INDIGENOUS software developers will soon receive a boost with the opening of a software testing centre by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

The on-going bid by the Bureau of Public Enterprises to privatize Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, M-tel, is igniting controversies that are raising fears. If a statement credited to China Unicom last Monday is anything to go by, there are questions begging for answers.

Business men and women who want to establish or carry out one business or the other but have been hindered due to inability to secure or pay for operational offices can now hieve a sigh of relief following the establishment of Business Offices Support Services BOSS, a new office solution and business support centre based in Lagos.

In keeping to its rebranding programme, Zain Nigeria, one of the leading telecommunication companies in Nigeria, on Saturday commissioned a new shop in Victoria Island, Lagos.

World leading brand in electronics and home appliances, Samsung electronics, has announced plan to launch the smallest laser multifunction printer in the world into the Nigerian market.

Global leader in critical power and cooling services, APC by Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Niroshni Nitin as inside sales representative for Central Africa.

As technology is permeating every sector of life, creating unimaginable transformations, the marriage institution should not be left out. And that could be why a frontline internet services provider, iWay Africa recently introduced a website which provides the opportunity for couples who have not tied their nuptial knots to have a celebrity wedding worth over N4m.

The Information Technology Association of Nigeria, (ITAN), in collaboration with Quality Assurance Institute (QAI), have announced a strategic partnership with QAI’s services offerings.

Managing Editor and Chief Executive Officer of eWorld Magazine, Aaron Ukodie said at the weekend that he expects industry stakeholders to come up with a more comprehensive national broadband development action plan at the Forum which holds firts week of march 2010.

The Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Professor Theophilus Angaye has communed the IT infrastructure of Computer Warehouse Group,(CWG), saying that the company has the capacity to provide outsourcing with its state-of-art-technology equipment.

Subscribers of Starcomms Telecomm, one of the leading CDMA operator in the country can now have peace of mind about the whereabouts of their loved ones following the introduction of Starcomms Star Track, a location based phone service.

Committed to offering high level of flexibility and control in meeting the communications need of Small and Medium enterprises, one of the Nigerian mobile telecommunications provider in Africa and the Middle East, Zain , has announced the introduction of ‘OgaLine’, a unique package designed to assist and improve the efficiency of mobile usage for business owners and their workforce.

Google, the search engine giant has searched out Nigeria. On the first day of it’s just concluded G-Nigeria event held inside the University of Lagos, Akoka main campus, it announced to ICT news journalists; both of the local and foreign media, the launch of it’s latest Google on-line map domain which features a very elaborate and almost detailed navigable map of the country.

Leading manufacturer of mobile phones and other home appliances, Samsung Electronics has announced the introduction of a full touch screen mobile phone in Nigeria.