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Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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List of phones that will not support Whatsapp As part of effort in bringing better services to their esteem customers, Whatsapp have decided to declare December 31st 2016 as the end date of supporting some types of phone. Whatsapp which is the most popular messaging application platform used by almost 90 percent of smartphone users in the world will no longer support some mobile devices as their planning is to expand their app features and add more security tools to their app. The affected mobile devices include: All Blackberry phones, including blackberry10 devices All Symbian Phones Includes; Nokia 500, Nokia E6, Nokia 5228, Nokia 5230, Nokia E63, Nokia 5233, Nokia E66, Nokia 5235, Nokia 5250, Nokia E7, Nokia 5320, Nokia E71, Nokia 5530, Nokia E72, Nokia 5630, Nokia E73, Nokia 5700, Nokia E75, Nokia 5730, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia 5800, Nokia N76, Nokia 600, Nokia N78, Nokia 603, Nokia N79, Nokia 6110, Nokia N8, Nokia 6120, Nokia N81, Nokia 6121, Nokia N81 8 GB, Nokia 6124,Nokia N82,Nokia 6210,Nokia N85, Nokia 6220, Nokia N86 8 MP, Nokia 6290, Nokia N95, Nokia 6650 Fold, Nokia N95 8 GB, Nokia 6700, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia N96, Nokia 6720, Nokia N97, Nokia 6730, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 6760 Slide, Nokia X5-01, Nokia 6790 Surge, Nokia X6, Nokia 700, Nokia X7, Nokia 701, Samsung GT-i8510, Nokia 808 PureView, Samsung GTl7110, Nokia C5, Samsung i8910 Omnia HD, Nokia C5-03, Samsung SGH-G810, Nokia C6, Samsung SGH-iNNN, Nokia C7, Samsung SGH-L870, Nokia E5, Sony Ericsson Satio, Nokia E51, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, Nokia E52, Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro and Nokia E55 All Nokia S40 Phones Includes; Nokia Asha 201, Nokia Asha 300, Nokia Asha 302, okia Asha 303, Nokia Asha 306, Nokia Asha 311,Nokia C3-00, Nokia C3-01, Nokia X2-00, Nokia X2-01 and Nokia X3-02, Window phones 7.1, iPhone 3GS/iOS 6, Andriod 2.1 and Andriod 2.2. The company highlighted through its blog post that despite it was a tough decision for them to make, but still the right one in order to provide better service and better ways to keep in touch with your family, friends and loved ones using Whatsapp. Therefore if your phone falls within the stated range, you are advised to either upgrade to the newer version of Android, iPhone, Window or get a new ones before the due date. To be cautious, if you’re planning to buy a second-hand phone for Whatsapp reason, beware of the version to buy as to prevent you from buying unsupported Whatsapp phone.
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Over 60% northern women lack access to internet -Study Stories by Tony Nwakaegho A recent study has shown that over 60 percent of educated women in the northern part of Nigeria have no access to the internet. The study was conducted by the ‘Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), a NonGovernmental Organisation (NGO) on the use of internet by women in the north. CITAD executive director, Ya’u Zakari Ya’u, disclosed this at a recent workshop tagged ‘Research Findings on Women and Use of Internet in the North’ held in Bauchi. Ya’u said that the survey, which was conducted in Bauchi and Kano state has indicated that women who have no access to the Internet have been rendered technologically and socially disadvantaged compared to their male counterparts in the region. The factors hindering northern women from using the Internet, according to him include: inadequate infrastructures, computer illiteracy, bad perception about the internet as well as religious and cultural factors
among others. Ya’u decried the situation that made some clerics and husbands to discourage women in the region from browsing through the Internet and social networks due to the fear that their wives may lose privacy, get exposed to sexual harassment or visit bad sites that could corrupt them. He promised that CITAD would soon commence awareness campaigns in the area on the significance of the internet and its benefits so as to bridge the gap. Commenting on this development, Maryam Garba Bagel, a female member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly
declared that it is not a taboo for housewives to use internet or social media because they could get useful information and knowledge that would add value to their lives. Bagel, who was the chairperson of the occasion promised to present a proposal to the state government through the ministry of women affairs to establish computer training centres in all parts of the state to teach women the basic knowledge of computer operations. She remarked that Computer knowledge will enable women access the internet like their counterparts in advanced nations.
ATCON supports local content in telecom sector The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said it is supporting the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Office for Nigeria Content Development in ICT (ONC) plans to galvanise stakeholders’ views towards addressing local content related issues in the sector. President of ATCON, Mr. Olusola Teniola, disclosed the Association’s position during Stakeholders Forum on Local Content Development in the Telecommunication Sector in Nigeria organised by NCC in Ikeja, Lagos. ATCON’s support for the initiative, according to Teniola was borne out of the need to eliminate imbalances in the sector as some indices are skewed against the local investors. “The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) considered this initiative strategic and timely and for these two reasons it is happy to identify with the collaboration put together by Nigerian Communications
Commission and Office for Nigeria Content Development in ICT to address Local Content Development in the telecommunications and ICT subsector,” he said. Philosophy of Local Content Speaking on the philosophy of ‘Local Content Development in the Telecom and ICT Sector’, the ATCON President said, that all stakeholders should work towards correcting the imbalance in the international trade balance; restructure Nigerian ICT industry with a view to increase Nigeria participation in the value chain, and to stimulate growth and development in the manufacturing of some ICT products and services. Structure of Nigeria Telecommunications and ICT Sector “It is obvious that the structure of Nigeria Telecommunications and ICT sector is not really beneficial to Nigeria as a country in terms of foreign exchange earnings because most of the inputs in the sector are imported from the developed countries. “If we really want to pursue
Nigerian Local Content development vigorously as a nation with the intention of increasing its impact on our revenue we must devise a means of producing those inputs locally. “The liberalization of the sector has attracted some large investments to the country but the country needs to develop the sector by making it less import dependent and to do this, the then Honourable Minister of Communication Technology, Dr. (Mrs.) Omobola Johnson created an office under NITDA called the office of the Nigeria Local Content charged with the responsibility of making the ICT and Telecommunication sector less dependent on importation”. Teniola recommended going forward “a plan to comprehensively develop the ICT sector.” ATCON lamented that since the inauguration of the Office of the Nigerian Content, there is little or no productive activity to drive the guidelines that were published. ATCON is of the view that NCC and ONC come up with short and
long term plans which would enable the entire ICT ecosystem to know the area where they can invest their ‘investible’ funds. Speedy Implementation of the Plan: “NCC and ONC should as a matter of urgency implement the plan they have developed to increase the active participation of Nigerian Content in the value chain of telecommunications business in Nigeria,” he added. Creation of Evaluation, Monitoring and Enforcement Unit:
Mr. Olusola Teniola, President of Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria