By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 25 Jan, 2012
Hits Telecom, a Kuwait based telecom group, is investing $100 million in Tanzania alone to boost its presence in African telecom market, despite economic problems in the region. read more »
By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Service\Brussels Bureau 25 Jan, 2012
Internet users in the European Union will benefit from greater control over their personal data if new proposals to reform the Data Protection Directive are implemented. read more »
By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Service\Brussels Bureau 23 Jan, 2012
A United States consumer group has written to the European Commission asking it to block Google's Motorola deal and to launch an investigation into the Internet giant's alleged anti-competitive behavior. read more »
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service\Stockholm Bureau 23 Jan, 2012
RIM's new CEO, Thorsten Heins, wants the company to improve its product development while also becoming better at marketing, he said during a conference call on Monday. read more »
By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Service\Brussels Bureau 20 Dec, 2011
The European Commission’s plan to lower access prices to copper networks in order to boost next generation networks is flawed, say Europe’s leading telecoms organizations. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 6 Dec, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa mobile operator LAP Green Network of Libya is in talks for a sale of the company even as controversy unfolds over how it made its own acquisition of the Zambia Telecommunication Co. (Zamtel). read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 14 Nov, 2011
A year after a group of venture capitalists partnered to form Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), their move to back a lab in Somaliland comes as a sign that tech entrepreneur funding in Africa is moving beyond traditional hubs like Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos and Accra. read more »
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 10 Nov, 2011
Cisco Systems has completed most of a major restructuring that began early this year, and on Wednesday posted revenue and profit for its fiscal first quarter that exceeded analysts' expectations. read more »
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service\Bangalore Bureau 4 Nov, 2011
Bharti Airtel's third-quarter profit was hit by high interest and amortization costs related to the mobile network operator's 3G rollout in India and its acquisition in Africa. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 11 Oct, 2011
Africa's largest mobile operator, MTN, has increased its stake in Rwandacell to 80 percent in a bid to consolidate its operations after the Rwandan government awarded rival operator Airtel an operating license. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
