NIGERIA’s robust telecoms sector suffered a setback last Monday when a CDMA operator, Multilinks Telkom announced that it is quitting business on the platform, saying the decision was purely a business imperative.

The latest from telecommunication giant, Glo is that the operator is now in partnership with Hewlet Packard (HP), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and Eset, an anti-virus company and now it has introduced a netbook that is presently stirring up waves in the nation’s ICT market. The netbook, is a mini laptop that powered by Glo’s 3G, has 160 GB SATA hard disk drive, webcam with integrated digital microphone and bluetooth wireless networking.

LAST Friday, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA Professor Cleopas Angaye told journalists and executive members of the Computer and Allied Products Dealers association of Nigeria CAPDAN that a policy looking to ban the importation of refurbished electronic materials and phones in the country is already before the Federal Executive Council.

Controversy surrounding the delay in the approval of the 2010 budget of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, by the House of Representatives, on account of its provision for SIM Card registration, has attracted comments from foreign investors and Nigerians in the Diaspora who have expressed concerns about the consequences of this move.

Direct On PC limited (DOPC), an Internet and Intranet Services Provider in Nigeria has announced it will shortly launch its Unwired Mobile 4G Broadband Services.