Paul McCartney in the cloud
HP and McCartney Productions Limited have announced an agreement to digitise and deliver the library of legendary musician Paul McCarthy via a private cloud. McCartney has one of the most comprehensive libraries More...
Indigenous software the way to go, say Nigerian ICT experts
(image credit: webtrendsng.com)NIGERIA’S Information and Communication Technology (ICT) professionals have called for the development of indigenous software to complement current efforts to transform the economy. Four More...
Zain Kenya protests against consultant’s appointment
Telecommunications company Zain Kenya has taken issue with the selection process for the consultant appointed by government to review the Kenya Information and Communication Act 2010, saying the process was questionable. Zain More...
LG Optimus 7 comes with DNLA support for media sharing
LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Shown Off At IFALG Electronics has laid down plans to introduce an exclusive Digital Living Network Alliance Base Technology that will enable mobile users to share multi- More...
Postal Corporation of Kenya must adapt-or-die
TECHNOLOGICAL advances in the Kenyan market could soon render the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) extinct as most people opt to communicate through email or SMS rather than conventional mail. There has been a More...
MTN, Union, clash over fired workers
MTN, CWU in labour disputeTHE Communication Workers Union (CWU) of South Africa is embroiled in a labour dispute with Africa’s cellular mobile network giant, MTN, over the dismissal of workers on Wednesday allegedly More...
ITU calls for ‘broadband boom’
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, Co-Chair; and Mr. Amir Dossal, Executive Director, United Nations Office for Partnerships, Commissioner, at the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, New York, More...
Bail out struggling telecom operators, Nigerian govt urged
THE president of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has called on the federal government to bail out the Code Division Multiple Access telecoms operators in the country. Gbenga More...
In times of rapid change what do CIO’s need to consider?
Stuart Phillips, Managing Director of AlacrityFor businesses the ability to change rapidly has long been a survival imperative, however it continues to become more difficult to keep apace with the accelerating rate More...
Infrastructure sharing, the way forward for Nigerian telecoms
THE success of the Nigerian rural telephony network depends on how the telecom operators can share infrastructure, a leading telecoms expert has said. Steven Evans, chief executive officer of Etisalat Nigeria, said More...