AT&T Inc. today finally set a firm date of Sept. 25 for making multimedia messaging service (MMS) available for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. read more »
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 26 Aug, 2009
If your hotel is an antiquated, out-of-service ocean liner that's crossed the Atlantic 1,001 times, it's nice to know that the place has steel walls as much as 3 inches thick. On the other hand, if you get there and want to fire up your Wi-Fi-equipped laptop to shop for Titanic memorabilia on eBay, those walls had better not get between you and the nearest access point. read more »
Little more than a week after Nambu Network said it would shutter its URL-shortener tr.im, and just days after the service was reactivated, its founder now says he will take the code open-source and give up the attractive URL. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 17 Aug, 2009
The Southern Africa Telecommunications Association (SATA) is carrying out a feasibility study that is aimed at getting landlocked countries in the region connected to the East Africa Submarine Cable System (TEAMS) under the Indian Ocean through backhaul links. read more »
By Edris Kisambira, Computerworld Uganda 17 Aug, 2009
One of India's top universities, Amity, is to offer online IT degrees and diplomas to 100,000 students on the African continent over the next five years. read more »
Advocates of network neutrality are cheering Thursday after learning that the federal government will require any applicants to its broadband stimulus funds to maintain nondiscriminatory networks. read more »
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World (US) 24 Jun, 2009
Internet policymakers are forging ahead with a controversial plan to introduce hundreds of generic top-level domains -- such as .nyc, .sport and .food -- next year. read more »
By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service\Singapore Bureau 18 Jun, 2009
The sluggish economic environment won't drag down growing demand for wireless broadband services in Southeast Asia, according to the chief executive of Malaysian WiMax operator Packet One Networks. read more »
All was well meant when Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya challenged African Communications Experts at a workshop on sustainable rural telecenters in Lusaka last week to come up with strategies that their governments will use to roll out ICT to rural areas. read more »
