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Ongoing debate and pronouncement by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to re-engage Vodafone Plc in its acquisition of 70% shares in Ghana Telecom (GT) has sparked the reaction of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) .
Telkom Kenya's commercial brand, Orange, has reintroduced nationwide code division multiple access (CDMA) services, after being restricted within regional zones for about a year.
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications operator in Ghana, has launched her 3.5G technology in Takoradi and its environs.
IN FULLFILMENT of its pledge to bring world class telecommunication services to clients and subscribers in the Western and Rentral regions of Ghana, a leading telecommunication giant, Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), over the weekend launched its 3.5G network, to boost high data services for their subscribers and corporate institutions.
Electromagnetic emissions from telephone masts and mobile phones pose no health risks, experts have said.
The call was made yesterday by Manzi Nkubito Bakuramutsa, an ICT official in the Office of the President while opening a one-day meeting of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) cluster workgroup at Telecom House.
That Nigeria remains the fastest growing society as far as internet usage is concerned, has become a fact, of sorts, as attested to by the growing subscriber base of not just telecommunication firms operating in the country, but also from the increasing returns posted by a lot of the Internet Service Providers (ISP).
MITYANA Diocese Bishop Stephen Kazimba has advised church leaders to use technology to spread the gospel.
Over 100 newspaper and magazine publishers and broadcasting chiefs from 48 African countries have arrived the country for the two-day African Media Leaders Forum (AMFL) which begins today in Lagos.
Mobile telephony is a big business in Africa today.
The Senate Committee Chairman on Communications, Senator Sylvester Anyanwu, yesterday in Abuja, declared that the physically challenged people in Nigeria are entitled to relevant telecom tools and that the Senate and other arms of government will ensure that the relevant policies and regulations will be put in place to address them.
Kebbi state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Muammed Tuga, said the state government will introduce e-payment system in order to fish out ghost workers in the government pay-roll.
THE National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) has become the centre of attention in the ICT sector with stakeholders accusing the ICT ministry of sidelining them.
AN EIGHT-year-old project to install computer labs in all Gauteng schools has finally reached 1300 classrooms, after an initial R500m scheme was abandoned and a fresh R2bn tender issued.
The ground seems set for a more fulfilling bilateral trade between Nigeria and Iran as the two countries have agreed to strengthen ties through technology transfer.
Information gleaned from the Financial Times indicated that Richard Alderman, director of the SFO, spoke by telephone with Stephen Scott, Vodafone's head of legal affairs, last week about the Ghanaian deal. It noted that the SFO has not launched an investigation into the deal, but is monitoring allegations of irregularity that have been made in Ghana.
Safaricom's half year pre-tax profit for the period ending September 30, 2009 rose 1.7 per cent against a competitive environment and dwindling average revenue per user (ARPU).
Competition in the telecoms industry is getting vicious as blames and counter-blames on industrial sabotage of cables continued to emerge.
A conference on transfer of environmentally friendly technology from India took place last Monday.
The fifth Global System for Mobile communications operator in the country, Etisalat Nigeria in collaboration with the Research In Motion (RIM), have launched the BlackBerry solution into the nation's market.
The Vice President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Mrs. Mary Uduma and the chief executive officer of the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Mr. Muhammed Rudman are gearing up for the first-ever Nigeria Digital Sense forum billed to hold in Lagos, tomorrow.
For Nigeria to attain its dream of being among 20 industrialized nations of the world by the year 2020, otherwise known as Vision 202020, there must be a concerted effort by the federal government to continue to encourage deployment of infrastructure to engender broadband diffusion.
The President, Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Mr. Ibraheem Tizhe, said called on government to invest some of its stimulus funds in mobile phone networks, fibre-optic connections and broadband infrastructure as part of an effort to boost the wider economy.
As lead up to the Barcelona climate change talks, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has canvassed that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) remains the single most powerful tool for the human race to avoid potential climate catastrophe.
INSPIRED by the need to inform stakeholders on the imperative of deploying Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-based tools for developing the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, the Tradeblazers Ltd is organizing a 2-day Travel Technology Show Nigeria (TTSN) in Lagos, which has continued to gather momentum.
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