The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday launched a centre of excellence in software engineering built and equipped at a cost of N600 million.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS subscribers whose SIM cards have been deactivated or disconnected by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, have been urged to avail themselves of the opportunity for reconnection and reactivation of such lines. They should visit network service providers’ customer care centres, friendship centres or network operators’ offices to register.

Notwithstanding the last minute-rush by defaulting subscribers to get their SIM cards registered; many subscribers had their lines deactivated at the June 30 2013 deadline.

Built with precision and offering performance in timeless design, BlackBerry has unveiled Q10 series in its stables of smartphone.

After four days of showcasing creative ideas, innovation and passion in technology by no fewer than 309 brightest technology students from 71 countries, the global software giant, Microsoft at the historic Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, announced the worldwide Imagine Cup winners with more than $1 million in cash and prizes going to the student teams that were recognized.

The Federal Government on Thursday announced the appointment of Olusola Senbore and Co. as liquidator for the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its sister company, mobile Telecommunications (MTEL).

As the international community awaits winners for the 2013 Microsoft Imagine Cup, about thirty international judges yesterday at the ongoing competition, the world’s premier student technology competition in St. Petersburg Russia engaged no fewer than 87 finalist teams in hands-on judging process.

NO fewer than 309 students from 71 countries have gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia to compete in three main categories like World Citizenship, Games and Innovation in the global finals of the 2013 edition of Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition.

For Intel Nigeria, in spite of its reality, the continued lamentation that women and girls in Nigeria are disadvantaged when compared to men’s participation in ICT, is beginning to sound like broken record.

Founder and Chairman of Econet Wireless, Mr. Strive Masiyiwa has said that Nigeria can feed the rest of Africa if the country will muster the courage to replicate the uncommon revolution of telecommunication in the agricultural sector.

THE Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced plans to build a standard biotechnology laboratory to empower national programmes in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.

Acting Director-Genral of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Dr. Samson Shaibu, in this interview speaks on how 2015 digitization goal, accreditation of FRCN training school was aborted, his ascension into the office as Acting DG, the challenges of FRCN and his plans for the broadcast major. Excerpts.

After a good presentation and outing Tuesday before panel of international judges at the ongoing 2013 Imagine Cup software students competition, the world’s premier student technology competition holding in St. Petersburg, Russia, the mentor of team Nigeria, ‘Team LifeSaver from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Dr. O.T. Arulogun has said with optimism that the students were prepared to do Nigeria proud and bring the Cup home

The 2013 edition of Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition, the football World Cup equivalent in software design attracted no fewer than 309 students from 71 countries who have gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia to compete in three main categories like World Citizenship, Games and Innovation.

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Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson says the turnover of information communications technology, ICT companies into the Nigerian economy has reached N185 billion in 2013 and is expected to hit N200 billion by 2015.