Telecoms giant, Alcatel-Lucent sponsored the just concluded eighth edition of West and Central AfricaCom, the conference and exhibition that focuses on commercial telecoms in all 24 countries in West and Central Africa.

While the Nigerian IT market continues to be the toast of the international community, India`s leading mobile phone manufacturer, SPICE mobile has partnered Stovex Technologies on mobile phones distribution in Nigeria.

Team Hermes from Ireland wins top honors in the Software Design competition in the 2011 Imagine Cup World festival and awards ceremony held yesterday at the David H. Koch Theater Lincoln center in New York, the United States of America,

After three weeks of online voting system for 124 products, Medicare software application designed by four students from the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) that represented Nigeria at the 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup students’ technology contest ending today in New York, the United States of America has been ranked 5th position globally in people’s choice award.

WHEN, soon after he assumed office as Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole set up the Edo State ICT Directorate, not a few must have queried the need for yet another parastatal, at a time when the clamour for less government is getting louder.

ON the heels of an inspection of facilities by undersea cable operator, MainOne, in Lagos, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, has averred that the success of the venture after one year indicates success for the commission’s broadband strategy.

I read with a keen interest the article of Dr Balarabe Mohammed Sani, NCC Director for Technical Standards and Network Integrity, which Vanguard carried on June 1, 2011. It was interesting that the Director began by acknowledging that it is generally agreed that the operators’ networks have serious issues of quality of services.

Telecom giant MTN recently launched a new MTN talk on logo to mark it’s tenth year anniversary of operating in the country’s massive telecom and mobile business market at an elaborate ceremony held in Ikeja, Lagos.

As part of Nigeria’s millennium development project, an international team of 13consultant-volunteers from IBM’s corporate service corps programme have completed a month-long term helping Nigeria to move a step closer to reaching the country’s Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty, improving education and harnessing sustainable energy.

Outgoing MD/CEO of Starcomms Plc., Mr Maher Qubain has described innovative ideas and laudable initiatives as key to business growth and sustainance.

Easyfuel Limited, pioneer leader in integrated cashless fueling in the country’s downstream oil and gas sector, is currently collaborating with Gilbarco Veeder Root (GVR) to change the face of payment for fueling in Nigeria.

Telkom South Africa says it has signed an agreement to sell its Nigerian unit Multilinks to an affiliate of Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN).

Airtel Nigeria has kicked off a nation wide talent hunt programme that hopes to sift through millions of youths to identify young stars who would excel in the game of football as part of the company’s many corporate social responsibilities currently being embarked in the country.

The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) in collaboration with Brian Integrated Systems Limited donated a mini-laptop and an external DVD ROM as a star prize to the winner of the National Association of Computer Science Students(NACOSS) NITTEX contest held last year week at the University of Lagos.

AS you read this, Nigerian students, along with one of their lecturers are in New York, USA, attending this year’s edition of the Imagine Cup. The Imagine Cup is the software equivalent of the football World Cup, and is the initiative of software giant, Microsoft Corporation.