MTN Nigeria, through its corporate social responsibility vehicle, MTN Foundation, last week provided relief materials to the victims of the recent flooding in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The reality today translates to the fact that it should be abundantly clear to us, that the era and long-addicted habit of physically and blindly chasing the containers and cargo packages at all our import terminals and air/land boarders and throwing away the content of the manifest documents that represent the knowledge-base and real world inside the containers, must be over by now.

To satisfy the needs and aspirations of its consumers with cutting technology and innovation, technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, LG Electronics last week unveiled an optimus 3D smart phone in the Nigerian market.

Basking on the euphoria of a new office in Lagos Nigeria, Nokia Siemens Networks last week announced the launch of Liquid Net, a new way to deliver broadband and allow an operator to set up its network to self_adapt to meet capacity and coverage requirements based on demand.

British telecom operator, Vizz Mobile, has announced the launch of its newest mobile operator, Vizz Africa, which would among other things, provide a dedicated mobile SIM card to allow the African community living, working and travelling to the UK, to communicate with their friends and relatives in Africa.

Alcatel-Lucent last week announced enhanced broadband portfolio to further accelerate the availability of its superfast broadband services.

Bharti Airtel, has announced a deal with Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its 2G (GSM/EDGE) networks and deploy 3G networks in seven African countries.

The global software giant, Microsoft has announced the winners of its annual Microsoft Partners in Learning Middle East and Africa forum, an event that recognises innovative teachers who creatively and effectively use technology in their curriculum to help improve the way students learn.

STARCOMMSPIc has introduced a value added service that will help its new customers who are migrating from other networks to notify their old contacts automatically about their new Starcomms number. Tagged ‘I don move’ the service enables Starcomms customers to receive calls made to their old numbers by their contacts with their Starcomms phones, while at the same time sending information to the callers that the customer now has a new number.

Despite relentless efforts to combat software piracy in Nigeria, 82 percent of personal computer users in the country acquire software illegally most of the time, a new study on users’ behaviours and attitudes toward software piracy and intellectual property rights, has revealed.