MTN: net profit slips despite 9.2% growth in revenues
Telegeography
South African mobile group MTN has posted net profit of ZAR14.65 billion (USD1.97 billion) for the full year ended 31 December 2009, down from ZAR15.32 billion a year earlier. CEO Phuthuma Nhleko said: ‘Movements in exchange rates in the year, mainly in the South African rand and Nigerian naira, had a substantially negative impact on [...]
Caspian Sea Region Connectivity Venture
Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC) has clarified details of a recently launched Russia-Iran-Azerbaijan venture to improve connectivity in the Caspian Sea region. The project is aimed at handling Europe-Asia voice and data transmission and improving internet service delivery.
Topics: telecom, Iran, Europe, Russia
Iran Government: Deep Packet Inspection?
The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale, reports the WSJ.
Topics: Europe, wireless, SMS, government, VoIP, cellular, ISP, telecom, Iran, Comcast
Elektrobit MID Reference Design Aims to put Linux Desktop apps + Smartphone in your pocket
Picture an iPhone that can actually run full version Linux applications such as Firefox, Opera, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, SSH client, and more. That’s exactly what you’ll get with Elektrobit’s (EB) new MID reference design. EB’s sleek, media-centric MID reference device takes the power of the PC and makes it pocket-able so you don’t have to compromise [...]
Ring! Ring! Hot News, 16th March, 2009
In Today’s Issue: Microsoft app store and its developer tax; the crucial importance of ridiculous apps; Google Voice – you know, that thing from 2007; G-Checkout fees hiked; Reding after your data roaming margins; Skype for sale again; even more network-sharing in the UK; no DRM at Vodafone; Bill Morrow takes command of Clearwire; Clearwire [...]
