Captains of industry, ICT experts, representatives of the diplomatic community on Tuesday converged at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, as Globacom held an interactive business session on its submarine fibre optic cable, Glo1, at the Federal Capital Territory.

The extraordinary quantum role played by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the development of Nigeria in the past 50 years is due for celebration on September 30, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotels, in Lagos .

Ahead of the opening of the UN Millennium Development Goal review summit in New York, leading lights from government, industry, civil society and UN agencies respectively will present their vision for accelerating deployment of broadband networks worldwide to UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon.

Information Communications Technology Ministers, senior government officials, regulatory agency heads, and international ICT experts, who spoke at the 8th annual forum and the 50th council meeting of the Common Wealth Telecommunications Organization, (CTO) being held in Sri Lanka rose up from the saying that unless commonwealth nations take faster measures to ensure more rapid deployment of broadband and access to it by a larger percentage of their citizens, national development may be far fetched.

For majority of ICT traders and food sellers in the computer village, the Nigerian silicon valley, it was not good business as usual during the just celebrated Ramadan festival for Moslems as business activities were at low ebb, according to CyberLIFE findings.

EFFORTS to keep local Internet traffic in the country received a boost at the weekend in Abuja when the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, declared that his administration will increase the support given by the Commission to the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, IXPN, to ensure its tangible success.

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) limited, Mr. Ahmed Rufai has said that having fully trained nearly 150 young engineers who are equipped to fit into any global engineering field, Nigeria was ready to take on the world in science and technological excellence.

Bharti Airtel Telecommunications has expressed its readiness to host this year’s edition of MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs), holding in Lagos, Nigeria.

Technology will dominate discussions at the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) when they meet in Yaoundé, Cameroon in November. Other issues to be discussed at the forum include: funding African Media in an Age of uncertain business models which will also be the main theme of the event.

Friday 10th August declared public holiday by the federal government was not only a day for celebration of Eldel Filtri by the Muslim faithfuls, but it was also a day stakeholders in the Nigeria ICT industry converged to celebrate one of their own, Engineer Ernest Ndukwe who just recently completed his two terms tenure as the Executive Vive Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission.