By Edris Kisambira, Computerworld Uganda 20 Dec, 2009
Uganda's largest mobile telephone operator, Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) has taken the industry regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), to court over plans to fix interconnection rates. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 2 Dec, 2009
Collusion to fix Internet connectivity prices coupled with lack of willingness to reduce charges by ISPs in the region has forced the Kenyan government to slap a four-month deadline to cut down the charges or face an official price cap. read more »
Federal officials have put the PS3 to work breaking passwords on computer equipment confiscated from suspected child pornographers. according to a story released on the Scripps Howard Foundation wire. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 27 Oct, 2009
The debate has become heated at the ICANN meeting in Seoul this week over whether new generic Top-Level Domains should be approved and whether some applicants should be allowed into the fast-track process. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 27 Oct, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled US$3.4 billion in grants to update the nation's electrical grid, but the benefits could reach to the broadband sector as well, one community broadband adviser said. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 27 Oct, 2009
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers appears poised to move forward on allowing Internationalized Domain Names, with a vote on the matter set for Friday at the organization's meeting in Seoul. read more »
By Computerworld staff, Computerworld (US) 9 Oct, 2009
NASA's space probe successfully crashed into the moon this morning a part of the agency's investigation into whether there's water on the orb. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 8 Oct, 2009
Though various African countries monitor and restrict Internet access in some way, Ethiopia is the only country with a technical filtering regime in the sub-Saharan region, according to a report by OpenNet Initiative, a collaborative partnership between Harvard, Toronto, Cambridge and Oxford universities. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 8 Oct, 2009
IBM is facing an antitrust inquiry from the U.S. Department of Justice for recent actions the company has taken in the mainframe computer market, according to the trade group that filed the complaint. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 30 Sep, 2009
Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya are putting pressure on mobile service providers to cut high interconnection charges in order to make communication between networks cheaper. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
