More than 3,100 companies are currently showcasing their latest innovative products and services at the ongoing world’s largest consumer technology trade show holding in Las Vegas, the United States of America.

With technology closing digital divide among global communities, there are strong indications based on International Business Machine’s (IBM) predictions that the year 2012 will open a new vista in the technology industry as smart machines, predictive software, smart email, biometric password, among others would become realities by changing the way people work, live and play in the next five years.

Global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, APC by Schneider Electric, has launched Galaxy 300 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system into the global IT market.

With the global paradigm shift to green IT, one of the leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria has set the foundation for a better and cleaner environment with the signing of a historical agreement with Ericsson to upgrade 250 diesel powered stations across the country.

Recently, the working group of Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC and Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN convened a stakeholders forum to fine-tune the planned implementation of mobile money in the nation’s economy where the President of Medallion Technologies, Mr. Ike Nnamani was a guest speaker. In this interview, he shed light on the workability, benefits and the potentials of the policy. Excerpts: