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NCC to adopt anti-mobile phone theft system


Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe disclosed over the weekend that an anti- theft device that would render any stolen mobile phone in the country useless would be introduced before the year runs out...


 

U.S. Firm, eTranzact Partner on Mobile/ Web e-commerce Payment Solution

LFR Communications Incoporated of the United States of America, the provider of hybrid mobile/web payment network for the emerging economies (VTN), has gone into alliance with eTransact to allow merchants in Nigeria process payments online or through the GSM phones securely...


Nigeria gears up to auction 2.5GHz spectrum

Nigeria is gearing to auction the 2.5GHz spectrum band to enable operators deploy infrastructure for broadband services, said the country’s regulator and chief executive officer of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) Ernest Ndukwe...


FEATURE

NIGCOMSAT-1 one year after…rage, tide and hope

Africa's first commercial satellite is in space. Selling services has its aches and
strong points writes SEGUN ORUAME...

 

 

 

 

No respite in law for Nigerian online bankers

If you are feeling cool that your bank just sent you an email or SMS alert on your most recent transactions, it’s because things appear to be in order. But you would develop goose pimples if...

 

Nigerian Insurance Association to Organise ICT Fair

The Nigerian Insurance Association (NIA) in collaboration with Private Media Mart is looking at improving the Nigerian Insurance sector through the deployment of ICT  tools and applications via an Insurance Technology workshop and exhibition fair (InTech)...

 

 



Columns

Great writers! A convergence of industry experts dissecting various areas of ICT in West Africa

Agenda IT

Figures don’t lie Segun Oruame writes: ...More than $12 billion have gone into Nigeria’s ICT sector in the last eight year; the mobile sector alone accounts for well over 80% of these investments and more than 90% are offshore moneys...


LINUX Issues

The easy way to integrated communication Folashade Wisdom writes: ...Some Managers are happy about the decisions they have made in the course of the year, some are promising themselves to make the next year a better one...

Contact Centre Hub

VoIP vs. TDM Voice Ikenna writes: When VoIP came along, promising to run voice calls over IP networks for less money, customers were intrigued. Rather than send out a technician to move a phone extension from  one office to another, the user just had to move their phone to a new jack..

Eric's Blog

Second Africa ICT Best Practice conference in Ouaga – Closing the gap between words and action Eric Osiakwan writes: This week, the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou hosted the second annual “Africa ICT Best Practice Forum”...

LAW IT

Digital evidence will play a greater role in the documentary evidence in courts...

Diary of an Internet Service Provider in Nigeria [DisPING]

A Reluctant Price Increase Sunday Afolayan writes: ...The upward rise in the price of Satellite Connectivity due to the scarcity of C-Band Satellite Spectrum and the reducing  spasms of NEPA or PHCN as it lays prostrate  dying on its sick bed...

Talking Telecom

Independence: Blueprint for an effective regulatory environment Maxwell Massaquoi writes: From many corners of the universe, there is a growing trend by national governments to extrapolate from government ministries (communications ministries), the responsibility for sector (telecommunications) regulation...

The Information Security Expertise Need and Certification

Jide Awe writes: Information protection is a critical need in the knowledge economy. Businesses need expertise for protecting the value and ongoing usability of assets and the integrity and continuity of operations. This involves identifying threats and then choosing the most effective set of tools to combat them...

Network Academy (NetAcad) with Julius Ayuk Tabe

Passport to IT Career (2): Organizations around the world are experiencing a shortage of qualified candidates to fill a growing number of networking positions in virtually every industry...

 

On the Frontiers of Computer Technological Advances

Africa and Emerging Technologies: Trend & Prospects Professor Clement K. Dzidonu: Presented at Titans of Technology (TOT) Conference and Expo
Lagos 3-4 April 2008...

 

 

 


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eTerview: People need to know how Internet can work for them

Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Programme Specialist at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) funded by the Canadian government was at the launch of the community wireless network launched by the Fantsuam Foundation in rural Kafachan, Kaduna State, Nigeria...

 

   


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