The Nigerian office of Research In Motion RIM makers of the Blackberry range of smartphones announced plans to launch five new BlackBerry smartphones based on the BlackBerry 7 Operating System.

While the IT community awaits the national software blueprint, it may not business as usual again for local and foreign software makers as the Director of National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has said that the policy, when fully implemented would set standards for software acquisition and importation in the Nigerian market which has so far remained the exclusive preserve of foreign vendors.

We are where we are because while we like ourselves, we just don’t like our country, as a result of which we labour all our lives but other nations enjoy the fruit of our labours.

Ten glorious years have rolled by in Nigeria’s telecommunications history. Nigeria’s leading telecommunications operator, MTN, recently jolted Nigerians to this reality when it rolled out a programme to celebrate the milestone.

In a bid to provide specific, relevant and tailored telecommunications solutions to empower Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria has announced the appointment of Rajiv Seghal as Vice President: Enterprise, SMEs and Postpaid.