NITDA to Unfold Key Programmes at WAFICT Congress 2012
As an agency working to promote the growth of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Airtel to Showcase 3.75G Network at WAFICT 2012
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has finalized arrangements to showcase the latest data and Internet offerings on its newly upgraded 3.75G network
Airtel Bags 3 Awards at Enugu Trade Fair
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria sustained its winning streak at the just concluded
Nokia posts €1.34bn Q1 loss
Finnish vendor Nokia has announced an operating loss of €1.34bn for 1Q12, blaming “greater than expected competitive challenges and seasonality”.
Samsung and Telkom promoting bundled packages
This partnership will see Samsung and Telkom cooperate in the marketing of Samsung Smart TVs
Google faces class action lawsuits against new privacy policy
Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California
TD-LTE wholesaler to launch in UK in May
UK LTE licensee UK Broadband (UKB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong’s
Battle of the browsers: Google Chrome edges ahead of IE
Google’s Chrome browser has been steadily building its user base
New Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 revealed
With Samsung launching several products in the coming months, Samsung Africa’s Vice President

Sky Vision Takes Fibre Network to Abuja
The global provider of Internet Protocol connectivity over satellite and fibre optic systems, Sky Vision

NCC Throws Weight Behind WAFICT Congress 2012 for Broadband Growth
In line with its commitment to broadband growth in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

Airtel Powers Africa Movies Academy Awards
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria been unveiled as the official sponsor
Etisalat’s Pakistan Operation Honoured with CSR Business Excellence Award
The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Etisalat’s operation in Pakistan, has been honored
MTN Group Subscribers Grow by 3.7% in Q1
The giant telecom operator, MTN Group has recorded additional 170 573 000(one hundred and seventy million, five hundred and seventy three
ISPON Wins International Arch of Europe Award
In a clear gesture of approval and recognition of locally made software in Nigeria as one of the best, the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON)
Samsung, IDAG to Launch GALAXY S WiFi 5.0
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital

New version of Opera Mini launched for Android
Opera Software released the latest version of their Opera Mini web browser for Google’s
IBM's New Optochip Transfers One Trillion Bits Per Second
 IBM optochipAs Big Data increasingly becomes a part of our economy bandwidth becomes increasingly important.
CeBIT: China's Seine Launches Pantum, New Printer Brand
Does the world need a new line of printers?
The China-based printer supply

‘Nigeria ready for satellite enabled e-education’
Weco Systems Now Cisco TelePresence Video Express Provider in Nigeria
MTN partner Stanbic IBTC on mobile money
Leading telecommunications service provider, MTN, and Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group

Dubai World Trade Centre Delegates to Visit WAFICT 2012
Recognising its crucial role in developing ICT in the West African sub-region, the organisers of World’s famous exhibition, GITEX, Dubai World Trade Centre

Glo Rolls Out Network in Ghana …1.5m Lines Reserved

It was the dawn of a new era in Ghana’s telecommunication industry on April 29, 2012, as Glo Mobile Ghana formally announced the commencement of commercial services in the country.


Zoom Mobile Shuts Operations
 In a clear confirmation of the Cover Story by IT & Telecom Digest published in the March 2012 edition (CDMA: Extinction Looms), Zoom Mobile (formerly Reltel Wireless, and previously Reliance Telecom), one of the nation’s CDMA operators, on Friday, May 4, 2012)

Bharti Airtel launches LTE in India
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel said that it has launched the country’s first LTE service, in Kolkata. However, due to a shortage of LTE devices in the Indian market


Firm advocates adequate security for cashless scheme
IF the Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy must impact the targeted market, the need to strengthen security measures has been stressed.The issue of security, according to Resourcery Plc, a leading systems integration company in Nigeria has become highly imperatives if the process
Orange extends African IP VPN services
France’s Orange Business Services will offer IP VPN services in 31 countries for Aggreko
Cloud Will Generate 14 Million Jobs By 2015

Samsung's Galaxy Note will get Android 4.0 in Q2, along with new apps
Samsung Electronics will upgrade its Galaxy Note to Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich starting during the second quarter.

Editorial
One of the greatest milestones achieved since Nigeria transited from military to democratic rule in 1999 has been the liberalisation of the telecommunications industry which has ushered in affordable telephony especially mobile phones with over 90 million lines now in the hands of subscribers; although this does not necessarily translate into over 90 million subscribers, still the quantum leap in just 10 years from a near zero position to this level, is reason enough for commendation, celebration and applause. And the commendation and applause have not been short in coming – from far and near, hence the much talked about Nigerian telecom revolution.. Continue Reading
Technology
As part of efforts at fulfilling its promise of delivering more high-end phones at affordable prices to the Nigerian market,TECNO Telecom Limited,a global leader in dual SIM phone manufacturing has launched its first dual SIM Android Smartphone ,TECNO T1. read more
TELECOM
Leading telecoms operator Globacom recently announced its new service which offers a uniform local tariff and allows the use of local Glo recharge cards in any visited Glo network country. Called UNIWORLD, this service offering enables both prepaid and postpaid subscribers in Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana to enjoy seamless unbroken communication at uniform affordable rates in the different countries..Read More

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  • Terror in new places: Are Nigerians thinking ahead?
    The near-synchronised bombings of the premises of media houses in Abuja and Kaduna on April 26 must serve as another crude awakening to the possibility that terrorism has assumed the status of “normal” crime in Nigeria.
    The attack on media houses is clearly another layer in the “onion of terror” we spoke about in this column last August (Terrorism: Has Nigeria permanently lost her innocence?). Until now, the news has fixated around mass killings occurring in places of worship, police stations, schools, hospitals, banks, parade grounds, the open streets, parks and other public and private recreational facilities.

    Wilson's Cafe »

  • How not to support telecommunications growth
    By Emeka Oparah

    As an avid watcher of the telecommunications industry over the past 10 years, one is often tempted to reminisce over the journey so far considering where we were before 2001 when the GSM companies rolled out their networks and services in Nigeria. I do, however, believe that the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and the journalists who report the industry are doing an excellent job of it. So there is really nothing more to add than the obvious cliché that Nigeria has indeed come a long way from about 500,000 telephone lines in 2001 to nearly 90 million as at March 2012.

    Talking Quality »

  • Pragmatic
    Wherever he goes, he carries with himself the charisma of a man who knows what he is doing and would never be deterred by raging criticism around him. And inside his diminutive physique is a lion heart ready to pounce on any giant that may wants to stand on his way to transforming the Nigerian banking system. Despite mounting criticisms and oppositions against his actions, this man remains unruffled and demonstrates uncommon zeal to the course he has undertaken.

    Personality »

    Fast Forward
    Mkpe Abang
    My uncle, Mr. Vitalis Obuns, an insurance executive who has lived virtually all of his adult life in the once lovely – I hope it remains so – city of Kano, never leaves me without a good laugh.
    “Everywhere you arrive at, you are told ‘welcome to this or that city or town.’ But you people in Lagos are something else. When we enter Lagos, what you see is ‘This is Lagos!’” Each time he said this either when we spoke on the phone or when we meet in person, he would have a really good laugh..read more
    IFA 2012

    It was a gathering of over 300 journalists, technology analysts, top notched officials and executives from all continents of the earth; it was in keeping with the tradition begun six years ago; and, like all previous events of a similar nature, they came in their different colours, yet with one purpose: to hear and learn about the technologies of tomorrow, today, for the sake of the consumer. It was the IF Global Press Conference 2012; and, like a relay race, Dubrovnik, Croatia, took the baton from Alicante, Spain...read more