Technology

WOMEN in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) last week, marked the ‘International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day’ with a call on the girl child to take up careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) so they can brighten their future, as well as that of Nigeria.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators in the country have restated their expectations from the incoming administration, which revolves around enthroning a better regulatory environment with predictable policies to move the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry forward.

HTC on Tuesday forecast lower-than-expected revenue in the second quarter after a disappointing launch of its new model

Facebook on Monday began rolling out video calling on its Messenger mobile application, enabling face-to-face conversations among users of the app around the world.

French IT services and consulting company Capgemini said Monday it was buying New Jersey-based IGATE for $4 billion (3.7 billion euros), boosting US-generated business to nearly a third of its total activity.

Japanese camera and office equipment maker Canon said Monday its profits fell nearly 29% in the three months to March, due to reduced demand for cameras.

Statistics from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) shows that Nigeria, the most populous black nation, boasts of 142 million active lines and over 167 million phones.

Telecom subscribers on the Glo network are in for exciting times as the total ICT solutions provider has unveiled three exciting offers meant to enrich their communication experience.

NATIONAL Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has commenced the process of issuing licences for the provision of free view digital television content to be transmitted to Nigerian households.

Nigeria is now well placed to play in the cloud IT infrastructure market, thanks to the avalanche data centre operators jostling for shares of the juicy market estimated to accelerate by 21% in 2015 A data centre is a dedicated space where companies can keep and operate most of the ICT infrastructure that supports their…

STAKEHOLDERS in the country’s telecommunications space were not completely optimistic about the ability of NATCOM the new owners of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) to resuscitate the beleaguered national carrier.

PANELISTS at Oracle Corporation roundtable in Lagos said, unanimously, that although technology is first-rate resource and available in Nigeria, but will become useless without adequate skill sets to harness the potentials.