LAST Friday in Lagos when stakeholders in the Nigerian ICT sector gathered to discuss the draft national ICT policy, leading voices contended that except issues like local content, open source software, full engagement of industry players, youths, women among others were included, the policy, as drafted may not be of much use in the bid to transform into a digital and knowledge based economy.

Calendars have been used throughout the ages as a way of organising one’s work, social, or religious events into a single view. The dawn of mobile applications meant that this could be taken on the go and provide necessary reminders to get things done at ease. For some, especially business users, the calendar is the most important app on their phone.

Fixed wireless phone operator, Multi-Links has offered students and lecturers in tertiary institutions across the nation free on net calls following the introduction of a new service tagged “Campus Calling Circle”.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, saddled with the task to regulate the communication sector in Nigeria, recently tasted the ugly side of media antagonism that perhaps has become a pastime by mischief makers in the country.

Network security services provider, Cyberoam, last week said that in the wake of rising wave of hacking activities in the world, corporate organisations playing in the Nigerian environment should strive for adequate network security protection to be able to stay on top of their game.

On June 08, 2011, I received a letter from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship), part of which read; ‘The remarkable success of CWG is a story that inspires entrepreneurs, academics, investors, and policy makers working in emerging countries.

SALES and use of fake and adulterated technology devices, especially desktops, laptop and notebooks, have not just become source of worry to concerned citizens but has risen to alarming proportion in Nigeria.
This development, according to analysts has posed possible loss of income to both the users, the Information and Technology Industry and government.

Search engine giant, Google has announced that the stage is set for the annual Google Nigeria event for software developers, technology entrepreneurs and marketing professionals in the country beginning tomorrow.

Research In Motion RIM makers of the blackberry range of smartphones has announced the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 in a new evolution of the original BlackBerry Torch 9800 model.

Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah, at the just concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain said that the country may not fully harness the potentials of broadband deployment for wealth creation and employment generation until the fixed line segment of the telecommunications market is revived.

DURING the Mobile World Congress 2012 which just ended, Ericsson Wallet Platform last week unveiled its new extended suite of m-commerce solutions and services. The Ericsson solution is designed to accelerate access and interconnection between the emerging m-commerce eco-system and the financial world to fast track the next generation of mobile financial services.

The Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC fight against undue interference on network took a new dimension last week, when the commission last weekend in Lagos clamped down on two companies illegal mobile phone dealers in the country.

The .ZA central registry operator, UniForum SA, has been selected by the African Union as its preferred registry operator that will administer the upcoming dotAFRICA Top Level Domain.

Considering that Satellite communication has always been a major backbone to the development of most advanced societies, Managing Director, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited Engr. Ahmed-Rufai, has said that his Nigcomsat 1R project was what Nigeria needed to achieve universal access, ICT development, backbone for social, political and economic re-engineering.

Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah, at the just concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain said that the country may not fully harness the potentials of broadband deployment for wealth creation and employment generation until the fixed line segment of the telecommunications market is revived.