Further uniting the Internet with mobile phones and computers, Intel Corporation and Nokia have announced a long_term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture_based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine the performance of powerful computers with high_bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous Internet connectivity.

The Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Communications, Honourable Dave Salako while frowning at the regime of multiple taxes imposed on telecommunications operators by different levels of government in the country, has commended the management of Multi-links Telkom for its impressive service delivery in the country.

Etisalat Nigeria, has announced that it has hit the one million subscriber mark. The company, said it has achieved this feat in less than one year of its operations in Nigeria’s highly competitive telecommunications market.

The German Information Centre (GIC) Pretoria has linked anglophone Africa to modern Germany and its multifaceted cooperation with the African continent.

Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) and MTN have announced a next step in their strategic co-operation by combining their international carrier services, resulting in MTN holding an equity stake in BICS.

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..

At the just concluded e-learning Africa held in Senegalese, Gambia, the The President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, has outlined his vision for radical change in African education even as he criticized European governments for restricting access for African students.

JUST as the hen was roosting home one Monday in May 2009, the news flashed that the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr Ernest Ndukwe was on the EFCC net, over the way he licensed the 2.3Ghz Wimax licence, to four operators.

John Tanimola Obaro, is the Managing Director, SystemSpecs – Nigeria’s leading HR, Payroll, Accounting and e-payment solutions provider. . At the just concluded e-Payment Forum for the Media organized by SystemSpecs, Obaro had an interactive session with IT journalists where he spoke on a number of industry issues including security issues in using ATM. Emekas Aginam, Vanguard Asst. Online Editor, was there.

Supplier of prepaid telephone cards in Africa, Nasuba Express has said it is set to launch yet another new product for her African market tagged “Nasuba Express card.”

THOSE who attended this year’s annual West and Central Africa Com Conference Abuja, last week, specifically to know the details of the 2.3Ghz license imbroglio, came back disappointed as the two principal parties to the conflict, shun questions on the issue.

By Yahaya Suleiman it is very unfortunate  hearing former NCC boss, Engr Emmanuel Nnama appearing on televisions and newspapers saying what he has been saying on the 2.3 Ghz controversy. Particularly as everybody that has love for the Nigerian telecommunications industry is urging the presidency to ensure a quick resolution of the issue. I do […]

This may well be a major twist in the tale of the controversy generated by the interruption of the bidding process for the 2.3GHz spectrum. Recent claims by the Chairman of A3&O Ltd, Mr. Wale Adeyinka that his company did not write the purported petition upon which the Information and Communications Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili, based his castigation of the Nigerian Communications Commission over the bidding for the 2.3GHz national frequency spectrum may raise more questions about how government business is conducted in Nigeria.

The President of the Ni gerian Computer Society, NCS, Prof. Charles Uwadia has said that e-voting system is feasible in the 2011 general elections with strong political will.

THOSE who attended the this year’s annual West and Central Africa Com Conference Abuja, last week, specifically to know the details of the 2.3Ghz license imbroglio, came back disappointed as the two principal parties to the conflict, shun questions on the issue.|