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NIGCOMSAT-2A, 2B: $2bn satellites may trigger broadcast, broadband boom in 2028

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech EditorIf the timeline set by the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NIGCOMSAT, for the deployment of its two new communications satellites remains on course, Nigeria’s broadcast and broadband sectors could be heading for a major capacity boom by 2028. That prospect received a major boost at the weekend after the Federal Executive […]
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Sony out with internet TV models

Global electronics giant, Sony Gulf, at the weekend,highlighted the benefits of convergence of technologies when it unveiled 25 BRAVIA TV models into the Nigerian market.

HP, Intel launch summer splash promo

HP and Intel have launched a one month campaign called the Summer Splash promo which targets lucky consumers who will get a 60 day internet connection from Airtel and a chance to win three grand prizes and then an all expenses paid weekend, with every purchase of elected HP Intel based notebooks.

MTN launches new Talk On logo

Telecom giant MTN recently launched a new MTN talk on logo to mark it’s tenth year anniversary of operating in the country’s massive telecom and mobile business market at an elaborate ceremony held in Ikeja, Lagos.

Nigerians to get new National ID nos from August

THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said all is now set for the commencement of the issuance of new national identity numbers to Nigerians, beginning next month.

South Sudan gets 211 dialling code

THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced that the international dialling code 211, has been assigned to the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN member state.

ICT solutions to security issues top agenda at WECO workshop

LEADING technological solutions to the physical and technological security problems facing the nation was top talk at the recently held Physical Security and Building Management System Workshop organized by WECO Systems in Lagos.

Ireland wins Imagine Cup; Microsoft plans $3m grant programme

While unveiling plans to launch a three-year, $3 million competitive grant programme to help recipients realize their vision of solving the world’s toughest problems, software giant, Microsoft at the end of Imagine Cup 2011 and awards ceremony held last Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater Lincoln center in New York,declared Team Hermes from Ireland as the top winners in the software design competition.

NEPAD’s e-Schools Initiative:Whither Nigeria?

AS far as solving problems on the African continent, and indeed, the entire Third World is concerned, various multilateral organizations have churned out billions of text on blueprints that will help transform life and living from the negative trend we experience now to something more positive.

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