Zain has received an offer from France’s largest entertainment groups Vivendi, for its African operations. There is no word on the amount offered but Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa has reported that Zain’s Group’s Assistant Chief Executive for Business Development and Government Relations Barrak al-Subeih said,

THE current shareholders of Belgacom ICS, Belgacom and Swisscom, have expressed pleasure at their recent transaction with South Africa-based MTN. This follows the announcement of Belgacom ICS (BICS) and MTN’s next step in their strategic co-operation by combining their international carrier services, resulting in MTN holding an equity stake in BICS.

Patrick Reeves, Axiz HP Category Manager, says that while the negativity of the global economic situation has understandably spread angst amongst local business owners, it is important not to let this pessimism consume you.

Michael Jackson’s death last week led to a dramatic increase in online traffic worldwide, taking a heavy toll on major search engines, Yahoo and Google.

Additional keynote speakers have confirmed their participation in Africa Future TV Conference 2009. This conference being hosted by ITNewsAfrica.com is designed to create partnerships and strategies that will accelerate commercialisation and synergies in the TV industry on the continent.

FIFA president, Joseph Blatter, has insisted that technology will not be used in the foreseeable future to settle disputed referee decisions in the game of football.

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has received a massive shipment of equipment from Ericsson of Sweden which, when installed, will result in the complete elimination of shortage of lines in the country.

NEW Telkom Kenya chief executive officer, Mickael Ghossein said he would focus on turning the company’s fortunes around.

As African banks layer more security into their banking procedures, software manufacturer Oracle has unveiled solutions which it says makes transactions easier and more secure.

Ericsson’s Board of Directors has appointed Hans Vestberg President and CEO of Ericsson as of January 1, 2010. Hans Vestberg is currently CFO and Executive Vice President.

Panda Security has launched a new version of its UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliance, Panda GateDefender Integra.