A downward plunge in the prices of laptop that has been witnessed since the beginning of the year and which ran on for five months has eventually stopped.

Roaming services among Commonwealth countries will now be affordable as the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization, ( CTO) ventures at their inaugural meeting held recently in the United Kingdom endorsed the launch of a low-cost `borderless Commonwealth’ mobile data roaming service for its member countries and beyond.

The Minister of Communication and Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has thumbed up for the nation’s telecommunications industry, saying that the sector, in just ten years, has exceeded the contribution of manufacturing, banking and solid minerals put together with a total contribution of 8.2% to the nation’s gross domestic product.

Electronic payment system is a relatively new phenomenon in Nigeria. Today, majority of transactions in the country are done with cash as a result of the fact that cash remains the preferred medium for payment despite the rapid penetration of ICT in the last decade, and government policies in this direction.

ATCON President, Mr. Tit Omo-Ettu, has said lack of retailer chain in the distribution of available broadband infrastructure in the country is responsible for low access to broad band, despite the 75% drop in price.