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February 21st to February 28th 2008 AFRICA: Vodacom in acquisition talks with LAP Green BAHRAIN: Government plans sale of Batelco shares Zainalabedin appointed as new Zain Bahrain CCO EGYPT: NTRA to auction second fixed-line licence on 19 June 2008 Orascom...

Revenues' increase: +21.7% Continuing growth of the group Mobile customer base: +30% Maroc Telecom group achieved in 2007 consolidated revenues of MAD 27,532 million (about $3,375 million), up to 21.7%, thanks mainly to the continuing growth of Mobile...

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched today alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of...

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The "GiFi" was unveiled today at the Melbourne University-based laboratories of NICTA, the national information and communications technology research centre. A $10 chip that could transmit 5 gigabits per second of data over a wireless connection, for...

February 14th to February 21st 2008 AFRICA: Orascom deploys Roamware roaming solutions to offer enhanced roaming services ALGERIA: GTI collaborates with Algerie Telecom for WiMAX launch BAHRAIN: Batelco launches video conference calls Batelco to refund...

February 7th to February 14th 2008 AFGHANISTAN: Roshan pioneers mobile payment service AFRICA: Celtel to go the Zain way in Africa too ANGOLA: Alcatel-Lucent wins GSM/EDGE expansion contract from Unitel BAHRAIN: Batelco releases annual ’07 results (Updated)...

Would you pay $200 for a pen? How about a pen that remembers what you write, and also what you didn't write? LiveScribe's Smartpen (Called Pulse) stores your notes, sketches, and doodles in digital memory so they can be transferred later to your PC. It...

Reiterates Full and Fair Proposal for Microsoft-Yahoo! Combination Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Yahoo! Inc. that its Board of Directors has rejected Microsoft’s previously announced proposal to...

Microsoft Corp. today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Danger Inc., the company responsible for the software and services powering many popular consumer handsets. The acquisition will align Danger’s nearly 10 years of expertise in...