By Technology Times Staff Reporter Abuja. March 12, 2010. Two unnamned insiders are being considered as the likely next Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communicaions Commssion (NCC) following a decision by the Presidency to look within the telecoms regulator for its next boss, Technology Times has learnt today. The Presidency’s leanning is towards getting an insider [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi March 11, 2010: Outgoing Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe has condemned what he referred to as ‘sponsored’ media campaign by some unnamed “desperate lobbyists” in their bid to succeed him as next boss of the nation’s telecoms regulator. Ndukwe, whose 10-year tenure as head of NCC ends on [...]

In a keynote presentation at the Internet Governance Forum of TECHNOLOGY TIMES Outlook 2010 Summit held February 23-25, 2010 in Lagos, Executive Director, Mobility/New Ventures, Linkserve, Alan Tapfumaneyi share his perspectives on topical Internet market issues at the ICT Roadmap event. Excerpts: The Internet has come a long way from the time of the research driven, [...]

Lagos. March 7, 2010. Anticipation are getting higher within government circle and the private sector that the crucial decision to name a new Executive Vice Chairman for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the nation’s influential telecoms regulator, will be taken soon by Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan. The interest in the seat of the influential telecoms regulator [...]

In a keynote presentation at TECHNOLOGY TIMES Outlook 2010 Summit, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, MTN Nigeria, Oyeronke Oyetunde identified critical success factors for the sustainable growth of broadband and allied issues in the Nigerian telecoms market: “In the presentation today, we are not going to be splashing yellow, which we normally do; this will just be discussion between you [...]

By Benjamin Amu March 5, 2010. The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), managers of Nigeria’s country code top level domain (ccTLD), .ng, has announced the release of a list of premium domains that will be available from March 1, 2010. Vice President, NIRA, Mary Uduma, explained that the move is in tune with the best practices in [...]

By Benjamin Amu Lagos. March 5, 2010. Outgoing Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe, has urged government to encourage the timely sale of available frequencies for rollout of new services as another mechanism of fostering growth in the telecoms market. The telecoms regulator’s boss made the observation at a recent stakeholders’ [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. February 24, 2010: Leading indigenous PC makers in Nigeria today outlined their roadmap that rather than push boxes, their systems will be bundled with more solutions to enhance user experiences for technology consumers in the country. CEOs of Beta Computers, Omatek Computers and Veda Technology said at Day 2 of the three-day TECHNOLOGY [...]

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. February 23, 2010. Kano State said today that its pacesetting ICT Park will be launched in May this year to complement the vision of using technology to enhance economic development by the state government. Commissioner for Science & Technology, Kano State, Bashir Galadanci made the announcement at TECHNOLOGY TIMES Outlook 2010 where he [...]

By Benjamin Amu Lagos. February 23, 2010. TECHNOLOGY TIMES Outlook 2010 Business Summit opened today in Lagos with experts across the nation’s ICT ecosystem sharing a common optimism that growing opportunities lie ahead for Nigeria to use technology to drive her economic development aspirations. The three-day summit organised by TECH360, the ICT conferences and events subsidiary of [...]