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, [...]

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 Hadiza Umar “Digital inclusion brings about a level playing field. It means that the little girl in a village in Nigeria can get information for her research project as a little girl in Washington or China.” -Professor Turner Isoun, ex-Minister of Science and Technology The term digital divide according to Wikipedia refers to the gap between [...]

The media reported early in the week that the Minister of Information and Communications pledged to recommend the merger of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) before the end of the year.

It is a shame that we have the high level of ATM card fraud in Nigeria when most, if not all, of the fraudulent activities could be checkmated or prevented.

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Nigerians from all walks of have continued to pay tributes to pioneer President, Nigerian Registration Association (NIRA), late Ndukwe Kalu, who died last Tuesday in Lagos.

President, Nigeria Computer Society, Charles Uwadia, who is also a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Lagos recently played host to editors of Technology Times at the university's IT Services Centre that he heads. Uwadia, shares his views on leading the nation's largest IT group, NCS, issue of professionalism, among other topical industry issues. Excerpts:

By Shina Badaru Lagos. May 24, 2009. “I will not be broken. I remain committed to the growth of this sector." Those were the measured reaction of embattled Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe, to a telecoms business forum held Tuesday last week in Lagos, a day after the Economic and Financial [...]

Amid the ensuing face-off between the EVC/CEO, NCC, Ernest Ndukwe and Minister of Information and Communications, Dora Akunyili, President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Emmanuel Ekuwem yesterday shared the position of the telecoms industry pressure group in an interview with OMOLARA BEYIOKU. Excerpts: