A new report launched recently by ITU and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) on how to use ICTs in tackling climate change has highlighted how Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are of fundamental importance in reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, as well as in helping countries everywhere adapt to climate change and to deal with its sometimes catastrophic effects.

THE United State of America’s Federal Communications Commission, FCC, has commended the giant strides recorded in the Nigeria’s telecom industry, with credits to the Nigerian telecom regulator, NCC, for bringing Nigeria at par with several advanced nations of the world.

The National Information Development Agency NITDA and the Nigeria Communication Satellite limited NIGCOMSAT were the only two government IT parastatals allocated funds in the 2011 budget proposal of President Goodluck Jonathan. Once again, the Information Technology sector is embedded inside the Ministry of Science and Technology.

With the Nigerian Information Technology Association of Nigeria, (ITAN) expected to fly the Nigerian flag at the 2011 International Consumer Electronic Show, CES which will open tomorrow in Las Vegas, United States of America, more than 1,200 technology companies from outside the Unites States, a 25 percent increase over 2010, will be among the 2,500 exhibitors that will be showcasing their latest consumer electronics (CE) products.

A new report launched recently by ITU and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) on how to use ICTs in tackling climate change has highlighted how Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are of fundamental importance in reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, as well as in helping countries everywhere adapt to climate change and to deal with its sometimes catastrophic effects.

It’s no secret that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show will be rife with new Android tablets, with PC makers Lenovo and Toshiba among the latest to throw their hats into the tablet ring. But the news that TV manufacturer Vizio is boldly jumping into the Android tablet fray comes as something of a surprise.

What do you call it when you have 120,000 people and an elephant in the room? The International Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off this week in Las Vegas.

For the Information and Communications Technology ICT sector, the year 2010 began with high hopes , progressed with some belief and ended with a lot of disappointments.

Etisalat Nigeria, lead sponsor of the ongoing Nigerian Idol reality show has announced the introduction of voice voting, a new, innovative voting service to enhance subscribers’ voting for their favorite contestants throughout the duration of the Nigerian Idol show.

One of the CDMA operators in the country, Starcomms has introduced a tablet PC called ‘myPad’.
Starcomms said the newly introduced product is its first ever mobile one-stop shop for all internet and PC needs of Nigerians.

Smarting from the launch of the second season of its customer promo tagged, Text4millions 2 and subsequently reedeming prizes for the first set of winners in the promo penultimate week, Second National Telecommunications operator, Globacom has also expressed appreciation to its business partners nationwide by hosting them in a classy and exclusive evening in Lagos .

Oluwakemi Obe, a widow and primary school teacher, has emerged winner of the $10, 000 grand prize of Airtel’s MAMA trivia competition.

The second Broadband Summit organized by e_Business Life Communication has been slated to hold in Abuja in February 2011.
The seminar which has its theme as: Broadband Revolution:

RECENTLY at the Nigerian Computer Society-organised National Information Technology Merit Awards and Nigeria at 50: Impact of IT on National Development, majority of Nigerian IT Professionals who spoke to CyberLIFE on the position of ATCON on NITDA noted that NITDA is currently moving in the right direction.

Dell Computers has said it would be launching new product in the coming year, even as it appointed Redington Nigeria, an IT player as one of its distributors in Nigeria for Dell Consumer, Small & Medium Business Products.
Dell’s Head of Global Product and Management, Middle East, Turkey and Africa Pearce Clune, at a product presentation to Redington dealers and computer vendors said the company would be entering 2011 with mid/ high range products, some of which will be launched in Nigeria earlier 2011.