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1 December 2010

Computers Get Help from the Human Brain

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Tapping into the processing power of the human brain could help computers with some tasks.
Researchers at Columbia University use signals from an electroencephalogram (EEG) device (worn) to help search rapidly through images. Credit: Neuromatters
Most brain-computer interfaces are designed to help disabled people communicate or move around. A new project is …

29 November 2010

UAE’s Etisalat chairman named World CEO of 2010

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H.E Mohammed Omran, Chairman Etisalat
Mohammed Omran, the CEO of UAE’s telecommunication service provider Etisalat, has been named the World CEO of 2010 at a ceremony in Britain, it was announced on Saturday. He was honoured at the World Communication Awards ceremony in recognition of his outstanding work in the sector.
Etisalat …

29 November 2010

Asian bandwidth still way more expensive

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Asian bandwidth prices are plummeting but remain much higher than in the US or Europe.
TeleGeography’s latest data shows IP transit prices worldwide are sliding despite growth of more than 60% in international traffic.

But Pacific and Atlantic prices are still far apart. In Hong Kong, the median price for a 1Tbps …

27 November 2010

Telenor, Bharti share secrets of success in India

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Daily performance targets, value-added services help telcos navigate India’s turbulent mobile market; Bharti Airtel CEO sees emerging market operators entering global top 10
When it comes to navigating India’s fast-growing but intensely competitive mobile market, Telenor believes average revenue per user is not the most important measure of performance.
Instead, the Norway-based …

22 November 2010

Vodafone, Telenor To Expand Their Financial Services

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Vodafone and Telenor both plan to expand their mobile money services in emerging markets to include new services such as saving accounts, micro credit lending, insurance and international remittances.
In a mobile money session at Congress this morning, Greg Reeve, head of mobile payment solutions at Vodafone, told how the firm’s …

10 October 2010

Algeria won’t negotiate Djezzy with Vimpelcom -paper

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Algeria will not negotiate the future of mobile telephone operator Djezzy, which it aims to nationalise, with would-be buyer Russia‘s Vimpelcom (VIP.N), a newspaper quoted an unnamed government source as saying.
Vimpelcom has agreed a $6.6 billion dollar deal to buy the assets of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom (ORTE.CA), the centrepiece of …

6 October 2010

Twitter gets new CEO for second time in 2 years

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Twitter Inc., the Internet service for short messages, is developing a penchant for keeping its CEOs’ tenures relatively brief, too.
Evan Williams on Monday became the second Twitter co-founder to step aside after a two-year stint, making way for a colleague considered to be better suited for steering the next phase …

6 October 2010

Skype getting new chief executive from Cisco

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Skype is replacing its CEO with a Cisco Systems executive, a change that may indicate the Internet calling service is closer to announcing specific plans for an initial public offering. Skype S.A. said Monday that Tony Bates, formerly a Cisco Systems Inc. senior vice president and general manager of its …

26 September 2010

Turkish telecommunications head faces three years for not blocking website

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The head of the Telecommunication Transmission Directorate, or TİB, is facing one to three years in prison for not halting access to a website that claimed the main opposition party’s leader is a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, the daily Hürriyet reported Sunday.
TİB head Fethi Şimşek …

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