There appears to be dawn of a new era in the Nigerian ICT sector as the Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria, ITAN in collaboration with the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) have formed an alliance to share information for the overall benefit of the industry and the Nigerian society.

Preparations are already in top gear to hold this years Nigerian Network Operators Group(ngNOG) workshop scheduled to hold in the second week of October at the University of Port Harcourt, Abuja campus.

As part of its commitment to enable telecoms consumers communicate freely with friends, family members, and business partners and associates at pocket-friendly rates, Zain Nigeria, one of the mobile operators in the country has introduced free SMS (Short Message Service), lowered tariff for calls within and out of networks (off-Net and On-Net calls), free weekend calls and many other benefits for its customers.

As the nation prepares for the 2011 elections, there is need to rethink the process deliverables within the context of Data Security and Critical Software issues.

Going by the obvious imbalance in the economy of CDMA operators when compared to that of their GSM counterparts, experts in the ICT sector have predicted that mergers and acquisitions among the CDMA companies may become so inevitable in the near future.

As an increasing number of companies make reducing carbon emissions a key part of their business strategies, how can Green IT help them reach these goals and how will it help them save costs in the long run?

As a way of side stepping the environmental and man-made challenges in deploying last mile technologies, Chief Executive Officer of Phase3 Telecom, Mr. Stanley Jegede has advocated that the use of aerial optic fibre network may just provide another reliable means of carrying communications traffic.

Yes, as strange as it sounds, it is also the truth. One may probably not believe it but it has been discovered that cell phones can be harmful to a very great extent than the usual suspicion of emitting Electro Magnetic Radiation, EMR.

The Nigeria Internet Registration Association, NIRA, has said that all preparations were concluded towards its annual General Meeting and elections tomorrow in Ikeja, Lagos .

Apparently yearning to the aspirations of its teeming customers in the West African market, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mobile devices Nokia has unveiled a two-SIM phone in the market.