PIRACY of another kind has become a thriving business, especially in areas where people little suspect the activities of pirates. One such area where life is being drained out of legitimate businesses is the satellite or cable TV signal piracy in some parts of Nigeria which is threatening to kill all our satellite TV operators.

The problems caused by the country’s epileptic power supply to organizations, industries, government agencies and private individuals can now be managed following the introduction of Power Management Solutions, PMS by Eaton Corporation, one of the foremost power management companies in the world.

The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, has said that the accounts of the commission were not frozen, even as it said that there was no leadership crisis.

The Nigerian telecommunications market has never been without wars. In fact the sector could conveniently be said to have advanced its market leadership in Africa, in the midst of turbulence, litigations and outright wars.

Second National Operator, Globacom has announced the extension of its prepaid roaming services to South Africa. The development will enable all Glo prepaid subscribers to roam in South Africa.

As the thrills and frills of the 2010 Fifa World cup was catching up with nations across the world which gathered in South Africa for the mundial, Global telecommunications equipment and infrastructure providers, Ericsson was somewhere in the same south Africa, displaying the feat and tenacity of using technology to unite the world just like Football is agreed to be doing.

Office automation suppliers, Panabiz, said it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Canon, a major global player in the Office Automation and Consumer Imaging solutions market.

Rising from its national executive committee meeting, the President of the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Titi Omo-Ettu has reiterated his administration’s resolve to respect all laws of government and directives of the Nigerian Communication.

Different speakers lined up to bring sparkle into the coming conference on ICT and the Nigerian environment, has indicated interests to attend the event as well as promising to tackle the thorny and topical issue of Multiple Taxation in the Nigeria ICT sector.

NetApp and DataGroupIT, NetApp’s exclusive distributor in Nigeria, today has announced SANscreen 6.0, the latest edition of its award-winning storage management solution, to enable service providers and enterprises to optimize storage efficiency and performance across their entire virtualized infrastructures.

Again, the much awaited unification of the functions of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, respectively attracted heated debates, questions and controversy last week at the just concluded WiMAX Forum 2010 where industry players reacted, saying that the planned unification was imperative given the fact that it would fast-track the convergence of Nigerian information communication technology industry under one umbrella.

While calling for concerted efforts to combat cybercrime eating deep into the socio-economic fabric of nations of the world, participants at the just international forum on Cybersecurity rose up from the conference outlining effective responses to cybercrimes taking place in the cyber world.

Indications are emerging that leading mobile operator, MTN may have drafted up a new team of representatives to handle its customer’s post paid roaming accounts.

To further combat criminal activities in the largest African ICT market, the Computer Village Ikeja, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ikeja division, Imohimi Edgal (CSP), has launched Community Safety Partnerships during his visit to Ogunbiyi Communities recenly, even as he assured on 90% crime reduction in the said market.

ICT and the New Economy Rapid technological progress in ICT and its speedy proliferation among developed countries have led to speculation that the widespread adoption of ICT will lead to a ‘frictionless’ economy, i.e., one in which transaction costs gradually approach zero, barriers to entry disappear, markets respond instantaneously and productivity increases substantially. In such an economy, there would be stable economic growth and low inflation, or the so-called ‘New Economy.