Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, last week repeated calls that the federal government should make the vandalisation of telecom infrastructure a capital offence to deter vandals from frustrating the efforts of telecom operators in Nigeria.

As part of plans to boost its subscriber base in the country, Globacom Nigeria last week declared a new package tagged 1derful offer for Nigerian customers, even as it also unveiled a partnership with Nokia to offer special internet bundles and other services to its subscribers on some select Nokia phones.

A former deputy general manager at China Mobile has been sentenced to death by Chinese authorities, having been found guilty of corruption.

AFTER an 18-month search, the GSMA at the weekend announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018. This gives the city the opportunity to retain the mobile industry’s must-attend event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and will also develop a range of other programmes and activities that will span the entire year.

SAMSUNG Electronics West Africa, has announced the arrival of the series 3 350U2A notebook in the Nigerian ICT market.

New Horizons and th National Directorate of Employment have launched Skills for Employment and Enterprise (SEE) with a view to tackling the problem of graduate unemployment in Nigeria.

THE Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, has urged investors in the state to assist in the development of their domains so as to enjoy better corporation from the indigenes of the state.

For efficient record keeping and elimination of the trauma associated with manual registration, as well as prevalent exam malpractices resulting from poor monitoring, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has designed an e-registration system for the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB).