As the call for mandatory listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) by several private telecommunication companies begins to heighten, BusinessWorld can now reveal that a squabble may as well have been in the making as the telecom companies are not taking the idea lying down.  

The Safe Water for Africa (SWA) partnership, a private sector initiative, has announced its new and innovative partnership aims to invest more than $20 million to provide sustainable access to safe drinking water for five million people by 2015 beginning with 43 communities in Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia in 2012.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) may impose sanctions on erring telecoms operators in the global system for mobile communications (GSM) sector if the ongoing performance test on the networks reveals that any of them did not meet the minimum standard set for the industry.

There are strong indications of possible mergers and acquisition in the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) segment of the Nigerian telecommunications market as the big players, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators, continue to dictate the direction of the market.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put necessary measures in place to vigorously accelerate the completion of its Emergency Communication Centres in all the states of the federation, an initiative that would cost over N4billion as this covers the purchase of land, equipment and related infrastructure for its realisation.

Systems Applications Products (SAP), a leading global information technology giant, last week introduced into the Nigerian market some mobile solutions and applications that would enhance efficiency, development and overall growth of businesses in the country.

Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of communication technology, has disclosed that the information communication technology (ICT) industry would in 2015 contribute 35 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with the huge success recorded since the liberalisation process and also create about 1.3 million jobs, thereby fostering the required development that would enhance the realisation of the Vision 20-2020.

Main One Cable Company has extended connectivity to NGCOM Limited, a leading network solutions company in Nigeria.