The Association of Licensed Telecommunication of Nigeria, (ALTON) has again raised alarm on the impact of multiple taxation on telecom operators in the country, saying that multiple taxation which serves as a disincentive to investor has been a key challenge.

I have at a very personal level struggled to cultivate an intimacy with ICT. As far back as 1987, I had formed a joint venture company with Chams Ltd (now Plc) called Backup Systems Nigeria Limited to assemble Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems(UPS) in Nigeria as an outsourced service to a US manufacturer.

A leading institute in ICT studies in the country; Digital Bridge recently held a stakeholders forum at the institute’s Lagos campus with Nigerian film makers and producers.

An ICT stakeholders event to commemorate the Golden jubilee celebration of the country and the start off of ICT in the country is already underway.

Leading provider of mobile phone network in the country; MTN, has said that multiple regulation and taxation are adding to a number of other environmental bottlenecks currently faced by mobile phone operators in the country; which are alien in other operating environments and which now dim operators’ joy.

It is an incontrovertible fact that effectiveness of the other sense organs is dependent to a large extent, on the eye. The eyes, the say, are the windows to the soul.

For Entertainment Highway Limited, owners of HiTV cable station, it is not all over, after the loss of European Premier League, EPL, broadcast right some few weeks back.

The Chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local government Council, Comrade Adewale Ayodele has concluded plans to take off a Pilot scheme on Solar energy as an alternative power supply in the area.

A record one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five subscribers emerged winners in the Glo Recharge and Win Promo just as the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) validated the integrity of the Glo sales promotions, saying Glo promos are real.

Starcomms Plc, last week introduced international roaming for its subscribers. This is even as it launched its friendly Internet Protocol Contact Centre, (IPCC), as well as two dedicated Self-Care lines to enable subscribers access its services with little or no assistance.

Check Point software technologies Ltd. the worldwide leader in securing the Internet has announced partnership with five new reseller partners in Nigeria including , Computer Warehouse Group, Dimension Data , iTeco, Jetlink and Resourcery.

Recently a WIMAX company operating in the Nigerian market as Harris Stratex rebranded to be known as Aviat Networks. Perhaps to drum support for the rebranding, the company sent its Vice President – Africa Region, Mr. Trevor Burchell, on a visit to Nigeria recently. He spoke to a select Nigeria journalists on a number of issues including:

Federal Government has called on Nigeria and Africa as a whole to draw up new strategies that will ensure the development of Information, Communication and Technology in the region.

LAST week, the nation’s top computer brains gathered in Asaba, the Delta State capital under the aegis of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), for the body’s 23rd National Conference, tagged RESDEMIT 2010. The theme, in sync with the national mood, was Realising a Stable Democratic Political System in Nigeria: IT tools & Strategies.

Following the appointment of Mr. Peter Egbe Igho as chairman, Dr. Eugene Juwah as Executive Vice-Chairman, Dr. Okechukwu Itanyi, Executive Commissioner and Mr. Mohammed Bintube as Commissioner for the Nigerian Communications Commission by the Federal Government last week, the Association of Telecommunication Association of Nigeria (ATCON) has joined its voice in commending the federal government for the appoints, describing it as a good omen for the country.