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All Change in African ICT?

NOVATECH, the ICT Africa Market Place opened in Addis Ababa almost exactly as MWC closed its doors in Barcelona. It has taken Developing Telecoms' reporter a whole month longer to return from Ethiopia and file a report but it is of no less importance in understanding the path of future ICT development in emerging markets. The Addis event may be less well attended than Barcelona and lack the glitzy exhibition stands and product innovations. But here too you find some of the most important issues being addressed...

Cheap mobile phones: is the breakthrough in sight?

Mobile World Congress 2008 did indeed revive the discussion about low-cost mobile phones. While our two reports of the products announced at Mobile World Congress come with our "government health warning" urging readers to study the evidence and then make up their own minds, we are glad that the subject has not been forgotten...

Mobile Payments World 2008 - Singapore, May 26-28

Stay abreast of this rapidly changing landscape as new players pitch a stake on the increasing mobile payment market. As more mobile payments trials move into implementations this year, the conference will highlight the strategies for speedier & profitable commercial deployments. From acceptable pricing models & incentivizing merchants to implementations & getting the applications into the phones, get the latest information & developments!

Cisco Pioneering Digital Infrastructure for Massive Projects in Saudi Arabia

Cisco Systems has joined with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to pioneer cities for the 21st century. On the eve of his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Cisco chief executive John Chambers visited Saudi Arabia to oversee the signing of agreements to design the ICT infrastructure for three of the world's largest real estate development projects...

Asia-Pacific Billing & OSS / Revenue Assurance 2008

Join the 8th Annual Asia Pacific Billing & OSS 2008, co-located with Revenue Assurance 2008 in Singapore on May 12-15 to learn proven revenue protection strategies from leading operators. Here’s your chance to anticipate the impact of tomorrow’s telecom business on your revenue assurance, billing and OSS and gain an understanding of the emerging technologies and services such as IMS, IP, LTE, SDP and WiMAX to better prepare your revenue protection functions...

WiMAX World EMEA Conference & Exposition - Munich, May 19-20

Since 2004, WiMAX World has been the industry’s seminal event and has attracted over 15,000 attendees from 130 countries around the world. WiMAX World is the world’s largest, longest running and most successful global meeting place for the WiMAX and Wireless/Mobile Broadband Community...

North Korea signs up Orascom 3G, invests US$400 million

North Korea, despite its reputation for being autocratic and backward, does boast an existing GSM network. It is centered around the capital city Pyongyang. In recent years but have been difficult to tell whether the number of mobile subscribers has increased or decreased but it is generally agreed that investment can only benefit the country...

ITU Telecom Africa - Africa's top ICT forum for 2008

ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2008 brings together CEO’s, ministers, regulators and policy-makers from across the region to shape the future of Africa’s ICT industry. The Forum will explore the key technologies, policies and applications which are driving Africa's ICT sector. The Exhibition will feature the latest technologies and innovations and provide a place to explore the wealth of new opportunities for business partnerships, trade and investment...

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