Local computer manufacturer, Omatek Computers, has announced plans to build a multi billion naira factory in the country. The company said the new factory is aimed at consolidating on its achievements and its extensive presence in Nigeria.

When released last year, Nokia CEO Mr Stephen Elop described the Nokia Lumia 800 as “the first real Windows phone”.
Since the debut of the phone, the operating system now boasts over 40,000 apps, making the deal between the two companies superb.

With its application for e-banking, First Bank of Nigeria Plc is retooling to be among the leading players driving the cash-lite initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) through its alternative channels including FirstCards, FirstMobile and FirstOnline.

A little over 10 years ago when the first GSM networks rolled out their services, life and living in Nigeria took on a new meaning. There was great exhilaration that people could now talk with each other, irrespective of the distance, courtesy of the GSM telephone handsets.

Although designed for good as a social network to keep up with friends, share ideas, photos, links and many more, its humble creation on campus at Harvard University in 2004 after the site’s designer, Mark Zuckerberg came up with Facebook, it has become an integral part of people’s lives. With over 600 million active users worldwide, Facebook literally has become an overnight success, impacting on life and living.

…As court judgment reinstates Econet’s equity.
A FRESH tussle over equity at Airtel Networks, before the courts since 2003 may now shift to the boardroom as a result of a judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, presided over by Justice Shuaib in the matter of equity claim of five per cent by Econet Wireless Ltd in Airtel Networks Ltd.

SAMSUNG Electronics West Africa has unveiled its Notebook Series 9 which was manufactured in 2011.

Submarine cable company, MainOne has announced expansion of its infrastructure to enable people in other parts of the country access its services. Before this expansion, MainOne had huge presence in Lagos where scores of businesses depend on its services for cheap and reliable broadband services.

A MERE glance at the draft ICT policy recently published by the Ministry of Communications Technology would reveal several gaps and inconsistencies. These flaws cast serious doubts about its potency and efficacy to sustain the gains already recorded in the sector, let alone providing the launch pad for the future progress of the industry.

Chairman of the Google Board of Directors, Eric Schmidt will join German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and others at the official opening of CeBIT 2012 slated for March in Hanover, Germany.

Closure of base stations across the nation by agents of state and local governments to enforce payment of sundry taxes and levies has again, attracted the attention of the telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) and service providers.

Indications have emerged that the total number of active telephone lines on the networks of the Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA networks operating in Nigeria has dropped by 1,069,485 lines in 2011.

The shift towards knowledge-based jobs has accelerated the rise of the services sector, creating new opportunities. Time and distance from a business need no longer be the problems they once were.

The Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Hamadoun Touré has said that how best to review and modify global spectrum regulations to ensure that it is used effectively to benefit all players will be key issue at the ongoing World Radiocommunication conference which opened on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.

One of the major concerns against a successful cash-lite economy which the Central Bank of Nigeria is propagating to drive usage of alternative electronic products and channels for financial transactions in the country, was the reliability of the platforms that the initiative would run on.