wins Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa award
By Prince Osuagwu, who was in Cape Town, South Africa
Even with the sonorous renditions of South Africa’s music star, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and the pathetic touch of the lyrics which actually dwelled on helping UNICEF achieve its charity cause, AfricaCom awards night  was still a tension soaked night [...]

IN line with her dream of bringing succour to people living with disability, MTN Foundation in partnership with Friends of the Disabled has commissioned a skill acquisition project for the disabled at Oja-Oba, Isale-Eko, Lagos.

THE Minister of State for Information and Communications, Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis penultimate Thursday encouraged African countries to open up their Telecommunications market to local and international operators in order to build capacity and give more access to their people.

IN response to customers continued yearning for improved and quality products, world leading manufacturer of mobile phone, Nokia last week unveiled a mobile computer, Nokia N97 mini in Lagos.

IN line with its brand philosophy of putting smiles on the faces of Nigerian customers, Nigeria leading telecom operator, Zain Nigeria has introduced a reward scheme to reward its loyal customers.

Multi-Links Telkom has connected the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries’ (MFM) Prayer City along Lagos – Ibadan Express Road to its telecommunication network and in the process ensuring that the sprawling city now enjoys an integrated telecommunications solution that covers voice, video and data.

GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has described Globacom as a friendly network. The governor made the comment at the opening of the second Gloworld shop in Enugu, the state capital.

WITH the number of physically challenged groups of persons constituting 25% of the total Nigerian populace, the Senate Committee Chairman on Communications, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu has said that the Senate and other arms of government would ensure that relevant policies and regulations are put in place to provide specially designed ICT needs of these groups.

ONE would have just concluded that the best place for a lawyer to show his turf is at the court room. But, what MTN’s Sales and Distribution Executive, Mr Mike Ikpoki, is doing with Bizlift, a project created by MTN to reach its sales retailers, particularly the umbrella and roadside resellers, is telling a different story.

BEFORE the wounding up of Etisalat’s 9jillions game show promo at the weekend, the argument had been whether a telecommunications company would actually doll out to a subscriber, a whopping one million US dollars ($1m), which translates to about one hundred and Fifty million naira (N150m), in Nigeria’s currency.