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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Green ICTs - Google's use oof electricity is now computed as a total and per user

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Google comes clean on energy use
Sunday, September 04, 2011

Kenya - Regulator has published a detailed analysis of ICT access by location

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[Communications Commission of Kenya] More than 1,100 sub-locations in Kenya (out of a total of 7,149) lack access to voice telephony service...

Thailand - DTAC is to launch a 3G service in Bangkok this week, despite legal threats

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[the nation] Total Access Communication (DTAC) will press ahead with the launch of its third-generation wireless broadband service in Bangko...

Thailand - Govt and Shin Sat are in continued debate over satellite commitments and costs

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[the nation] However much it has tried, Intouch Group, formerly known as the Shin Corp group, cannot avoid the political spotlight for long....

Thailand - Official has accused DTAC of violating the foreign ownership law

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[the nation] Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot today said Total Access Communication (DTAC) has breached foreign business law. ...

USA - 40% of adult consumers have smartphones with Android the most popular operating systems

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[nielsen] Forty percent of mobile consumers over 18 in the U.S. now have smartphones, according to July 2011 data from Nielsen. Android is t...

Fiji-Tonga undersea cable - This is to be funded by the Asian Development Bank

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[fiji times] THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assist in Tonga's high-speed Internet access by financing the development of a submar...

Pakistan - Regulator has suspended 11 service providers for non-payment of regulatory fees

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[the news - Pakistan] Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has suspended licences of 11 service providers’ for a month due to non-subm...

Mobile - Analyst challenges the view that smartphones generate enough revenue to pay for network investments

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[fierce wireless] The gospel in the wireless industry the past few years has been that increasing smartphone penetration will deliver immedi...

Mobile - Networks are almost full requiring significant investment in upgrading to cope with demand

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Traditional network management practice says that network element usage level should not exceed 70% of its capacity. If it does - it is ti...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

South Africa - Govt wants to issue spectrum licences to new operators in 2.6 and 3.5 GHz bands

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[tech central] The department of communications wants to use the sale of radio frequency spectrum in “high-demand bands” to facilitate the e...

Africa - Google cache servers are helping local exchange of content - content delivery neworks

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[computer world] The availability of Google cache servers has encouraged more African Internet and content providers to exchange content loc...

USA - Investment in 4G would be $25-53 billion, causing $73-151 billion in GDP growth and creation of 371,000 to 771,000 jobs

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[prnewswire] A new Deloitte report states that wireless telecommunications companies in the United States could invest $25 to $53 billion in...
Monday, August 22, 2011

South Africa - Vodacom will "deregister" 1 million SIM card where no personal details have been recorded

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[telecom lead] Vodacom announced it is deregistering approximately one million inactive SIM cards as part of a series of steps to help impro...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

Privacy - NY Times warns over the privacy settings for Linkedin.com

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[ny times] Move over Facebook. It’s time to pay attention to privacy on LinkedIn. That was is the message of last week’s mini controversy...

Australia - Consumers of mobile services have high expectations not always satisfied

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[it wire] Mobile consumers have high expectations of their service providers and, it seems, not all of them are satisfied with what they are...

Mobile Adverts - growth of 22%, over the previous quarter, served 112.5 billion mobile advertising impressions across the globe

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[prnewswire] Today, InMobi, the world's largest independent mobile ad network, released its Mobile Insights Report: Global Edition, Quar...

Australia - National research and academic network trialing 8 Terabits per second

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[it wire] Australia’s Academic and Research Network, AARnet, is hoping to get an 8 terabit per second communications trial up and running la...

Mobile - Analysis of means to increase innovation in mobile in Africa and the Middle East

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[prnewswire] As success stories continue to emerge from mobile innovation (mInnovation) experiences in Africa and the Middle East (AME), int...

USA - A study found 6.2% of users had scanned QR codes, mainly in 18-34 years old

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[prnewswire] comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results of a study on mobile QR and bar code scanning b...

India - Regulator is to reduce international call rates by cutting costs of cable landing stations

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[the mobile indian] TRAI is likely to reduce the landing charges paid by the operators on international calls, which will result in reductio...

Semiconductors - Intel is commissioning Science Fiction writers to imagine future uses of its technologies

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[bbc] Chip maker Intel has commissioned leading science fiction authors to pen short stories that imagine future uses for the firm's tec...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Wi-Fi - WLAN market revenues are expected to surpass $8 billion in 2015, a 49% increase over 2010 revenues

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[prnewswire] In a newly released market forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networki...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Mobile TV - US Cellular has launched a mobile TV service powered by MobiTV with live and on-demand programmes

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[prnewswire] Delivering on the increasing demand for mobile media services, U.S. Cellular has launched U.S. Cellular Mobile TV, powered by M...

Mobile - Routers and switches expected to constitute 30% of mobile backhaul market

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[prnewswire] In a newly released market forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networkin...

Mobile - Shoppers remain highly uncomfortable with mobile payments

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[prnewswire] Most shoppers are still very fearful about using their mobile phone to pay for their shopping, according to a poll by money sav...

Zambia - Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the suspension of import duty on telecommunications equipment as a spur to growth

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[Times of Zambia] THE Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has hailed Government for suspending duty on telecommu...

Mobile - Adoption of this technology is a factor in reshaping industries ahead of other trends

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[zd net] Although multimedia adoption trends vary by industry, mobile is single-handedly “remaking entire industries,” according to the firs...

South Africa - Telkom under (again) new management seems to be setting out a new strategy

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[tech central] SA’s most important telecommunications operator has been abused for years. Telkom has been fraught with political infighting ...
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