Nokia follows the footsteps of Apple

Nokia has opened Ovi, it's online App store, to some 50 million phone users worldwide on Tuesday. It seems as if Nokia followed the footsteps of Apple whose App store is still a huge success. "Nokia said it opened...

Thailand expects Vietnam tourists to return

Thai tourism officials said yesterday they expected the number of Vietnamese visitors to remain high, despite the recent temporary closure of the country's airport." Speaking at a press briefing in HCM City, Pichai Raktasinha, director of HCM City's Tourism Authority of...

Train collision probe to examine text messages

Authorities in Los Angeles are now looking at the possibility that text messages sent by teenagers to the driver of the commuter train that crashed into a freight train played a role in the accident. Apparently...

UK Public transport still overcrowded and no sign of innovation

With an endless and ever increasing number festivals such as edinburgh, leeds, reading filling the summer calendar, major public transport routes notably trains are consistently full. Today, I have experienced...

Govt plan may disrupt cell phone services

" The Jakarta administration's plan to replace 2,500 base transceiver station (BTS) towers with 850 newer ones will lead to cellular network chaos, says a member of the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory...

Sudan crash airline is grounded

Sudan's national airline will be unable to fly for a month from Monday for failing to comply with aviation rules.This comes on the heels of the plane crash that happened a few weeks ago, that killed thirty...

EU cell phone consumers to pay for calls - incoming and outgoing

" The European Union will not oppose plans by telecommunications companies to have mobile phone users begin paying for calls they receive. But politicians warned that consumers could oppose the move. Some European telecommunications companies would like to begin charging...

Mobile phone use to be allowed on planes

"The European Commission has introduced new rules to allow mobile phones to be used on planes.The Commission says travellers will be able to receive and make calls and messages safely with their own mobile phones while flying all over Europe.At the moment that luxury is...

Europe okays mobile phone use in flights

""Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules. Thedecision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached analtitude of 3,000m or more. It follows six months of consultation bythe European regulator...

Europe clears mobiles on aircraft

I wonder how my sleep on planes will suffer because of this."Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.The decision means that mobiles could be...

Europe clears mobiles on aircraft

The EU has approved mobile phone use on airplanes in Europe. Now it will be up to the airlines as to whether they want to begin allowing mobile use on their planes. "The use of mobiles on planes flying in European airspace has been given formal approval by the European...

EU warns firms on text charging

After cheaper calls we will maybe get cheaper texts and data. Traveling in Europe will soon become much cheaper mobile phone bill wise that is."Europe's mobile phone operators have been warned they must cut the...

Cable programmers suing FCC over new rule

"C-Span and Discovery Communications LLC, along with four other cable programmers, are suing the Federal Communications Commission for what they see as a First Amendment-squashing new rule."

Sri Lanka blocks SMS on independence day

Increasingly access to SMS services is coming to stand for freedom of expression.  In that context it is interesting to see who cuts it off and when."COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's telecom networks Monday...

Severed cables disrupt internet

Some years ago a train crashed in a tunnel in Pennsylvania. A fire burned in the tunnel, which was used by virtually every major North American network service provider, and seriously damaged all the fibre optic...

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