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Meganet Nigeria Limited, a telecommunication value added services firm, has unveiled a platform for recharging mobile phones from the Internet. The Chief Executive Officer, Meganet, Mr. Oso Abiodun, while unveiling the platform, explained that it was designed to enable mobile phone users recharge their phones from the comfort of their homes, offices or wherever, provided they had access to the Internet. He explained that the service would ride on the Interswitch payment platform, thereby ensuring reliable security for users and also enabling a user to recharge his phone, using a debit card without visiting an automatic teller machine. He added that the firm designed the product to make the lives of Nigerians more comfortable. Abiodun said, “We are an information technology company with core interest in web development, software solution development wireless and enterprise solutions. “Since our mission is to develop products and resources that will offer convenience to people in the tec

PNN Limited, a telecom turnkey and infrastructure firm with operations in several Africa countries, has announced an agreement with Independent Towers Limited to deploy and operate 750 base stations sites. The project, according to the firms, is expected to cover six African countries and will be implemented between now and June 2010. ITL is a firm with specialisation in building telecom towers and base stations. Our correspondent gathered in Lagos on Monday that in the first phase of the project worth N7bn, 200 co-location sites would be built in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda while the rest would follow suit immediately. The Managing Director of PNN, Alhaji AbdulRahman Abiola-Odunowo, said that the firm intended to deploy the sites innovatively to help reduce the capital and operational expenditure for these sites. He stated, “To achieve a reduction in the operational expenses of our client, ITL has approved that all the sites would be deployed utilising alternative power solutions. We ar

Leading Information Technology Professional training institutions firm, New Horizons, is to organise job fair and IT seminar, which will focus on tapping contemporary job opportunities for people in Africa The event will feature the major technology firms including Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, EC-Council and New Horizons coming together to discuss the latest trends in IT and how it affects Africans as a whole, but more importantly, how individuals can benefit optimally from the numerous IT opportunities. The epoch making event will take place at three locations across the country: namely Lagos, Ogun and The firm said the event which will take place on the 18th of October 2008 would teach participants about actionable steps to take towards improving their professional skills thereby making it easier to get the jobs of their dreams. It added that as a result of this, top recruitment companies such as People Prime, IRIS Consulting, Michael Stevens, and Clement Ashley Cons

MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, has signed a five year deal for the provision of a Wide Area Network solution to support 89 up-country branches of First City Monument Bank The wide area network solution provided by MTN will assist FCMB to enhance its customer experience, product and human capital development. In a statement on Friday, Head of Information Technology, FCMB, Mr. Olayinka Oni, said the Wide Area Network solution would improve the quality of services rendered by the bank through the prompt provision of banking services and, reduction on the time customers spend in the banking halls. “The solution which is the first of its kind to be adopted by any bank in Nigeria will reduce turn around time, improve transaction speed, and enhance customer satisfaction. It will also impact on long term increase in customer base and long term profit,” Oni stated. He said further, “This is an exciting development, and we look forward to leveraging on the cutting edge ICT facilities provid

Tavia Technologies Limited, a leading Applications Solutions Provider has been honoured with three awards at the Microsoft Nigeria's Partner Award ceremony. The awards are in recognition of Tavia’s efforts in delivering and enhancing value to the numerous members of Microsoft’s clientele across the three main areas of its operations; Web, Wireless & Applications and Business Intelligence. Tavia, formed in 1999, won Rookie of the year award, Customer Experience Award and the Country Managers Award which are the results of the company's strong focus to consistently provide first class services to its clients. The firm, which has over the years carved a niche for itself in the industry took a strategic decision to further deepen and leverage its relationship with Microsoft through skills acquisition partnerships which have enhanced its service delivery to its clients. The Chief Executive Officer, Tavia Technologies, Mr. Ayo Olasoju, said the company had invested in human cap