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T-Mobile Orange Merger Threatened by Broadband Policy
The proposed merger between two of Britain's largest mobile phone operators - T-Mobile and Orange - has been thrown into doubt after a last minute intervention by the 5 mobile broadband networks and the Government.... 
Innovative Mobile Phone Applications Storm South
The pace of change in information technology in the South is impressive, and nowhere has it been more rapid than in the take-up of mobile phones. In the past three years China has become the world’s largest...
Generating Income for Local Musicians in Africa
African musicians hoping to support themselves through their recordings have always had to contend with the added burden of poor copyright control over their work. While musicians in the West are supported by a...Web 2.0 to the Rescue! Beating Shortages in Africa
The beep-beep of a received text on a mobile phone is now becoming a much-needed lifeline to Africans. Zimbabweans, who continue to struggle every day with inflation that has shot to 3,731 percent (Zimbabwe Central Statistical Office), have used African ingenuity and 21st...
Entrepreneurs Tackle Indian Traffic Gridlock
Around the world, traffic congestion is often accepted as the price paid for rapid development and economic dynamism. But as anyone who lives in a large city knows, a tipping point is soon reached where the... 
Mobile Phones: The South’s Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Technology is fuelling unprecedented growth in productivity in Asia, with sub-Saharan Africa languishing behind (International Labour Organization). But the growth in mobile phones could help close this gap, as...
Mobile Phone Peacekeeping
In January this year UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pointed out the urgent need for interesting and relevant content to attract Africans to the internet. Official statistics can make for grim reading: the...
Mobile Phones: New Market Tools for the Poor
Bangladesh’s poor can now buy and sell goods and services with their mobile phones, thanks to a Bangladeshi company’s pioneering mobile phone marketplace. The company, CellBazaar, serves as a useful role model... Judge Blocks New Jersey Sexting Charges
A New Jersey judge has blocked the prosecution of three teenage girls over a sexting charge, following a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU argues that the images sent by the girls were not pornographic in nature, as they were not meant for... 
Blackberry App World Announced
Blackberry's application store is now online, though it's the smartphone equivalent of a store with butcher-paper over its windows. Don't call it the "app store", though... the storefront is called App World. It... 
Cell phones soon to work in the ocean
Now there really will be no chance of getting away from the rings of a cell phone. " The days of running off to sea to escape problems on land could be over as mobile connectivity hits the ocean. Irish mobile... 
Cell Phone Signals Coming to Toronto Subway
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will be enabling cell phone coverage in subway tunnels, so commuters can annoy each other by shouting into their phones over the noise of the rumbling train, while... 501 views | 9 recommendations | 5 comments
Motorola's Credit Rating: Junk Status
Motorola's corporate credit rating was lowered by Standard & Poor's to one level below investment grade. In other words, junk status.This rating drop is due to two years' seteady decline in mobile handset...
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