project Kuiper satellites, Amazon reports that the spacecraft have demonstrated controlled maneuvering in orbit using their custom-built electric propulsion systems. Those ion thrusters were developed in-house by Amazon’s Kuiper team in Redmond.

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8 enterprise web application development trends to watch in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: As digital technologies transform the business landscape, web development becomes increasingly important. In the near future, those who keep up with changing development trends will have an advantage over those who don’t. So, where is enterprise application development headed in the coming year?

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

This rampant practice poses significant challenges to the creative industries, encompassing film, music, publishing, software development, and gaming. Digital piracy encompasses the unlawful replication or dissemination of copyrighted material through the vast realm of the Internet.