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SkyVision Revolutionizes Internet in Nigeria, Africa with Cutting Edge Services
In this ever changing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) only companies that response to the dynamism of technology will remain relevant, on this premise that global Internet protocol connectivity provider, SkyVision has re-strategies to play leadership role with cutting edge services.
Among the services designed to revolutionize Internet service delivery in Nigeria and Africa include SkyVisionCombi; a unique service to answer the growing demand for unlimited Internet bandwidth. It addresses the rapidly escalating demand in Africa for high-capacity Internet links. This service has been specifically tailored for the business needs of the large service providers in Africa.
SkyVisionCombi is a hassle-free turnkey solution. It combines the hardware and the BW for high-quality C-Band Internet service without the need for CAPEX investment by the customer-and all at a surprisingly cost-effective rate.
For the usual monthly service charge, the customer buying the SkyVisionCombi receives a ‘complete solution’ which includes: the earth station and associated equipment required for the service as well as professional on-site installation, training and all the premium grade bandwidth the customer may need, backed by the usual 24-hour SkyVision expert support.
Mark Gazit, president and chief executive officer, SkyVision, said the company created this unique service after exploring and understanding the telecom needs of the market and in response to their customers need for a turnkey solution.
"We are offering an international service that combines our solid experience with premium service, and it will be launched first in West Africa to address our premium customers’ needs," he said.
SkyVisionCombi special features include,
High quality C-Band service
Advanced DVB-S2 Technology
Multiple Satellites to Optimize the service
No CAPEX Investment
Fast Deployment
Hassle-Free Solution
24/7 Technical support
SkyVisionCombi service is provided to premium West Africa customers via AFRICASAT-1 satellite platform. AFRICASAT-1 features and specifications include,
Powered C-Band with 41.5 dB to 34dB over Africa, it was launched by Measat, positioned on 46o East, it has comprehensive coverage of Africa and Europe, as well as Linear X-Pol Polarization and Highest level of redundancy.www.sky-vision.net or [email protected]
About Inclined Orbit Satellites:
In order to extend the life span of a geostationary satellite, the North-south station keeping maneuvers are suspended. The North-South station keeping consumes 90% of the satellite rocket fuel, therefore suspending them saves fuel and allow additional several years of satellite operation.
Without the station keeping, the satellites North-South inclination is growing by around 0.8o every year.
In order for earth station to track the inclined orbit satellite, the antenna should be motorized, and equipped with tracking system.
Antenna motorization allows the antenna to focus precisely on the satellite and keep it in the best possible position in relation to the satellite. A significant advantage of these satellites is the significantly reduced cost of the space on the satellite. These systems become highly cost effective to customers with high capacity of the required space.
The Advantage of Inclined Orbit Satellites:
Significant Saving in Service-Inclined Orbit service is cost effective in terms of the costs of service and operation of the system through its life time. Service costs are significantly lower when compared to the alternative services offered.
High Quality of Service-A continuous tracking of the satellite ensures the best focus on the satellite position, which in turn, ensures the highest quality of the reception of the signal received and transmitted.
Proven Technology with Wide Utilization over the world-Inclined Orbit Satellites requires motors and tracking system which can be added to the standard Earth-Station equipment. Tracking systems are widely used at national telecoms of practically every country. SkyVision brings the advantages of this technology to the commercial internet world.
Designed and Used for High Volume Costomers—Inclined orbit satellite platform is specially suited to serve PTTs, Carriers and large Internet service providers in Africa and over the world.
SKiDIRECT C-BAND VSAT BROADBAND SOLUTION
SKYDirect is a complete Internet connectivity solution, provided via satellite, to most places in Africa. By using SkyVision’s VSAT technology, customers are instantly connected to the internet.
Much like the terrestrial Digital Subscriber Line service, SKYDirect provides subscriber the ability to connect to other locations across the continent or in the world, get Internet connectivity, use and provide voice services and deliver all their communication needs.
Why you should use SKYDirect, is because it is cost effective. It’s a C-Band service with a better pricing than similar Ku-Band offers.
SKYDirect is flexible, reliable and high powered service from the new SES NEWSKIES NSS-10 satellite.
It runs on advanced iDrect based VSAT platform. It is also reliable and field proven technology with easy and fast installation as well as enjoys local support in the area of service.
SKYDirect quality: it is interesting to note that SKYDirect solution is provided using the recently launched SES NEWSKIES NSS-10 with excellent coverage over Africa.
The extended coverage area offers accessibility in even the most remote areas, with high quality of service.
SKYDirect service is operated in C-Band, the only reliable solution suited to work in rainy areas.
SES NEWSKIES NSS-10 is geostationary, station kept, C-Band, positioned at 37o West, and up to 43dB EIRP.
Among users of this service include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Cafes, VoIP centres, Call centres NGOs, public and government facilities, Direct broadband to small offices, SOHO, SME, SMB and hotels.
Others are financial institutions such as banks, ATMs and insurance, oil companies, manufacturing facilities among others.
This solution is powered by iDirect technology, the leading Internet protocol traffic solution, which offers features such as real time traffic management, quality of service, built in encryption, automated uplink power control, error correction to eliminate weather related performance degradation, central management, TCP & HTTP acceleration, built in DNS and efficient bandwidth management and allocation.
SKYDirect Applications are Internet access and connectivity, Digital media streaming, Distant learning in education and telemedicine, Data communication and file transfer as well as VoIP and voice based services.
Another technology in the product bouquet of SkyVision is SkyVisionDay. This solution is a high-quality, cost-effective service that provides customers business with an unmatched solution for peak-hour traffic.
Telecom providers and ISPs typically encounter issue while planning IP capacity requirements, such as daytime usage requirements that are far greater than the nighttime capacity needs. To this end, Bandwidth must then be purchased based on the highest usage levels during the daytime to remain only partially used at night.
This new service, SkyVision Day, allows subscribers to start saving capacity costs at night, when their traffic requirements are substantially lower.
SkyVision Day allows customers to pay only for the bandwidth he need. Some of the features of SkyVision Day are Highly reliable IP connectivity supported by the company’s teleports, a high level of downlink scalability from 5 Mbps to STM-1, BGP routing to provide resilient Tier-1 access to the internet and high quality C-Band coverage.
Other features include guaranteed service based on advanced DVB S-2 technology, and 24x7x365 multilingual support. This service is supported by an SLA to guarantee availability.
SkyVision Day specification are C-Band, geostationary satellite with life expectancy of up to 2012, linear cross-pol and co-pol polarizations among others.
SkyVision is a leading global telecommunications service provider supplying custom tailored solutions to ISPs, enterprises and Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). SkyVision’s end-to-end solutions deploy standard and customized IP service platforms, managed from its international gateways in Europe, Asia and the United States of America. With an active presence in over 50 countries worldwide, SkyVision’s goal in today’s fast growing telecom environment is to provide the best IP connectivity services in the high-growth, emerging Internet markets.
Acting as an international ‘ISP’ for its customers comprising of ISPs, Carriers, Telecoms, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators, enterprises, government bodies and international operators.
SkyVision deploys its extensive global IP network that spans over 120 countries, interconnecting in high-capacity points into the global internet through MCI, Telia, and NTT Verio. For more about SkyVision visit
Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish a National Cybersecurity Coordination Council, signaling a shift toward a more unified, intelligence-driven approach to defending the country’s rapidly expanding digital economy.
Conceived as a non-statutory, multi-stakeholder body, the proposed Council will enhance coordination, enable trusted information sharing, and guide government strategy on cybersecurity, risk management, and national response amid increasingly complex cyber threats.
The initiative, championed by Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, is designed to bring together government institutions, private sector players and technical experts into a single collaborative platform to strengthen the country’s cyber resilience.
Tijani noted that this initiative comes in response to a wave of recent cyber incidents that have disrupted operations across key private institutions and public sector.
In recent times, Nigeria’s financial system has faced mounting cyber pressure, reflecting global trends as cybercrime is projected to cost the world over $10.5 trillion annually, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
Analysts say these attacks are increasingly coordinated and sophisticated, prompting the government to recognise that fragmented, institution-specific approaches can no longer manage systemic cyber risks effectively.
Under the new framework, the government aims to promote a “collective defence” model, an approach widely adopted in advanced digital economies where threat intelligence is shared in real time across institutions.
The Council is expected to include chief information security officers, cybersecurity associations, the Nigerian Computer Society, global technology providers, researchers, law enforcement agencies and civil society groups, ensuring a broad-based and technically grounded response architecture.
Key priorities will include developing national threat intelligence-sharing systems, harmonised cyber defence protocols, and coordinated incident response, while strengthening capacity to close Nigeria’s cybersecurity talent gap.
Oracle, US-based technology giant, has initiated a sweeping round of layoffs affecting thousands of employees globally, with India among the worst-hit regions, according to multiple reports.
The job cuts, which began on March 31, are part of a broader restructuring exercise that could impact between 20,000 and 30,000 employees worldwide, making it one of the largest workforce reductions in the company’s history.
While the exact number remains unconfirmed, multiple reports suggest that around 12,000 employees in India have been affected,
Employees across several geographies, including India, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, reported receiving termination emails early in the morning, informing them that their roles had been eliminated with immediate effect.
“Today is your last working day,” the email stated, citing “organisational change” as the reason for the decision. Access to company systems, including email and internal platforms, was revoked shortly thereafter.
The communication, according to Business Insider, described the move as part of a broader “reduction in force and other terminations,” and said affected employees would be eligible for severance benefits subject to company policy.
The email also instructed employees to share personal contact details to receive separation documents.
In India, impacted employees have reportedly been offered severance packages that include 15 days’ salary for each completed year of service, notice period pay, leave encashment, gratuity where applicable, and an additional two-month salary top-up in cases of voluntary separation.
The layoffs are linked to Oracle’s strategic shift towards artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure.
The company has announced plans to invest approximately USD 50 billion in AI infrastructure and has reportedly raised an equivalent amount in debt to fund its expansion.
In a recent regulatory filing, Oracle said it expects restructuring costs for fiscal 2026 to reach up to USD 2.1 billion, largely driven by severance payouts and related expenses.
The move comes as Oracle looks to strengthen its position against global cloud competitors such as Amazon and Alphabet.
Uncertainty continues to loom over employees, with reports indicating that another round of layoffs could follow in the coming weeks. Employees who were affected described the layoffs as abrupt, with little prior indication.
Some former staff members have taken to social media to share their experiences.
Tricia S Marsh, a former Senior Principal at Oracle, said the layoffs marked the end of an important chapter in her career while urging affected colleagues to remain hopeful.
As of May 2025, Oracle had around 162,000 full-time employees globally.
Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered an active malicious campaign distributing a previously undocumented RAT with a very broad feature set. Beyond the standard remote access trojan functionality, it combines stealer, keylogger, clipper, and spyware capabilities.
Cybercriminals are selling it to third parties as MaaS (malware-as-a-service) promoting it on YouTube and Telegram, increasing the likelihood of its use across a wider range of actors, including less-skilled operators.
Due to its stealer functionality, the malware can collect a wide range of data about its victim: it gathers system information, extracts credentials for Steam, Discord and Telegram, and also harvests data from web browsers. It also poses a threat to cryptocurrency users, as it includes a browser-based clipper that replaces crypto wallet addresses.
Beyond data theft, CrystalX RAT is capable of full-scale surveillance, with the ability to take screenshots, record audio from the microphone, and capture video from both the webcam and the victim’s screen.
Particularly notable is the CrystalX RAT “playful” Prankware feature set, which is actively promoted by the developers. These capabilities allow operators to visibly interfere with the victim’s system by shaking the mouse cursor, setting wallpapers on the victim’s screen, changing screen orientation, hiding desktop icons, forcing system shut downs, and even delivering real-time pop-up notifications and messages to the victim.
While seemingly trivial, these features introduce a disruptive and psychological dimension to the attack, making the attack both visible and distressing for the victim.
Kaspersky reports attacks targeting users in Russia, but the trojan has the potential to spread to other countries due to its sales and distribution model.
“Such a diverse feature set effectively enables a 360-degree compromise of the victim and a complete loss of privacy. Beyond gaining access to account credentials, the stolen data could potentially be used for blackmail.
“At the moment, the initial infection vector is not precisely known, but it is already affecting dozens of victims. Our telemetry is already detecting new versions of the implants, indicating that this malware is still actively developed and maintained.
“We expect the number of victims to grow significantly and its geographic spread to expand in the near future,” says Leonid Bezvershenko, senior security researcher at Kaspersky GReAT.
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