Archive for October, 2011
AITEC’s East Africa ICT Summit set to open on November 2 in Nairobi
The stage is set for the opening of AITEC’s East Africa ICT SUMMIT scheduled to start in Nairobi on Wednesday November 2 to 3. The Kenya ICT Board, the host country partner, through its chief executive Paul Kukubo, lauded one of the Summit’s topics, cloud computing, as being “timely for the country’s take off to [...]
LG Electronics reports global revenues of $ 11.9 billion in last quarter of 2011
LG Electronics expects to see modest growth in the coming months banking on competitive LTE smartphones, CINEMA 3D TVs and consumer-friendly, energy efficient appliances. According to George Mudhune, LG’s head of marketing and corporate communications, East and Central Africa, the company is focusing on strengthening profitability through more aggressive cost control and better allocation of [...]
Strategy Analytics: Samsung world’s #1 smartphone vendor in Q3 2011
Bolstered by its new range of smartphones, Samsung has emerged as the number one vendor in the smartphone segment globally for the third quarter of 2011, according to latest research statistics from Strategy Analytics. Latest research figures from Strategy Analytics indicate that global smartphone shipments grew by 44 per cent annually to reach 117 million [...]
MTN Business Kenya marks first year in Kenyan market
MTN Business Kenya on October 26 2011 celebrated its first anniversary in the country, touting its video-conferencing solution as being one of its successes. “While launching this service, our main aim was to create a saving avenue for clients across the country. So far, clients have benefited immensely from this service, for they have reduced [...]
Doha to host ITU Connect Arab Summit
On the occasion of ITU Telecom World 2011 (Geneva Palexpo, 24-27 October), ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Toure and Dr Hessa Al-Jaber, Secretary General of ictQATAR, have signed a Host Country Agreement that will pave the way for the organization of the ITU Connect Arab Summit. Scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar from 5-7 March, 2012, the [...]
Nokia unveils Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710, the first Windows Phone smartphones
Finally, Nokia has unveiled its Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia range of smartphones – Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 – at this year’s Nokia World in London, the company’s annual event for customers, partners and developers. The Nokia Lumia 800 features vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and comes with Internet performance, with one-touch social network [...]
Global CTOs call for faster progress on e-health standards
A meeting of 21 CTOs from leading companies in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry has urged ITU to accelerate technical standardization work in the field of e-health. CTOs stressed that reliable, interoperable standards are key to providing patients and health professionals with the means to utilize remote consultation services, advanced ICT-based diagnostic procedures and [...]
UN’s Broadband Commission sets global broadband targets
The United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development has agreed on a set of four ‘ambitious but achievable’ new targets that countries around the world should strive to meet in order to ensure their populations fully participate in tomorrow’s emerging knowledge societies. The new targets cover broadband policy, affordability and uptake. They include: Making broadband policy [...]
Portugal’s Hugo Pereira named by Western Union as the world’s most networked person
A 26-year old Portuguese charity worker has been named as the world’s most networked person. Hugo Pereira from Lisbon, Portugal, has topped the Network Challenge, a global search for the most globally connected individual on Facebook. The Network Challenge was launched by a leading money transfer provider, Western Union, in July this year to mark its 160thAnniversary and celebrate [...]
John Tombleson appointed Safaricom’s new finance director
Safaricom has announced the appointment of John Tombleson as finance director. Mr Tombleson joins Safaricom from Vodafone Qatar, where he held the position of acting chief executive officer and chief financial officer. He replaces Chris Tiffin, whose contract in the same position comes to an end on November 20, 2011. The new finance director is an original member [...]