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The terms regulation and control sound retrogressive when used in the context of information and communication technology.
Vodafone Ghana has officially opened its first Internet Café at Cantonment in Accra. The Internet Cafe, together with a Wifi area has Wifi hotspot and a seating capacity for 100 customers. The facility provides a world class high speed internet services at a cost of GH¢2.5 per an hour, guaranteeing customers value for their money.
Workers of the troubled Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel) have threatened the Bureau of Public Enterprises over their unpaid 16 months salary arrears.
Nigeria has signed an LRIT Services Agreement with the International Mobile Satelite Organisation (IMSO), in London, United Kingdom.
Koala Bears are to Eastern Australia what Pandas are to China. The same can be said of Gorillas and Uganda. Uganda is home to a little over half of the world's population of these amazing creatures which stands at about 720 individuals and whose year of dedication, 2009, is coming to an end.
Orange Uganda and Apple will launch the iPhone 3GS in the country next month after the phone turned heads in the USA and UK. Orange is hoping to target the elite clientele, seeking more value for their money from their cellular phones.
IMPENDING cuts in the cost of making a cross-network cellphone call will dent the earnings of telecoms provider Vox, but the company believes it can ultimately benefit from the enforced need to widen its service offerings.
Eleven months after the Federal government introduced the electronic payment system in all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Nigerians are yet to feel its advantage over the manual payment system it sought to replace.
As competition to control the telecommunications industry intensifies in the region, Zain has outsourced its mobile network operations in East Africa, in a move expected to cut its operating costs.
THE country's largest cellphone service provider, Econet Wireless, has launched a massive payphone project that will significantly lower the cost of communication for the low-income market.
Participants in the 4th International Forum of Information and Communication Technologies "ICT 4 All ," held on November 24-25 in Hammamet, expressed their consideration and support to the fruitful efforts exerted by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to deepen awareness of the stakes of the digital revolution.
A Trustee of the Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental Organisations (NNNGO), Ms. Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, has called on Nigerian youth to de-emphasise undue reliance on governments and the private sector, and to promote self-development through the use of ICT.
In furtherance of the Midwives Services Scheme (MSS) embarked upon by the Federal Government, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and the Galaxy Backbone PLC, an ICT infrastructure development company, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the provision of internet access linking the headquarters of the NPHCDA to its six zonal offices and 160 primary ...
Globacom Limited, the Official Sponsor of the National Teams of Nigeria, has rejected claims by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), that it has defaulted in the payment of the sponsorship fee for 2009 and says it may seek redress in court if the federation fails to retract the statement.
The re-branding Nigeria campaign was boosted yesterday with the donation of a brand new website to support the initiative.
Deep-water operations in the Gulf of Guinea is set for a boost by the activities of the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), which recently established the Sub-saharan Africa branch with headquarters in Lagos.
EXECUTIVE Secretary, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Professor Godswill Obioma has disclosed that the ultra-modern virtual library project embarked upon by his agency has been stalled due to lack of funds to complete the project.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Galaxy Backbone, an ICT firm, for ICT connectivity for the effective implementation and monitoring of Midwives Service Scheme (MSS).
I want to let every Nigerian know that NITEL was one of the most liquid government companies in this country before government decided to frustrate it out of existence. In this interview with Daily Trust, President of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunications Employees (NUPTE) Comrade Sunday Alasan talks on the best way to reposition the ailing Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL), the ...
UGANDA'S banking sector has been urged to fast-track the biometric finger technology to attract the unbanked segment.
The unveiling of the pilot Digital Terrestrial Television away from analogue last week is a fresh window for Uganda to seize the opportunities that global technological advances are providing.
The new curriculum for technical colleges will focus on the changing trends of technology. "The quality of the technology, the maintenance and repairs of the different systems are very important for a sustainable and prosperous society," said Dirk Sijbesma, a curriculum specialist from the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
The Nokia China factory at the Xingwang high tech park in Beijing China is a good illustration of what a high-value industrial park should be and can bring to a country.
The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee will today demand accountability from the Information Communication Technology (ICT) ministry officials on how they spent more than Shs4.8 billion during the 2007 Commonwealth summit.
With unpredictable diesel supplies and high prices playing a major role, telecommunication companies are now turning to investing in power lines to extend electricity to their rural base stations, which they see as a cheaper power source compared to generators.
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