Articles tagged with: World Bank and Ict

Financial Applications on Cell Phones to Attract 2.2 Billion Users in the Next Five Years

Eight financial applications for mobile phones are forecasted to become part of the daily routine of nearly 2.2 billion mobile phone users worldwide over the next five years, says a new market research study released by the Insight Research Corporation. According to the market analysis study, these eight mobile financial applications will generate nearly $124 billion for application developers and for the cell phone companies providing access to these applications on their networks over the forecast period.  more

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New Report Into Global Telecoms Development

Although there has been global progress in improving access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), poor countries still lag behind in making ICT applications commonplace in governments, schools and business, says the World Bank in a new report that urges developing country governments to work across ministries and in partnership with the private sector to extend the reach and use of ICT. more

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Kuwaiti GSM operator boss wins award

Dr. Saad Al Barrak, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), has been recognized as the Middle East's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) CEO of the year. Six other prominent CEOs from the government, Industry, service and finance sectors were also honoured at an exclusive awards ceremony held recently at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. more

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