http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,209737b,00.htm Doregos's Blog - BlogIT_Naija - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:38:32 +0000 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:38:32 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) Nigerian Cellcos Subject to Fresh Ban The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has imposed a blanket ban on all four GSM cellcos preventing them from putting out adverts to attract new customers. The move follows ongoing complaints about network qu... zdnetuk/10007614 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007614o-209737b,00.htm Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:37:45 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) As at the latest count, about 20 million Nigerians are said to be subscribers to one phone network or another with interests varying from Globacom, Starcom, Multilink, to Celtel and so on. Without doubt, communication has become easier than before now and... zdnetuk/10007487 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007487o-209737b,00.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:20:41 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) The Federal Government has embarked on the search for new investors for NITEL and MTel to improve on its dwindling fortunes. In a meeting with Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) last December, government made clear its position to get another investor ... zdnetuk/10007309 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007309o-209737b,00.htm Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:17:41 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) "Celtel One Network will aid regional integration," says ECOWAS Chief THE Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has said that the extension of the world's first borderless roaming to the sub region by Celtel would greatly boost the search f... zdnetuk/10007162 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007162o-209737b,00.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:25:47 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) CELTEL International BV is set to commence full-scale operations in the telecommunications industry by the first quarter of this year. The company, which had already paid $115 million as part of the transaction purse of Western Telesystems Limited (WE... zdnetuk/10007098 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007098o-209737b,00.htm Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:03:23 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) MTN Nigeria has issued a statement apologising to customers for the recent poor quality of call services while promising that USD1 billion of investment in 2008 will improve matters. The cellco says that while it accepts that its service has been below ac... zdnetuk/10007065 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007065o-209737b,00.htm Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:41:47 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) Though the qualified service provider athelets are few, the onlooking potential customers seem to fairly manage to keep up with information cluster raised by their feat. (Nigeria prepares for 3G services: http://www.biz-community.com/Article/157/16/188... zdnetuk/10007008 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007008o-209737b,00.htm Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:44:32 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) -You can't teach old dogs new tricks! However "sincere" NITDA (National Information Technology Development Agency) might want to be it seems to neglect the ugly fact the most of the tertiary institutions (especially the Govt. owned, premier varsities) ... zdnetuk/10006982 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006982o-209737b,00.htm Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:09:29 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) -with the award of licenses to Celtel and three other mobile operators, Nigeria is launching the 3G revolution in 2008. Celtel was one of the four companies awarded the third generation mobile telephony, 3G, spectrum license by the Nigerian Communicati... zdnetuk/10006958 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006958o-209737b,00.htm Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:56:20 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (D) "...In conclusion, the idea of a Nigerian Technology Village is a needed shot in the arms of ICT development in Nigeria. There are, however, much planning to be done, more analysis to be conducted, several consultations and consensus to be built, and abov... zdnetuk/10006950 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006950o-209737b,00.htm Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:33:32 +0000