Stakeholders in Nigeria will come together on August 11, 2009 in Lagos for a one-day public forum to deliberate on the health concerns arising from mobile phones and base stations.

The Ministry of Science & echnology has announced that this year’s National ICT Congress will be held at the Centro Internacional de Conferencia Joaquim Chissano over 17-18 September, with the theme “Optimising network management & developing content for the fibre era”.

A preliminary research conducted by World Wide Worx for its 2009 annual Mobility study, with the support of First National Bank (FNB), leaders in cellphone banking in Africa, and Research In Motion (RIM), developers of the BlackBerry solution, has discovered that the South African cellular market which reached a milestone of 50-million connections at the end of 2008 had only 68% as individual users.

Last week, the Digital Bridge Institute, organised a programme hinging on ICT for development. The three day seminar was unique in the sense that it was structured to unlock the key barring Non Governmental organisations and indeed the civil society from accessing the fund necessary to carry out projects that can encourage a robust Nigerian economy.

Zain Group, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in the Middle East and Africa, has announced the appointment of Dr. Abdel Malik Al Jaber as CEO of the Zain Levant Region made up of Zain Jordan and Paltel which will soon be rebranded to Zain Palestine.

Nigeria may have taken the first step towards joining countries like India in leveraging the aggregate economy with the prospects of ICT, especially in the area of telemedicine . This is as Galaxy backbone Plc, last week, gathered a group of physicians, surgeons and ICT professionals at the National Hospital, Abuja to participate in the first demonstration of tele-surgery in Nigeria through its video conference platform.

IN furtherance of its commitment to bring services to the door steps of its customers, global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communication, Samsung Electronics last week officially opened a new showroom and service centre at Alaba International Market, Lagos.

A new business programme, otherwise known as “Business Roundtable,” is set to make its debut.
The programme, an initiative of ICT Watch Network is designed to showcase the achievements of enterprises with solid track records in their areas of operations.

A scheme to curtail the menace of mobile phone handset theft in Nigeria was last week launched in Abuja, by the Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Alhaji Ahmed Joda.

The world stood still for Nigeria some few months back over two toddlers of 12 and 13 years of age, respectively, Davidson Osaremen and Oluwaseun Alade, who entered for Microsoft’s highly rated international Certificate Professionals exams and came out with flying colours.

For those who live in the developed economies, mobile telephony has surpassed its raison d’etre of exchange of information between peoples and seamlessly moved into the socio-political realm of politics and consumption.

Mobile telecommunications Giant, Nokia and Digital Mobile Television (DMTV), a subsidiary of Multichoice last week signed a memoranda of understanding (MOU) on mobile TV services. With the partnership, consumers can now watch DStv’s menu of TV programs and sports from certain Nokia mobile phones at no cost for the next 12 months.

The Computerize Nigeria Project, CNP, has rolled out a nationwide road show designed to put PCs in the hands many Nigerians across the country at affordable prices..

The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) after its recent meeting has written to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, (ICANN) stating that there was need to achieve a trusted, transparent and accountable steward for the technical management and coordination of the unique indicators of the Internet and associated policies.

Latest reports from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has revealed that software piracy on personal computers (PC) in Nigeria has risen to 1% from 2007 to 2008.