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Articles tagged with: European Union and Ict
Czech Republic Tries to Stop Media Talking about Phone Tapping
Journalist lobbying organisation, Reporters Without Borders has condemned a proposed criminal law amendment before the Czech republic parliament that would ban the news media from publishing any information about the tapping of phones by the police. The proposed amendment provides for sentences of one to five years in prison and fines up to 5 million crowns (€182,000) for violators. more
Related Tags: itu, eu, prison, Czech Republic
Innovative Business Model is the Key to Telecommunication Survival
The economic crisis is inevitably affecting the telecommunications sector. Continuous strain in the credit market has a big effect on investments. The reduction in consumption is changing the adoption and acceptance of new services. During these difficult times the key to staying afloat is to implement an open and shared innovation model focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of processes and innovative business. more
Related Tags: vodafone, rcom, telecom-italia, eu, bt, virgin-media, network-management, mobile-content
Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in computing over the next 60? more
Related Tags: intel, rcom, memory
OECD Countries Use Tax Breaks to Drive Corporate R&D Spending
More and more OECD governments are giving firms tax breaks to drive innovation while cutting their direct spending on business research and development (R&D), and are also encouraging public research organisations to commercialise their inventions, according to a new OECD report. According to the report, two thirds of the 30 OECD member countries offered businesses tax subsidies in 2006, up from 12 in 1995, and most have tended to make it more generous over the years. Direct government funding financed an average of 7% of business R&D in 2005, down from 11% in 1995. more
Related Tags: patents, inventions, sharp, tax, oecd
Chinese ICT Exports Overtake USA
China overtook the United States in 2004 to become the world's leading exporter of information and communications technology (ICT) goods such as mobile phones, laptop computers and digital cameras, according to OECD data. more