WiMAX & 4G, Markets, Global: Infonetics Research publishes a quarterly WiMAX and Outdoor Mesh Network Equipment report. It testifies to a near fourfold leap in the value of WiMAX equipment sales. New entrants such as Cisco have played their part in producing this amazing rise but Asia-Pacific (33% of the market) and EMEA (34%) rival each other for dominant region. Michael Schwartz summarises.

Computers, Digital Divide, Africa: Gladys Muhunyo is Africa Programme Manager at Computer Aid International, a UK-based charity whose role is to provide refurbished computers for ICT for Development (ICD4D). She oversees an expanding programme of work in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. Here Gladys Muhunyo talks about the project aims and objectives...

Personal Computers, Education and Training, Global: FAIR, a Scandinavian-based international aid organisation, has recently accused the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project of misleading poor countries into taking a high investment risk for a new type of technology. What is more FAIR question its very success. We publish FAIR's comments and Nicholas Negroponte's reply...

Analysis, Markets, Wireless, Internet, PC, Telephony, Chile, CLA: Latin Business Chronicle has just launched its Latin Technology Index, a review of how 17 countries in Central and South America are rising to the challenge of boosting penetration rates in PC, fixed and wireless telephony, Internet, and broadband Internet.

Mobiles, GSM, Energy, Global: Is there a role for alternative energy sources in the mobile industry? Yes is the answer, according to Motorola, which recently announced that it had successfully completed a trial to demonstrate the feasibility of alternative power systems that can support remote GSM base stations.

IPTV, Broadcasting, Global: Carl Gressum, Senior Analyst in Ovum's global consumer practice, believes that understanding the device market is crucial for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) looking at the prospects offered by IPTV.

Over the last five years, the fixed telecoms sector in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has faced major challenges from mobile, which has appeared unstoppable. However, it is now believed that the decline in fixed-line penetration may show signs of slowing down – and that in some markets there may yet be some growth...