Articles tagged with: Union and Ict

Telecom Policy Makers Urged to Focus on Rural Connectivity

The Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has urged the 850 delegates attending the World Telecom Policy Forum in Lisbon, Portugal to make affordable access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) by the rural communities the central focus of their policy-making. Dr. Spio-Garbrah was among a number of heads of international organisations and ministers of telecommunications and ICTs who addressed the plenary session of the three-day forum. more

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NSA Spies On Americans Outside The Law

The American Civil Liberties union says that the USA's National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans' emails and phone calls in recent months to an extent that exceeded even the overbroad limits permitted under the controversial spying legislation passed last summer. According to the New York Times, the NSA's "overcollection" of American' communications has been "significant and systemic." more

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Russia's MTS Launches a CDMA Network in India

..in 22 Indian circles, covering 28 administrative states and 7 union territories with a population of approximately 1.1 billion people. There have been rumours in local media that the Russian government is seeking to take a 20 percent stake in th more

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

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

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

Computing in a Molecule

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

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ITU advocates infrastructure sharing to counter investment drought

The International Telecomunications union (ITU) has published a report detailing a set of regulatory strategies designed to lower the costs of telecoms network rollout. The report notes that 2008 has been marked by unparalleled numbers of voice and Internet consumers in both the developing and developed world, the result of network growth and expansion. more

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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

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ITU Cancels European Trade Show

The International Telecommunications union (ITU) says that it is cancelling its forthcoming ITU TELECOM EUROPE 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria, which was scheduled for December. The ITU says that the decision has been taken in order to focus capacity and resources on upcoming ITU TELECOM events as well as a number of new initiatives. more

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