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Articles tagged with: Itu and Union
ITU sees 5 billion mobile subscriptions globally in 2010
After reaching around 4.6 billion mobile cellular subscriptions by the end of 2009, the International Telecoms Union (itu) says that it expects the number of mobile cellular subscriptions globally to reach five billion in 2010, driven by advanced services and handsets in developed countries and increased take-up of mobile health services and mobile banking in the developing world. more
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Nokia Siemens Networks to Donate Rural GSM Phones to Villages
The International Telecommunication Union (itu) and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed an agreement aimed at bringing affordable connectivity to the world's rural and remote areas. As a first step, they are connecting villages in island countries of the Pacific region. more
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4.6 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2009
The International Telecoms Union (itu) is reporting that mobile growth is continuing unabated, with global mobile subscriptions expected to reach 4.6 billion by the end of the year, and mobile broadband subscriptions to top 600 million in 2009, having overtaken fixed broadband subscribers in 2008. more
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Telecom Policy Makers Urged to Focus on Rural Connectivity
..in investing public funds to connect rural people; the relatively low institutional capacity of fledgling ICT ministries and regulators; the focus of some ICT operators on mostly urban markets; poor or non-existent electricity supply in many more
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NSA Spies On Americans Outside The Law
..federal lawsuit immediately after Congress passed the law challenging its constitutionality. The lawsuit is still pending. "Congress was repeatedly warned that this type of abuse would be the obvious outcome of passing the FISA Amendments A more
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Telecommunications arrears cripple Zimbabwe's internet traffic
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe has paid part of its arrears for international telecommunications links, ending a week-long disruption to internet traffic that had hurt business and personal communications. more
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Mobile telephone subscriptions record sharp increase in The Gambia
APA-Banjul (The Gambia) The Gambia with a population of about 1.5 million people has more than 800,000 mobile subscribers but only about 50,000 fixed telephone lines in service, APA learns here Tuesday. more
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Telekom Austria Slips into the Red on Restructuring Costs
..628 million) for FY 2007 primarily impacted by the restructuring program. Capital expenditures for tangible and intangible assets decreased from €851.3 million to €807.6 million as lower capital expenditures in the Fixed Net segment more than o more
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Czech Republic Tries to Stop Media Talking about Phone Tapping
..bill would seriously undermine the right to inform and be informed, as well as the constitutionally-guaranteed right to disseminate news and information," Reporters Without Borders said. "It would reduce sources of information and pose a seriou more
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GSMA Urges Latin American Regulators to Relax radio Spectrum Limits
Tight spectrum caps in some Latin American countries are artificially curbing uptake and usage of broadband in the region, according to a study by consultancy Arthur D Little (ADL) for the GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry. The study found that rigid restrictions on the amount of spectrum available to mobile operators are undermining their ability to provide mobile broadband services that would enable millions of people to access the Internet, email and other online services via computers and handsets at high speeds in areas lacking DSL or cable broadband connections. more
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