FRESH indications have emerged that the Nigerian state would stop at nothing to hand in very stiff penalties to vandals of telecom infrastructure as well as to those whose activities bridge the country’s cyber security.

Despite its merger and takeover talks that made world headlines recently, the Canadian phone maker, BlackBerry did not give up in re-inventing new devices in the mobile phone ecosystem just as it introduced into the market, BlackBerry 9720 smart phone.

THE search for the top five Etisalat Geek Force Interns came to an end recently with Muyiwa Iyowu, Victor Alayande, Onyemaechi Okafor, Peter Ndirpaya and Valentine Ubalua emerging as winners of the competition. After six weeks of intense trainings and tasks set up to test their individual knowledge, speed and responsiveness, these tech-savvy youths proved their mettle by beating other contestants to qualify for the one year paid internship with Etisalat Nigeria.

ONE of Nigeria’s frontline Cable companies, Main One, is billed to join over 460 decision-makers from 130 different carriers and service providers representing 50 different countries across the continent, to discuss the future of wholesale communications in Africa at the annual “Capacity Africa” event holding at the Hyatt Regency, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Next week.

UNLESS Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria retool for online directory, targeted SMS, website design & optimization, among others, growth rate may be at low ebb, the General Manager, VConnect Global Services Limited , Deepankar Rustagi has said.