By the time the IT professionals assembly 2012 under the aegis of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, (CPN) wound up in Abuja last week, it was obvious that the dust on the name to be given to the Communication Ministry is yet to settle.

As part of its contribution to the development of ICT knowledge in tertiary institutions and youth empowerment, Vodacom Business Nigeria, a pan-African corporate total communication solutions, has organized a three day ICT workshop for the students of Benue State University.

As at January this year, Blackberry users in Nigeria were said to be around 2.4 million but a research by FactBound Research, last week, reported that only 10 percent of that lot use it for office work.

For example: Australia needs 8 years from: 2010: To deliver broadband at speed of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and businesses through fiber-optic cables connected directly to buildings. The other 10 percent of people would get a wireless upgrade.

AS Nigerian financial institutions are fine-tuning plans for the planned implementation of cashless economy in 2013, a a US-based data protection company, SafeNet Incorporated in partnership with Wini Group has organized a sensitization programme on data protection.