A Political storm is gathering over the Ghana Government's recent announcement that it had sold 70 percent of Ghana Telecom for $900 million to Vodafone, the worlds leading mobile telecommunications operator.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development e-Africa commission has been mandated to oversee the structured development and implementation of the NEPAD ICT programme across the continent.

The Chief of the Se Traditional Area, Nene Drolor Boso Adamptey I, has appealed to the government, and other leaders in Africa, to stop using state resources to fix old problems, since that would not help the continent to develop.

Yesterday, the government hurriedly tabled the proposal for the sale of 70 percent of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone before parliament for approval. The government could get the deal approved, using its sheer numbers in parliament, but it would leave several unanswered questions over the prudence of the deal.

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the process of registration of Sim Cards in a bid to tackle security threats posed by some GSM suscribers

A new project in the U.S. wants to collect all forms of recorded material on the 1994 Tutsi Genocide and keep it on the internet to preserve it from the 'danger of disappearing', its planners say.

Hello, who's speaking please? Where do you live? Where do you work? Soon, the identities of every caller will be known across the networks without any hassles as the regulatory authorities move to check the use of mobile phones for crime.

Orange is set to bring the new 3G iPhone to Botswana, according to information from the manufacturer, Apple.

The Flag bearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has kicked against government's decision to sell Ghana Telecom (GT) to Vodafone International Holding at the cost of $900 million.

The second Telecom's Information, Communication and Technology Summit opened yesterday in the capital with much fanfare and anticipation over the future of global communication.

The mobile industry is at least one of the most positive growth areas in the African continent stories of this past decade.

The move to nip criminal activities committed with the use of mobile phones recorded a major boost in Abuja yesterday when the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the Nigerian security and intelligence agencies, and major telecom operators reached a consensus for immediate implementation of a nationwide registration of all existing and prospective prepaid mobile phone services.

Not only did a team from brand communications school Vega recently take the top spot in the South African leg of the Google Online Marketing Challenge, it also finished in the top 50 teams within Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The competition is one of the biggest global university competitions, with around 1650 different teams participating across 47 different countries this year.

To ensure that staff catch up with the new world order, the FCT administration has established Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Lab in Area 11 (former Corporate Affairs Commission building), Garki, Abuja.

As part of efforts to curb the incidence of criminality pervading the nation's telecoms industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has vowed to deactivate all yet unregistered prepaid cards, even as it has put in place, an all-inclusive committee of representatives of GSM operators, NCC, National Identification Commission (NIC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the ...

Biopro Technology has concluded plans to launch its products in Nigeria in its bid to bring about the desired turn around in development of telecommunications and information technology.

House of Representatives has moved to check the activities of hoodlums who steal mobile phones, by sponsoring a Bill that would prohibit the sale of GSM phone lines unless the same are registered by licensed network service providers.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has established an Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Laboratory at Area 11 (former Corporate Affairs Commission building), Garki-Abuja.

A consortium promoted by ex-MTN Nigeria top executives has launched a bid for stakes to be unbundled by Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) in Nigeria's pioneer national operator, the Nigeria Telecomm-unications Limited (NITEL).

Celtel, a subsidiary of Zain Group, has won an award for the Best Telecoms operator in Africa at the 2008 Business in Africa Awards held in London recently.

A delegation of Tunisian Agency for Technological Cooperation (ATCT) arrived Thursday in Luanda for a three-day visit to Angola, aimed at analysing with the local government officials, methods to formalise the bilateral cooperation, mainly on the technological sector.

THE advancement in information technology today is taking the world to another level. In Nigeria in particular, its effect is being acknowledged across all nooks and crannies of the society.

THE telecoms sector would fare better if the industry regulators stayed at home and relaxed rather than went to work each day, the outgoing CEO of Vodacom, Alan Knott-Craig, said yesterday.

TWO witnesses testifying on behalf of Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata said yesterday it was easy to manipulate the contents of digital data, and it would be difficult to tell if the data had been tampered with.

In continuation with the ongoing resuscitation plans for Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, the Group Managing Director of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc and Chairman NITEL, Mr. Tom Iseghohi and the management team of Transcorp have visited the Saka Tinubu Exchange of NITEL.