The Financial Times of London, yesterday gave a list of six Nigerians it rated as “Six of the best: Lords of the emerging private sector” stating that they constitute an elite club of business executives

By Paul Luff, country manager at SMC Networks South Africa Mobile & wireless technology has the strength to break whatever barriers to entry that may still exist within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector at large.

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS™, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan…

Fujitsu Siemens Computers Holding BV, the computer-manufacturing venture between Siemens AG and Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd., sold a stake in its South African unit to black investors, Business Report said, citing the company.

As Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city hosted the 5th West & Central AfricaCom, (it used to be held in Dakar, Senegal as GSM3G West Africa) with record breaking attendance, the vexed issue of quality of service,

The Ghanaian telecommunications regulator, the National Communication Authority has confirmed awarding Nigeria’s second biggest mobile operator, Globacom, has a licence to operate a 3G mobile network in the country.

The total connections to mobile telephone networks in the West African sub region is now 82 million, according to a report released at the fifth annual West and Central Africa Com.,

The District Chief Executive of Awutu-Senya, Mr Solomon Abam Quaye, on Saturday expressed concern about the evasion of taxes by telecommunication companies operating in the districts and said this had resulted in low revenue generation.

Shareholders of the South African telecom giant MTN today stuck to the agenda at the Annual General Meeting and the negotiations with Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Communications did not figure in.

Chief Executive Officer of Vodacom, Mr. Alan Knott-Craig, has expressed regrets over pulling out of an opportunity that would have given Vodacom a piece of Nigeria, Africa’s largest telecoms sector.

MGE Office Protection Systems’ Personal Solution Pac (PSP) v3 for Linux and Network Shutdown Module v3 are the first UPS power management solutions to receive Ubuntu’s Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) Certification.

Specialist tele-management and Business Communication Strategies player, TeleMasters, announced strong revenue growth in its first quarter 2008 interim results, and predicts continued positive returns.

A feud that split one of India’s most powerful business families two years ago resurfaced this past weekend over the potential takeover of a South African telecom company.

Nigeria’s GSM subscriber base has increased to 47,205,063 million at the end of April, an increase of over two million from the 45,899,711 recorded active subscriber base for the month of March.

South African companies who bought the vision of a unified, all-software communications platform ten years ago are still reaping the rewards today. In 1998, a small company entered the South African telcoms space and took on established industry giants with…