The recently inaugurated national anti-mobile phone theft scheme has received a boost as two leading mobile phone operators, MTN Nigeria and Zain Nigeria, have now hooked on to the network of the service provider, NetVisa Nigeria Limited.

Governors of Ekiti State and Ondo States, Gbenga Oni, and Olusegun Mimiko respectively are among the top dignitaries expected to grace the award ceremony in which 12 Obafemi Awolowo University Alumni who are palying significant roles in driving ICT growth and national development will be honoured by the OAU Alumni, Lagos Branch.

Main One Cable Company has reiterated its determination to ease the problems and inconveniences regularly encountered in Nigeria and the rest of the sub-region on account of poor Internet access.

It is therefore significant to emphasize that election e-voting system must be professionally planned, organized, transparently executed and indeed the operational framework must be sufficiently robust to withstand a variety of fraudulent and smart-by-half behaviors. Also, the entire process must be sufficiently transparent and comprehensible to ensure that voters and candidates can accept the results of an election.

The Anambra State government under Peter Obi’s administration has donated not less than 750 Personal Computers, (PCs) to 75 secondary schools in Anambra state.

Samsung Electronics is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communication. in this interview with Emmanuel Elebeke, the product manager, Audio visual, Samsung Electronics, Mr. Young Park spoke on LED TV, the newly launched world slimmest Tv in the market, the proposed Samsung factory to be sited in Nigeria and other issues bothering on technology growth in Nigeria. Excerpts.

It is possible for Nigeria Cyber Café industry to blossom again and become a hot bed for entrepreneurs, the President of Nigeria Internet Group (NIG), Engr. Lanre Ajayi has said.

If there is nothing to do to counter the menace of those who live by cunningly extorting unsuspecting users of their Personal Identification Numbers with the aim to getting into their accounts and keeping them miserable, there is every reason to create awareness on their modus operandi.

The Ghanaian Minister of Communication, Hon. Iddrisu Haruna , last week said he was committed to support Omatek Computers Ghana Limited to foster ICT development in the country and in extension boster technology transfer between Nigeria and Ghana.

Linkserve Limited has emerged Nigeria’s Broadband Service Provider of the Year at the Nigerian Telecoms Awards held recently at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos.

At the wake of the down time in internet services , occasioned by the cut in the Benin Link of the SAT3 submarine system, a leading broadband internet access provider, Swift networks limited, said it has restored full internet services to its subscribers despite the cut in the SAT3 backbone cable .

AFTER a long silence on the fate of the moribund Nigerian telecommunications Limited, NITEL, the Federal government may have decided to sell the company in bits and pieces.

HOW best to position and brighten the future of the Nigerian female students was the focus of discussion last week in Lagos when Multi-Links Telkom visited about ten female students of the University of Lagos in celebration of this year’s annual Women Day which held in South Africa recently.

FOR mobile phone subscribers who still fear that the Electromagnetic Radiation emitting from the mobile phone could be harmful, the Workshop last week on the realities of mobile Electromagnetic radiation on health brought a relief.

THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr Ernest Ndukwe has canvassed for a massive fibre connection for the whole of Africa in order to bring broadband connectivity closer to the people.