The World bank has said that all players in African Global System for Mobile Communications networks, GSM, Nigeria inclusive would need about $15.5bn to enhance GSM coverage across the continent.

RECENTLY, the Nigerian Computer Society, Lagos State chapter held its annual conference and Golden award ceremony in Lagos. The conference, which is a new version, attracted information technology professionals within and outside the state, with the aim of celebrating past outstanding senior members of the society. Shortly after the conference, the new President of the Nigeria Computer Society, Mr. Demola Aladekomo was cornered by journalists to speak on his new office, IT curriculum, policies and what the award portends to the industry. Excerpts:

In keeping with the mood of the global trends with cutting edge technologies and to meet the cravings of its teeming customers, Starcomms Plc, last week introduced Huawei IDEOS C8150 Android phones into the Nigerian market. It also launched another value added service called S-Credit.

NUMBER portability services, which will allow phone users to move from one network to another without losing their numbers will soon become a definite reality as the the Nigerian Communications Commission has announced the appointment of a consortium of three companies to implement the project.

TOP GSM services provider, Airtel Nigeria has reached an accord with its partners -Spanco and Tech Mahindra, as well as NLC and NUPTE (National Union of Post and Telecommunications Employees). As a result, the telco’s offices in Abuja and other parts of the country, shut down in the wake of a dispute, re-opened for business.