The 54-member nations of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) rose from its yearly Forum and Council meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, last week to announce Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as the new Chairman. Danbatta is the Acting Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

I n the developed worlds, technology enables people to carry their whole world in a plastic card called the digital wallet. This wallet will identify, aid bills payment of individual carriers among other things. Having attained a relatively greater height in technology, the Nigerian government felt Nigerians are due for this and started a process of electronic Identity management which has seen Nigerians and legal residents in the country issued a National Identification Number NIN.

The rapid strides that has been made lately due to recent technologies has helped in making the world become more of a global village. You can now reach almost anyone on planet earth that has access to the internet via social networking websites. As we embrace these technologies, it is important to maximize its potential by placing more emphasis on the networking potential of social media websites.

Following the changing consumer needs in TV and video landscape in Nigeria, latest report by Ericsson’s ConsumerLab released yesterday has indicated that 64 percent of time is spent by Nigerians watching videos on a mobile device like smartphone, tablet and laptop.

Microsoft Corp, Monday, began the worldwide release of Office 2016, delivering new versions of the Office desktop apps for Windows, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Project, Visio and Access. The apps are the latest addition to Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based subscription service that help people do their best work, together. Also launched were the new and enhanced Office 365 services built for team productivity.