Today’s world which figuratively is cruising on the information super high way is indeed a throw back from the past. The history of civilization is strewn in many epochs that have come to redefine modern existence.

While calling for global appeal for contributions to assist the flood affected victims in Pakistan, the ITU Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun Touré has issued a global appeal for contributions to assist the ITU’s emergency telecommunications team work with the Government of Pakistan towards rehabilitating the telecommunication infrastructure, which has been rendered inoperative in many parts of the country.

There appears to be dawn of a new era in the Nigerian ICT sector as the Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria, ITAN in collaboration with the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) have formed an alliance to share information for the overall benefit of the industry and the Nigerian society.

Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties in Bayelsa State, Mr. Sunday Frank-Oputu, yesterday, said the bye-election to fill the vacant Yenagoa constituency II into the state House of Assembly slated for Saturday will be a test case for President Goodluck Jonathan’s one man one vote crusade.

Rivers State Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, factional leaders in the state decided to form their faction because he turned down their alleged suggestion to loot the state treasury for them to share.

The nation’s oil and gas industry and the maritime sector are expected to absorb about 7,000 former militants in the Niger Delta region.

Preparations are already in top gear to hold this years Nigerian Network Operators Group(ngNOG) workshop scheduled to hold in the second week of October at the University of Port Harcourt, Abuja campus.

As part of its commitment to enable telecoms consumers communicate freely with friends, family members, and business partners and associates at pocket-friendly rates, Zain Nigeria, one of the mobile operators in the country has introduced free SMS (Short Message Service), lowered tariff for calls within and out of networks (off-Net and On-Net calls), free weekend calls and many other benefits for its customers.

As the nation prepares for the 2011 elections, there is need to rethink the process deliverables within the context of Data Security and Critical Software issues.

Going by the obvious imbalance in the economy of CDMA operators when compared to that of their GSM counterparts, experts in the ICT sector have predicted that mergers and acquisitions among the CDMA companies may become so inevitable in the near future.