By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service\Bangalore Bureau 30 Sep, 2009
Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services company, said Wednesday that it had called off talks for an alliance with MTN Group of South Africa. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 30 Sep, 2009
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has reached a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce allowing the nonprofit greater independence, while giving more countries oversight of the organization. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 24 Sep, 2009
Increased investment in IT infrastructure and research and development, mobile penetration and reforms in the business sector are some of the strategies Africa is pursuing in ensure inclusion in global competition indices. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 16 Sep, 2009
Zambia is opening up its ICT sector to international investors, announcing that it is taking bids for a stake in Zamtel and offering new rules for foreign telecom and IT companies that want to do business in the country. read more »
By Paul Meller and Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service\Brussels Bureau 3 Sep, 2009
The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Oracle's planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Thursday, citing "serious concerns" about the deal's effect on competition in the market for databases. read more »
By Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld (US) 3 Sep, 2009
Diebold Inc. has sold its U.S. election systems subsidiary, Premier Election Solutions, to Election Systems & Software Inc. (ES&S) of Omaha, Neb. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 3 Sep, 2009
International service providers are scrambling to buy the financially troubled Nigerian incumbent telecommunication operator Nitel a week after the country's president, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, directed that the company be sold to a new investor within 60 days. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 28 Aug, 2009
A U.S. court has struck down a U.S. Federal Communications Commission rule prohibiting any cable television operator from serving more than 30 percent of U.S. subscribers. read more »
Microsoft's lawyers said the verdict that awarded a Canadian developer nearly $300 million in damages and resulted in an impending ban on sales of the company's popular Word software was a "miscarriage of justice. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 26 Aug, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit demanding that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) release details of its policy that allows the agency to search travelers' laptops at U.S. borders without suspicion of wrongdoing. 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 »
