Date archive forMay, 2009
By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Fujitsu announces awards for mobile phone designs

Computer hardware manufacturer, Fujitsu Limited, has announced plans to host the Fujitsu Mobile Phone Design Award 2009, a design contest aimed at enhancing state of the art mobile phone designs.  More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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ICASA chairman slated over World Cup comments

Paris Mashile, Chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), has been severely criticized for his recent comments questioning the ability of South Africa’s mobile network operators More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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FIFA says Italy-Brazil Confed Cup tickets still available online

World soccer governing body FIFA has announced that football fans are still able to purchase tickets online for the much anticipated FIFA Confederations Cup match between World Cup holders Italy, and Brazil.  More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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UN to provide 500,000 PC’s to schools in developing world

NComputing, a provider of ultra low-cost computing solutions, is partnering with the United Nations to provide computers for educational purposes to schools in developing countries.  More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Nokia Siemens Networks enables 1/6th of global voice communications

Telecoms infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks says that nearly one-sixth of the planet’s population uses its mobile switching network for voice communications.  More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Top 10 considerations when selecting an outsourced partner

Outsourcing is gaining popularity, largely due to its effective ‘pay as you go’ model. This is especially appealing in light of the current global economic downturn with ICT managers having to keep tight More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Mobile device management key to a successful smartphone rollout in the enterprise

Enterprises that are rolling out smartphones to their workforces should opt for solutions that support comprehensive mobile device management (MDM) to ensure that their administrators can retain control of corporate More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Out-of-the-box security isn’t enough today

Computer crime is not going away. It will continue to evolve and advance, alongside our continued use of the Internet. Many – if not most – businesses deploy web-based technologies under the assumption More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Zain Nigeria launches collect call service

Mobile network provider Zain Nigeria has made it possible for their Nigerian customers to still make calls even when they do not have airtime on their phones. This has been done through the introduction of a new More...

By Charlie Fripp On Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
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Zain Nigeria introduces prepaid Blackberry service

Zain Nigeria has introduced a new prepaid Blackberry service to its customers. This brings to an end the largely exclusive ability of only those people who can afford contract packages, to use the wide array of More...