By Shina Badaru Lagos. February 19, 2010. The Bureau of Public Enterprises today told TECHNOLOGY TIMES that the $2.5b offer from the New Generation consortium will not be cancelled just as it released confidential transaction documents to counter Unicom of China’s claim that it was not involved in the sale of pioneer national telecoms operator, the [...]

By Bunmi Adeniyi Lagos. February 18, 2010. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the tenure of its outgoing Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernest Ndukwe, does not end today. Head, Media & Public Relations, NCC, Reuben Muoka said that Ndukwe’s second tenure began April 3, 2005 while denying what it cited as “insinuations” [...]

By Technology Times Reporters Lagos. February 16, 2010. New Generation Telecommunications Ltd (formerly Telefonica Consortium), consortium believed to be backed by Theophilus Danjuma, a former Defence Minister during the regime of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, this afternoon staked a $2.5billion winning bid for the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited at the opening of financial bids for the nation’s pioneer [...]

By TECHNOLOGY TIMES Reporters Lagos. February 16, 2010. The Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) this morning told TECHNOLOGY TIMES that second national operator, Globacom, has been disqualified from the race to buy its rival as bidders converge in Abuja today for the last lap of another attempt to sell the pioneer national operator, the Nigerian Telecommunications [...]

by Bunmi Adeniyi Lagos. February 15, 2010 There are heightened anticipation that Nigeria’s second national operator (SNO), Globacom Limited may roll out its mobile business in Ghana this quarter after receiving fresh assurance from the government to address hurdles to its planned go-live. Reports emanating Ghana indicate that the SNO has been having problems securing government approvals [...]

By Benjamin Amu Lagos. February 15, 2010. Cisco announced today that it has partnered Nigerian technology company, AMB Multiserve to deploy its wireless network to connect more than 40,000 staff and students at the University of Lagos across its three campuses. Under the deal, the use of the network will make way for a complete upgrade or, [...]

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 [...]

Investigations by TECHNOLOGY TIMES Reporters in Lagos and Abuja Bureaux Lagos. February 6, 2010. The Federal Government has been petitioned that the favourable regulatory clearance for second national operator (SNO), Globacom, to buy rival Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) could fundamentally undermine competitiveness in the telecoms market. A top official of the Ministry of Information and Communications told TECHNOLOGY TIMES  [...]

We plan to spread Wi Fi cloud over UNILAG MD, AMB Multiserve, Soji Romeo speaks with TECHNOLOGY TIMES Editors on a project under way to provide wireless Internet access to the University of Lagos during an executive briefing session at our corporate office in Ikeja, Lagos. Excerpts: We learnt about your partnership with the University of [...]

By Shina Badaru Lagos. February 5, 2010. The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria has challenged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the transparency of the selection process of three nominees to head the nation’s telecoms regulator. ATCON’s charge to the NCC Board is the latest dramatic turn of events as intense lobbying under way shifts to [...]