Nigerian Times

28 Apr 2008 08:00 Africa/Lagos MTN Nigeria to Improve Performance With Motorola Optimization Services Contract Three-year agreement expected to reduce network operating costs and increase competitiveness LAGOS, Nigeria, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. ( NYSE:MOT ) today announced a three-year network optimization service contract with MTN Nigeria, to improve the performance of the operator's multi-vendor network across its serving area. The multi-million dollar contract is the first between the two companies, and covers the ongoing enhancement of the African operator's cellular network. It will enable MTN Nigeria to continue to deliver high quality service to its growing number of subscribers and satisfy their increasing demands for new value-added services. Motorola's optimization services utilize market-leading analytical tools and actual end-user subscriber data, providing an innovative and proven alternative to traditional optimization methods. The ser...

I have decided to remind the stakeholders in all the oil producing countries and consumers of the following important report, because most of them missed it. 10 Jan 2008 15:26 Africa/Lagos Global Oil Supply Challenges Will Drive Crude Prices to US$150: CIBC World Markets LONDON, January 10/PRNewswire/ -- - Modest Russian Production Growth to be Gobbled up by Domestic Demand CIBC (CM: TSX; NYSE) - Consumers should brace for a 50 per cent jump in oil prices in the near future as global oil supply will increasingly have trouble keeping pace with demand, forecasts a new energy report from CIBC World Markets. The report predicts that surging demand in developing economies combined with accelerated depletion of existing supply and widespread delays in getting new oil fields up and running will see the global supply of oil fall as much as eight million barrels a day below International Energy Agency estimates by 2012. "Those projections ignore two fundamental forces that have, in recent ...