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eNNOVATE
2008 Focuses On Leadership |
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| Leadership, which
has been variously described as the nemesis of the developing
world, will form the fulcrum of this year's edition of eNNOVATE
2008, Nigeria's expo and conference on technological innovation.
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First
African Broadcast, Film and Convergence Conference |
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| The first African,
Broadcast, Film and Convergence Conference will take place at
the Kenyatta Centre in Nairobi, 23-25 September 2008. It will
bring together senior broadcasting executives, producers, advertising
agency executives, regulators and policy-makers to discuss the
challenges faced by the industry over the next five years. .......
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| CTO
2008 Forum Holds October |
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| Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organization (CTO) in conjunction with
the
Federal Ministry of Information and Communications and Nigerian
Communications Commission wish to announce the hosting of
the CTO 2008 Forum and Council Meeting
Venue: Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja
Date: 6th - 10th October, 2008
Time: 9am. - 6pm daily ......
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| Netcom
Is Best VSAT And Broadband Company |
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Netcom
Africa has proudly announced yet another success within the
Telecom industry. During the annual Nigerian Telecoms Award
ceremony, held at the Expo Centre Pavillion of the Eko Hotel
on 16th August 2008, Netcom Africa was recognized for its
excellence as Best VSAT Company and Best Broadband Company
for the year 2008.
Netcom Africa has continually distinguished itself by the
quality of its products and services.
First launched in 2004, its VSAT and Broadband services have
significantly contributed to improving the way the telecommunications
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| Visafone
Hits 1 Million Subscribers In 6 Months |
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| Visafone
has hit the 1 million subscriber mark 6 months after it launched
commercial operations on February 22, 2008.
The company, which was named Best Telecom Brand of the Year
at the Nigeria Telecom wards, has in crossing the 1 million
subscriber threshold notched up an unprecedented record in
the annals of Nigeria's very vibrant and exciting telecoms
industry. ...... more
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| Visafone
Rewards Subscribers |
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| Visafone
Communication Limited doled out gifts worth millions of naira
to 50 of its subscribers who struck it lucky in the Summer
Olympics SMS Promo which ran during the just concluded summer
sports fiesta.
The wholly Nigerian-owned mobile phone company held a raffle
draw at its corporate headquarters in Victoria Island mid-week
to choose 50 winners from the over 100,000 subscribers who
took part in the promo. .....
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| ZOOMmobile
Goes Live In Kano |
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| ZOOMmobile,
one of Nigeria's foremost telecommunications solutions providers,
has rolled out its national voice, data and other value-added
services in the North-Eastern Nigerian city of Kano.
The Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Alhaji Ado Bayero, while
receiving the management team of ZOOMmobile to his palace,
as part of activities marking the launch, lauded the company
for pioneering price reduction in the industry, and continuously
striving to make ...... more
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| Glo
Goes Rural In Benue, Rivers and Bayelsa States |
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| Nigeria's
national telecommunications operator, Globacom, is collaborating
with the Benue, Rivers and Bayelsa State governments to provide
easy and cheap telephone services in rural areas across the three
states.
In Benue State, Globacom will provide telecommunications services
in four sites in the selected rural areas, install telephone facilities
and deploy requisite technical personnel for effective provision
of such telecommunications services. Globacom will also supply alternative
power for the sites towards ensuring uninterrupted telecommunications
signals and service quality in the identified areas.......
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| Globacom
Unveils WGPT Campaign |
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| Globacom
Limited has launched a new marketing communication campaign
entitled We Got People Talking (WGPT).
The new theme campaign was unveiled at a press conference
attended by a cross section of information and communications
technology, brands, marketing and entertainment correspondents.
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| APC
Launches TradeOff Tools |
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| Global
leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, APC
by Schneider Electric has announced the debut of APC TradeOff
Tools, new Web-based applications with easy-to-use interfaces
designed for use in the early stages of data centre concept
and design development. .........
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| Eskadenia
Wins NOW contract |
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Jordanian
software firm Eskadenia has announced that it has won a contract
from Sudanese wireless network operator, Network of the World
(NOW) for the deployment of its billing and customer relationship
management system.
NOW is currently in the process of rolling out a GSM network
in Southern Sudan, which is due to go live in the final quarter
of 2008 under the Vivacell brand. It expects to extend network
coverage to all Southern Sudanese states.......... more
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| Glo
Gateway, Largest Footprint In West Africa |
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Globacom
has ‘explained the emergence of its international services
arm, Glo Gateway, as the biggest voice and data carrier in
the West African sub-region.
In a press statement released by Globacom in Lagos, the national
telecom operator said its multi-billion dollar infrastructure,
footprint and manpower have made Glo Gateway a major force
in international telecom business. ...... more
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| Kenyan
Wananchi Launches Triple-play |
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The Kenyan ISP
Wananchi is set to launch what it claims will be Africa's first
triple-play video, data and phone service. The firm is currently
deploying WiMAX wireless broadband networks in Nairobi and Mombasa,
and plans to have deployed 100 base stations by November.
It has also acquired cable operator Mitsumi TV and has taken
a stake in the TEAMS international undersea cable link ........
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AMD
Launches Mainstream Processors |
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Advanced
Micro Devices has introduced a series of mainstream graphics
processors that start at $69.
In addition, AMD released an upgrade of its software development
kit for boosting the performance of general purpose applications
through the use of the company's graphics processing units.
The 4600 series of GPUs comprise the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and
the HD 4650.........
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Software
giant, Microsoft may be sued by Novell for allegedly conspiring
to kill WordPerfect, but that's not stopping the companies from
joining forces on other fronts.
The software vendors, which have been collaborating on Windows-Linux
interoperability since 2006, said that they will work together
to develop virtualization technologies. Virtualized computing
architectures feature software that allows applications to run
across multiple servers and multiple applications to run on
a single server, increasing flexibility and efficiency..........
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Face
of Africa Contest Returns |
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| The
new season of M-Net Face of Africa kicked off recently in Gabarone,
Botswana, that will see the team traveling to 12 countries including
Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In each country,
there will be one open casting session held at which any young
women, between the ages of 17 and 24 from anywhere in sub-Saharan
Africa, can enter..........
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