While unveiling plans to launch a three-year, $3 million competitive grant programme to help recipients realize their vision of solving the world’s toughest problems, software giant, Microsoft at the end of Imagine Cup 2011 and awards ceremony held last Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater Lincoln center in New York,declared Team Hermes from Ireland as the top winners in the software design competition.

Telecom giant, Globacom has announced the launch of new internet tariff plans.

AS far as solving problems on the African continent, and indeed, the entire Third World is concerned, various multilateral organizations have churned out billions of text on blueprints that will help transform life and living from the negative trend we experience now to something more positive.

SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a leading global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems, has announced that it has been chosen as broadband fiber connectivity solution provider for Starcomms, one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company and provider of 3G services and triple-play.

At the just concluded German/Nigerian Economic Forum held in Abuja last week, Wincor Nixdorf has announced plans to continue its support for the expansion of retail banking in Nigeria with innovative self-service technology for cash process automation with the supply of 600 ATMs to its partners, Computer Warehouse Group.

The talk in recent times has been whether the CDMA operators deserve a bail-out fund to help them re-grow their networks to be able to face competition against their GSM counterparts whose fortunes are in an upward swing.

National President of the Association of Telecommunications Association of Nigeria, Engr. Titi Omo-Ettu has commended the management of VDT Communications for maintaining very high standard of service delivery in broadband services in ten years of its industry life.

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.