As the sixth month of the year rolls in, operators of mobile telecom services in the country are making efforts at raising the awareness over the need for their subscribers to have their SIM cards properly registered. Industry observers however, who have been following these developments are saying these ‘efforts’ are not enough.

The University of Nigeria Nsukka may soon become a reference point among many other universities in Nigeria, when the benefits of ICT in schools are highlighted. This is as leading global players in Information and Communications Technology, are collaborating with the University to build Africa’s largest wireless network community, expected to gulp a whopping N3billion naira.

As Nigeria celebrates a few initiatives in undersea cable project from indigenous operators, it is also wise to look beyond the boosting of internet services by the initiatives and perhaps dwell on the pains the country and her internet users may go through when the uhuru comes.

The Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ATCON has expressed serious displeasure over the allegation that Globacom Ghana was being sabotaged in its nationwide roll out plan in that country, saying that it would engage the Minister of Information and Communications, Prof Dora Akunyili, to see that the matter was not swept under the carpet.

In recognition of the importance of alliance and integration of emerging technologies to industries, Nokia is partnering Yahoo to deploy integrated web services for various users across the globe.