Nigeria’s efforts to join the global broadband community has crystallized into a focused master-plan unfolded by the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah, at the Nigerian Broadband Forum which held at the Eko Hotel in Lagos, with the Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union, Dr. Hamadoun Toure, commending government’s support for broadband connectivity.

AN ICT firm, Open media Communications has exposed cutting-edge technology products from a US-based organization, Transition Networks to a select audience of chief information officers and procurement managers at a one-day seminar which held in Lagos last week.

I doubt if Communications Technology Minister, Mrs Omobola Johnson has returned to Abuja in the last few weeks since she came to Lagos to attend the Broadband forum organized by NCC.

STRONG indications have emerged that the market for Original Equipment Manufacturers, (OEMs) will be attractive again as the Federal Government has disclosed that it would resuscitate Import Duty Waivers for OEMs with established assembly status in IT devices .

The National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), has inaugurated an umbrella body, called Nigeria Association of Information Technology Enabled Outsourcing Companies (NITEOC), to co-ordinate the information technology outsourcing sector of the economy.

Research In Motion, RIM, is perhaps expressing its happiness at having Nigeria as one of its biggest markets in the world. The maker of BlackBerry smartphones, PlayBook and tablets, is coasting home with some serious patronage as every Dick, Tom and Harry in the country seems to be Blackberry crazy. That only translates to fat bank balance which gives the company solid ground to give other top smartphone and tablet makers like Apple and Samsung a cause to always look back their shoulders.

The Nexus 7 , Googles first foray into the tab business is an amazing little device with a number of unique features. The front view of the tablet has no hardware buttons aside from the power button and volume rocker. The device spots a 7-inch size, which makes it easy to be stowed away into the bag or even one’s jacket breast pocket.

THE National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has said that it has concluded plans to host the maiden edition of the National Telecommunications Subscribers Summit in Lagos.

The Federal Government has designed a five year programme for the Universal Services Provision Fund, USPF, to develop rural ICT connectivity across Nigeria.

Later this year, students in the nation’s tertiary institutions will begin to own notebook computers made here in Nigeria if plans by the Federal Government in this direction come to fruition.