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.

TO facilitate government’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.

About 474 schools spread across the six geopolitical zones of the country, have so far benefitted from complete set of Internet tools and facilities provided by the Universal Service Provision Fund, USPF. USPF is a special fund set up by the Federal Government under the National Communications Act 2003, designed to provide telecommunications and ICT services to unserved, underserved and deprived groups and communities in the country.

There has been excitement across the globe, especially in the Nigerian IT market as the software giant, Microsoft recently released Windows 7, the newest and the best operating system (OS). With the launch, the Windows 7 software is now available to be installed on new computers and for purchase in computer retail outlets across the world.

There appears to be new dawn in the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), representing the interests of the National Software Engineering and Services Developers Community in Nigeria as new National Executive Council to run the affairs of the Organisation for the next two years has emerged with the Oracle of the Nigerian ICT industry elected as the President.

A new dawn has began at the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), after the inauguration and swearing_in of the Governing Board of Directors with Senator Jubril Martins Kuye , Former Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Finance as Chairman of the Board.

The Nigeria Computer Society has announced plans to hold her first national IT merit award to deserving individuals and organizations in the country.

FRONTLINE PayTV operators, MultiChoice, has formally launched DStv Access, a 27 world-class channels with a considerable subscription cost for middle and low class pay Tv subscribers. This is as the operator, has hinted on a possible slash of its decoder acquisition cost, soonest, to lower the entry barrier and inspire a lot more people to join the DStv platform.

DETERMINED to improve its brand visibility and bring its products and services closer to the end users in remote and major urban centres, Omatek Ventures Plc, has launched its chains of franchisee retail outlets in the South West and South South Regions of the country.

Alvin Toffler, in his work The Third Wave, listed three revolutionary shifts of civilization the humankind has achieved through history. The first, Agricultural Revolution that enabled the humankind to accumulate wealth.

AT the launch of its pageant reality show in Lagos last week, smart phone maker, Anabel Group slashed its different range of phones by 50% as against its original price.

THE current chairperson of the Bureau of African Ministers of Communications and Information Technologies (ICT) and Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili would on Thursday this week in Lagos, declare open the annual Nigeria Digital Sense forum.

Apparently trying to wet its customers’ appetite before the commercial launch of the Glo 1 submarine cable that landed in Lagos and Ghana recently, Second National Operator, Globacom last week, launched its prepaid 3G Plus modem, plugging its prepaid subscribers on the high speed internet service.

IN keeping to its dream of becoming a responsible cooperate entity in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria says it has paid over N300 billion to the different tiers of government in charges and taxes from 2001 till date.