GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has described Globacom as a friendly network. The governor made the comment at the opening of the second Gloworld shop in Enugu, the state capital.

WITH the number of physically challenged groups of persons constituting 25% of the total Nigerian populace, the Senate Committee Chairman on Communications, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu has said that the Senate and other arms of government would ensure that relevant policies and regulations are put in place to provide specially designed ICT needs of these groups.

ONE would have just concluded that the best place for a lawyer to show his turf is at the court room. But, what MTN’s Sales and Distribution Executive, Mr Mike Ikpoki, is doing with Bizlift, a project created by MTN to reach its sales retailers, particularly the umbrella and roadside resellers, is telling a different story.

BEFORE the wounding up of Etisalat’s 9jillions game show promo at the weekend, the argument had been whether a telecommunications company would actually doll out to a subscriber, a whopping one million US dollars ($1m), which translates to about one hundred and Fifty million naira (N150m), in Nigeria’s currency.

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.