E-Business
Hankstrad, Coiler Address Quality of Service with RF Repeaters
Hankstrad Limited has been appointed Coiler Corporation’s sole representative in Nigeria to market a range of band-selective indoor RF repeaters, which would address coverage and quality of service problems in the country for wireless network services.
The band-selective devices include the SH and AT Series (SOHO), the SB and G Series (Pico), the BR Series (Mini) and the CR series (Micro) targeted at wireless telecoms operators, and also the X-series, L-series, and T- Series of broadband repeaters targeted at the user-side market. All the products in the series are for different contexts of use and cover various technologies like GSM, WiMAX, CDMA, and UMTS.
Speaking at a press briefing at the weekend to announce the partnership, Henrii Nwanguma, CEO, Hankstrad Limited, said: “We are making a transition to being operator-focused and are very excited to work with Coiler Corporation. Teaming up with Coiler Corporation to provide indoor wireless signal enhancement solutions is an exciting development for our company and will enable us to participate in new and exciting projects offering significantly reduced OPEX and CAPEX for the operators particularly in the face of plummeting ARPUs.”
“There is no question that communication will become increasingly wireless in the future and that mobile phones has become the primary phone for most people. If you are one of the growing number of people who have abandoned land lines for the convenience of using only their mobile phones, but find it very frustrating when you try to use your phone inside your home or office, a wireless signal enhancement solution may be exactly what you are looking for to improve your cell phone reception,” he advised.
“By installing a high quality wireless signal solution from us, you will be able to amplify the signal that is already found outdoors and bring it indoors. The wireless signal enhancement solution will amplify the available signal using an exterior donor antenna, redirect it to the indoor wireless signal repeater, and extend it wirelessly to you through the service antenna thus providing coverage to areas where reception and good signals have been compromised. As a result, cell phones will have enough signal bars to provide you with continuous, undisturbed communication,” Nwanguma explained.
“This partnership underscores our commitment to offer our customers the highest quality of products and value-added services through our continuous innovation in the telecommunications industry,” said Ivan Cheng, sales manager, MEA, Coiler Corporation, who represented his organization at the briefing.
“Coiler Corporation is known exclusively for its exceptional level of expertise by solely focusing on designing and manufacturing small and medium power RF indoor repeaters. Its experienced R&D team is exclusively dedicated to the development and innovation of indoor repeater solutions while its knowledgeable sales staff and partners like Hankstrad Limited offer professional assistance and advice on product selection,” he added.
Cheng observed that the biggest problem in today’s fast telecommunication world was insufficient mobile signal coverage and low data transmission rate in blind spots of urban centers as well as in rural areas. “With the deployment of repeaters, mobile users of large network groups who couldn’t make phone calls in their home or office can now make calls with high quality reception. Businessmen and end-users using wireless Internet systems like WiMAX who had to wait for hours for service availability can now smile.”
He noted that both network operators and consumers can use Coiler’s Repeaters. “Coiler produces both commercial type repeaters for the operators and end-user type repeaters for the consumers. With the use of repeaters, operators no longer have to extensively deploy base stations. They now have the option to spend just a fraction of the cost of a base station and provide top quality signals to their valued customers.”
Cheng informed that Coiler products have a failure rate of less than 0.05%, and the failed products are mostly due to environmental abnormalities like lightning strikes or power surges.
E-Business
Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

Chinese “threat actors” have hacked Microsoft’s SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.
China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have “exploited vulnerabilities” in on-premises SharePoint servers, the kind used by firms, but not in its cloud-based service.
The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.
“Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing,” Microsoft said in a statement.
The firm said it had “high confidence” the hackers would continue to target systems which have not installed its security updates.
It added that it would update its website blog with more information as its investigation continues.
Microsoft said it had observed attacks in which hackers had sent a request to a SharePoint server “enabling the theft of the key material by threat actors”.
Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting firm, a division of Google Cloud, told reporter, it was “aware of several victims in several different sectors across a number of global geographies”.
Carmakal said it appeared that governments and businesses that use SharePoint on their sites were the primary target.
A number of adversaries who stole material encoded by cryptography were then able to regain ongoing access to the victims’ SharePoint data, he said.
“This was exploited in a very broad way, very opportunistically before a patch was made available. That’s why this is significant,” Carmakal said.
Carmakal said the “China-nexus actor” was deploying techniques similar to previous campaigns associated with Beijing.
Microsoft said Linen Typhoon had “focused on stealing intellectual property, primarily targeting organizations related to government, defence, strategic planning, and human rights” for 13 years.
It added that Violet Typhoon had been “dedicated to espionage”, primarily targeting former government and military staff, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, the media, the financial sector and the health sector in the US, Europe, and East Asia.
Meanwhile, Storm-2603 was “assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor”.
E-Business
NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a public warning that it is not associated with NINcard.com.
According to the commission, the website has been circulating online to offer services for Nigerians seeking National Identification Number (NIN) services.
NIMC, in a post on its official X account on Wednesday, said, “NINcard.com is not in anyway affiliated to NIMC. Stay vigilant!”
The warning was accompanied by screenshots of fake payment receipts and OTP request pages from the website, both of which were boldly stamped “FAKE” by NIMC to alert the public.
E-Business
NITDA, API Partner Against Harmful Online Content

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with the Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API), has convened a one-day workshop in Abuja to advance dialogue on the draft Online Harm Protection (OHP) Bill to confront harmful online content.
The bill, a rights-based, locally rooted, and multi-stakeholder initiative, is aimed at addressing the challenges of the digital age.
The event, which held yesterday, brought together government officials, civil society, academics, digital platforms, and legal experts to shape a policy framework designed to combat online ills such as cyberbullying, disinformation, hate speech, digital exploitation, and gender-based violence, while safeguarding democratic freedoms and digital inclusion.
In his keynote remarks, Kashifu Inuwa, director general, NITDA urged a paradigm shift in the way society engages with digital technologies.
“For almost two decades, we have viewed digital technology through a consumer lens. But these technologies are not just products and services. They are transforming how we live, work, and interact. They shape our politics, our society, and our democracy,” he said.
Warning against unaccountable digital power in the hands of private corporations, the DG likened the digital journey to the tale of Alice in Wonderland, where initial fascination with innovation has given way to deeper concerns about privacy, autonomy, and manipulation by big tech platforms.
“We thought we were using Google, but now we realise Google is using us. Social media, once a tool of expression, has become a tool of surveillance and influence,” Inuwa noted.
He, therefore, emphasised the urgency of developing a democratic and accountable framework. He explained that following the 2021 Twitter ban, NITDA facilitated dialogue between the government and platform operators, leading to a Code of Practice that stressed Nigeria’s sovereignty and legal standards.
According to him, the same process birthed the multi-stakeholder steering committee and the OHP White Paper in December 2024, laying the foundation for the current legislative push.
Earlier in her opening remarks, Victoria Manya, co-founder, API, observed the moral and civic necessity of the bill.
Her words: “The internet did not break society, it merely revealed its unfiltered version. Every day, Nigerians are exposed to harassment, disinformation, exploitation, and even algorithmic violence. The OHP Bill is not a war on the Internet. It is a peace offering to its users, a social contract for a digital future that is safe, inclusive, and democratic.
“We cannot answer the question of algorithmic power with unchecked state control. We must answer it with shared, rights-based governance. This bill must not be written for the people, but with them.”
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