* Ma embarks on seven-day visit to South Pacific Mar 21, 2010
Acknowledging that the use of such devices might be limited in the six countries because of a lack of 3G mobile telecommunication infrastructure, Yang said the idea was to promote Taiwanese products. Those phones can take good, high-resolution photos, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
ECOWAS Parliament holds meeting on ICT Mar 10, 2010
telecommunication infrastructure over a large geographical area, at minimal additional. cost of teachers, classrooms, learning materials and other logistics. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Iran to start national email service; Shut GOOGLE... Feb 11, 2010
Blocking an email service like Gmail is fairly simple, according to Mr. Stiennon, particularly in a place like Iran where the government controls the nation's telecommunication infrastructure, and largely the service providers that depend on it. The regime, through its telecom arm, the Telecommunication Co. of Iran, could block the domain name address of Gmail, so that the country's estimated 23 million Internet users would no longer be able to access it, he said. (The Drudge Report)
Quake disruptspayments lifeline Jan 16, 2010
The problems extended beyond just telecommunication infrastructure. Katleen Felix, a project director with the U.S. operations of Fonkoze, which provides money transfers and microfinance services in Haiti, said the institution has generators and satellite technology at some of its offices. (MSNBC -- Business)
