Tech

May 22, 2013

Use infotech to tackle insecurity, NCS urges FG

Unless information technology, education, employment creation were given urgent attention in governance, the fight against terrorism and other acts of insecurity may be long-drawn, the President of Nigerian Computer Society, [...]

Cisco offers network enterprise expansion solution

WITH the discovery by Cisco that organisations in Nigeria are currently saddled with the challenge of managing the growth of mobile devices and business applications across multiple networks, it has [...]

‘Why NCC should prioritize dominant-operator regulation’

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, penultimate week, opened the telecom industry up for another debate when it released the operators’ market status and declared two, MTN and Globacom, as dominant [...]

May 21, 2013

Why Nigeria remains best telecom investment destination – Juwah

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah has declared that Nigeria had remained and would still remain telecom investment haven as long as Foreign [...]

May 17, 2013

Don’t toy with our BB, users tell NCC

The news just went viral last week that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, was planning to shut down Blackberry services. Although the NCC almost immediately denied the rumour, Blackberry users [...]

May 16, 2013

FG to train 700 N-Delta youths in ICT, others

OTUOKE—Determined to confront the high rate of joblessness in the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to train over 700 youths in various fields of endeavour at [...]

May 15, 2013

WASPAN wants service operators to enhance innovation with MNP

THE Wireless Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN), has said that the newly introduced Mobile Number Portability (MNP) regime, when if runs full throttle, would improve innovation in service delivery [...]

FG okays local software, BrainFriend for schools

Promotion of local content in software development has received a major boost as the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) has endorsed the BrainFriend e-learning and examination preparatory software from CINFORES [...]

NICADI faults ID contract award to Mastercard

The Nigeria Content Advocacy Initiative NICADI, a multi-sector vehicle for the domestication of Nigeria information technology (IT) products and services has called on the Federal Government to quickly cancel the [...]

May 14, 2013

Airtel’s voice, data now in single recharge

Airtel Nigeria, has introduced a dual-purpose single recharge card for both voice and data services on its network making it possible for subscribers to recharge for both services with only [...]

eWorld rallies industry for telecoms day celebration

A leading ICT magazine, eWorld is collaborating with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to rally industry stakeholders to mark the 2013 Telecommunication [...]

TECNO Q1 hits competition, targets youths, plans Nigeria factory

Developed in France and targeted towards the aspirational youth African market, the TECNO Q1 is everything in a smart phone. It sports a 2.6-inch display at 480×320 pixels, has a [...]

May 9, 2013

Struggling Nokia unveils next-generation smartphones

Struggling Finnish handset giant Nokia unveiled on Thursday its next-generation of lower-end mobile smartphones as it seeks to gain traction in a market expected to be worth $15 billion by [...]

May 8, 2013

NIG forum to discuss broadband development in Nigeria

AT this year’s Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) conference and exhibition, issues bordering on broadband deployment and expansion will be the subjects of discussion. Scheduled for May 30 and 31 in [...]

Africa must raise ICT personnel for devt – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Africa lacks enough scientists and engineers for the continent to migrate into the emerging global knowledge-based economy. Read full story on author website »

Nigeria’s database, tied to NIMC success – DG NOA

THE Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri has described the National Identity Management System,NIMS, as a revealing project that will provide a comprehensive National Database in [...]

May 7, 2013

Create sound policies, Microsoft urges govt

Unless a sound intellectual property policies were created by Nigerian government to spur innovation in local economies, the fight against piracy may remain unabated, the global software giant, Microsoft has [...]

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