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.

Baring any positive twist from what is currently on ground, the $2.5b sale of Nigeria’s national telecommunications carrier, Nitel to New Generations telecom may hit the rocks. This is as fresh information Vanguard gathered from Abuja, indicates that the interests that want the sale of Nitel revoked to apparently favour an indigenous player are getting strong backing from powerful people in government.

One of Nigeria’s CDMA operator’s Visafone said it has extended its network coverage to Maiduguri, capital of Bornu State. The telecoms operator says it is entering the historic town with exciting and affordable packages tailored to meet the communication needs of the residents and further facilitate their contacts with friends and loved ones.

National Telecommunications Operator, Globacom will be a key participant at this year’s edition of the Kaduna International Trade Fair which opens on Friday, February 19 and ends on Sunday, February 28.

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.

While nations of the world, especially India are retooling their software products for global competitiveness, there has been growing concern in the Nigerian IT industry regarding the country’s over dependency in foreign software drive her economy, a development which experts say, may derail vision 2020 imperative

Overview: Several Research white papers on the strategies to accelerate national IT capacity building have zeroed in on the massive involvement of women in the IT development cycle. Compared to other countries, the number of Nigerian women in IT is rather low.

Meridian Technologies, an IT training & testing outfit has started training women students free of cost on computer basics at its Maryland, Lagos centre. With this Women IT empowerment offer, More than 100 students have already benefited from this free training. The school is in alliance with APTECH Ltd, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Microsoft and other leading vendors in IT.

Nigerian foremost infrastructure sharing and managed services provider, Helios Towers Nigeria in collaboration with fixed wireless telephone operator, Multi-links Telkom have recently signed a fully managed network services contract in Lagos.

TOP IT resellers, Technology Distributions Limited has pledged to empower a new generation of resellers in Liberia and bring down computer prices significantly in the country.

Barely two weeks before the much awaited eWorld Broadband forum slated for first week of March 2010, Nigerian frontiers in co-location and infrastructure sharing Helios Towers and IHS have also endorsed the forum that is expected to discuss among other things development of broadband in Nigeria

When the gates of the University of Lagos, Akoka main campus, open tomorrow, it wouldn’t just be to admit staff and students as it usually does.