African governments should break Internet monopolies to help lower the price of access, says the body in charge of assigning online addresses.

The law which requires vendors to record the personal details of people who buy SIM cards needs to be altered, says the Internet Service Providers' Association.

Microsoft wants tighter hardware.

The complaints aired at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week were all about cellphone network operators trying to find ways of profitably handling an explosion in mobile data traffic.

Telkom will give its customers a 100 percent "pass through" of the 36 cent reduction in mobile termination rates, the company has confirmed.

The East African Submarine Cable System is expected to land at Mtunzini, on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coastline.

Growth faster than on desktops.

MTN Zambia plans to invest up to R175-million in network upgrades to capture between 500 000 and one million more subscribers in 2010.

More than 4 400 British pupils taking GCSE and A level exams last year were guilty of "malpractice" and cheating, according to an exam watchdog.

A new report by Juniper Research - titled Mobile Ticketing Applications & Markets - predicts cell phones will replace traditional paper tickets for everything from cinemas to air travel. The study also said airlines and bus and train operators are developing a range of new mobile tickets that will work via text messages, bar codes or downloadable applications.

Read full article in The Telegraph and Juniper Research Report.

Impressive adoption of new service within first three months.

Cubans have opted for illegal ways in an attempt to have access to the Internet.

Gartner believes that there will be 1.82 billion browser-equipped phones by then.

There are more than five million Internet users in South Africa, bringing penetration to 10 percent, according to research released by World Wide Worx.

Twenty-eight per cent of all traffic accidents are caused when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving, according to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. National Safety Council.

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Twenty-eight per cent of all traffic accidents are caused when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving, according to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. National Safety Council. [via TheStar.com] Related: - New advocacy group against cellphoning-while-driving

This week saw the launch of Bwired, a company which is set to provide the city of Joburg with affordable broadband Internet.

A growing number of consumers worldwide used their cellphones to help them shop early in the holiday season, according to a survey.

'Just early examples of what’s possible when you pair sensor-rich devices with resources in the cloud'.

usic-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said on Monday. Reuters reports. "We are concerned that organized thieves are targeting concerts to steal phones from genuine fans,"...

Technology, they say, is bringing families closer together, with children cell-phoning, e-mailing and instant messaging their parents to a degree not possible in the days when communication meant a pay phone. However, technology has provided my husband, son and daughter with new ways to tune me out.

A must read article by Susan Reimer for the Baltimore Sun.