Why many Nigerians spend more on phone repairs than buying new phones
By Miracle Onyemuwa The rising cost of smartphones in Nigeria is forcing more consumers to repair damaged devices rather than replace them with new ones. This is more so, as inflation and the depreciation of the naira continue to push phone prices higher. At Computer Village, Ikeja, phone repair shops are seeing increasing numbers of […]
Poor devt index ranking deflated Nigeria’s ICT pride in 2015
The year 2015 has a lot of statistics, Information and Communications Technology, ICT industry practitioners can bandy about with pride; particularly in terms of telephony access and data penetration. Active telephone lines are well over 150 million; close to 100 million Nigerians are having access to the Internet, the country’s teledensity rose quite above 108 per cent and Investment in the sector is being put at over $32 billion.
iSON technologies acquires GTS
INFORMATION Technology services company, iSON Technologies, recently acquired Global Technology Services, GTS, from the Emirates National Oil Company, ENOC, in a deal both parties say will be beneficial to the IT industry as a whole.
World mobile internet users to hit 3.2bn in 2016
About 3.2 billion people across the world are estimated to have access to internet in 2016.The figure represents about 44 per cent of the world’s population.
Microsoft’s Bing reveals top searches of 2015
MICROSOFT’s search engine, Bing has released its annual search trends revealing that 2015 is a year shaped by impactful people, events and moments.
Huawei outlines five years new mobile broadband blueprint
Technology solution provider, Huawei at the 2015 Global Mobile Broadband forum has outlined a new mobile broadband blueprint for the next five years.
