This year’s edition of the biennial Global Public Summit of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) ended recently in Hamilton, Bermuda.

TO facilitate govern ment’s efforts to actualizing the Vision 20: 2020, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba recently launched new ultra modern telemedicine equipment to improve the qaulity of health care.

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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 [...]

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.

THE second edition of the Abia International Trade Fair, in Aba pennultimate week was another opportunity for the Second National Telecommunications operator, Globacom to connect itself with the robust business climate of the South East and in particular, Abia state.

Ahead of the November ending expected final sale of Nitel, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu, has said that debts incurred by Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (Nitel), will be shared between the new buyer and Federal Government.