Motorola has reported a 33 percent drop in sales during the second quarter of this year to $5.5 billion.
The company said mobile devices sales were $1.8 billion, down 45 percent compared to the same period last year. The operating loss was $253 million, compared to an operating loss of $346 million in the year-ago quarter. [...]

Recent damage to the SAT-3 submarine cable that links Nigeria to the outside world has disrupted Internet and other services in the country.
The damaged SAT-3 undersea cable runs from Portugal and Spain to South Africa, via West Africa.

ZAIN and Multichoice Kenya have entered into a partnership that will enable DSTV customers pay their subscription fees through Zain Zap.

Cyber-criminals are starting to use their own search engines to lead users to malicious pages, often created for distributing malware. This frightening new trend underlines how cyber-crime is becoming increasingly professional.

A CABINET minister said this week that the cost of repairing equipment at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings is about $US10 million.

FUJITSU has announced the new version of FlexFrame for Oracle, which integrates Oracle VM to provide high availability across both physical and virtual servers.

Payroll is often regarded as a cog within the wheel of business. However, it’s rarely a glitch-free system. It is complex, fraught with challenges and, although it does not contribute directly to the bottom line, indispensable.

Nairobi (IT News Africa) — RWANDAN President Paul Kagame this week restructured the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information and Communications Technology.
This has resulted in some functions of the Ministry going to the Ministry of Education while other functions remain in his office.

Nairobi, (IT News Africa)–A PRICE war looms in the African broadband market as the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) races towards its June 2010 launch deadline.

Johannesburg (IT News Africa) —THE strike by South African Broadcasting Corporation workers has affected normal programming this morning with broadcaster’s flagship Morning Live programme starting 40 minutes late.
The Union has in recent days threatening the beleaguered broadcaster with strike owing to a deadlock over salaries.

Johannesburg (IT News Africa) — The South African opposition has written to the Chairperson of Parliament’s Communications Committee, Ismail Vadi, protesting Minister, Siphiwe Nyanda’s appointment of a twelve-member consultation team to help turn around the South African Broadcasting Corporation.