MTN Nigeria, last week leveraged on end to end communications solutions expertise of Ericsson Nigeria, to launch one of the largest switches in the world. MTN says the development was in a move to improve quality of service and significantly improve customer experience on the network.

Globacom Chairman, Dr Mike Adenuga Jr, has declared that the network Glo was building in Ghana would be the best in Africa.

In each of the geo political zones where the Universal Service Provision Fund, USPF has taken its recent designed stakeholders consultative forum on how to leverage ICT services to the underserved communities and extend services to the unserved rural population, the Fund ended up stirring the hornets bee.

The federal High Court Abuja, headed by Justice Umar Garba, Thursday last week, cleared the air on the lingering saga of 2.3Ghz licensing round conducted by the Nigerian Communications Communications, in April 2009, and was later in May 25 2009 cancelled by the former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on the ground that the process was not transparent.

Irrespective of the recent crisis in Jos, the Nigeria Tennis Federation assured yesterday that adequate security measures have been put in place to ensure that the over 170 players from 28 African countries being expected at the 33rd African Junior Tennis Championships are secured.

Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communication Commissions, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has said that for Nigeria to sustain the progress so far made in the telecom sector, there is need to maintain a regulatory environment that is fair, transparent and devoid of political interference.

Mallam Idriss Abbas, Managing Director of Valid Insurance Brokers in this interview with Patience Saghana in Abuja did not mice words to state the obvious fact the insurance industry needs to put its house in order and deal with any act of disobedience to the market agreement and for insurance practitioners to conduct themselves in a manner to represent integrity and dignity even while they are pushing accounts.

DIRECTOR-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Professor Cleopas Angaye, below, enunciates the way forward in terms of indigenous software development, and in fact foresees a time when it will be illegal to source software and hardware except through Nigerian firms certified by NITDA.

The Oracle Speaks, as the book, “e-Knowledge – Time is Running Out,” by Dr. Chris Uwaje, long awaited especially in the IT sector is launched. Venue of the launch is the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos next Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Expected at the event are the nation’s policy makers, technology gurus, academics and core IT stakeholders both in the profession and industry have confirmed attendance.

Recently, leading manufacturer of electronics and home appliances, Samsung held the draw of its Win-A-Milli Promo for its customers at Planet 1, Lagos where three millionaires emerged. The Managing Director of the company, Peter Lee shortly after the event spoke to journalist on the benefits of the promo to Nigerians, reason for the promo, challenges in the telecom market among other issues, Emmanuel Elebeke was there. Excerpts: