As the past ten years has seen rapid spread of mobile phones across the world, making possible new, more convenient and secure ways of providing financial services to consumers, Ericsson Money Services

Perhaps, one of the glowing attributes of Glo, is its support for development and the exposure of the African continent to the world.

Etisalat Nigeria last week in Lagos announced the launch of a SIM registration promotion tagged 9ja Free Credit Promo specifically designed to reward new and existing customers who register or have registered their SIMs with 30% bonus credit to call any network in Nigeria .

For the love of securing internet users across the world, Symantec says it has signed a Memorandum of Association, MoU with the International Telecommunications Union

Visafone Communications limited has introduced a new tariff plan tagged: Visa Talk, Talk, Talk, with a view to providing subscribers with low and attractive call tariff.

Nigerian companies can compete on the global stage if they standardize their processes and ensure quality assurance measures, President/COO of Superflux International Limited, Lagos Mr. Tokunbo Talabi has said.

Different satellite builders and service providers across the world are at the moment polishing their briefcases ready to storm Nigeria to slug it out for who grabs the contract to build the country’s second communications satellite.

At the just concluded Alcatel-Lucent’s Annual Technology Symposium, held in Paris, France where the company discussed its strategy for growth, and showcased a broad range of Bell Labs innovations that will map the future of communications, Jean-Pierre Lartigue the Vice President Partner, Strategy and Corporate Development of Alcatel-Lucent in this encounter with Vanguard, spoke on the company’s vision for wireless IP networks and other unique portfolio of technologies and solutions

As over 225 organizations are expected to participate in IPV6 test flight day holding today globally, stakeholders in the Nigerian IT industry at the first ever Nigeria IPv6 roundtable last week renewed their call for the nation to consider the immense benefits Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) offers by ordering immediate transition from internet protocol version 4 to version 6 so as to face challenges ahead.

As one of CISCO’s most esteemed partners in West Africa, CWG Ghana the West African regional arm for the Computer Warehouse Group, joined other CISCO senior executives and its customers in Accra to discuss the new trends and solutions coming from the World’s leading technology and Networking Solutions Company.

Last week, the issue here was about connecting rural communities with ICTs, wherein it was stated that the issue is part of the objectives of the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).

Research In Motion; makers of the Blackberry phone have lunched it’s much anticipated Blackberry reader and Mileage Tracker pro applications to it’s world market especially it’s rapidly expanding African and in particular Nigeria markets.

Ahead of the National IT Public-Private Partnership, NITPPF, organized by the Information Technology Association of Nigeria, ITAN, the Chief Operating Officer of QAI Global, leading global consulting and workforce development organization, Mr. Tom Ticknor is expected to facilitate the IT industry quality awareness & improvement workshop during the event slated this month in in Benin, Edo State.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a new requirement for listing on the Nigerian capital market, declaring that, henceforth, companies seeking listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) must adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

TOP pay-TV operator, DSTV Mobile last week introduced mobile television decoder for Nigerian consumers. With the product called “Drifta”, Nigerian subscribers can enjoy television anywhere at any time.