Africa-Europe fiber optic cable laid, launching ‘new era’ for African communications

April 28th, 2009 Cablevision has fastest Internet speeds for cable Cablevision Systems Corp. is set to unveil Tuesday the fastest Internet speeds available from any cable or phone company.

October 5th, 2009 Verizon begins cable TV service in central NYSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Cable competition has come to central New York, where Verizon is now offering cable television service to customers in eight communities in the Syracuse area.

July 10th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Aegis Ltd, a Gurgaon-based business process outsourcing (BPO) provider and part of the Essar group, has announced the 100 percent acquisition of South African contact centre outsourcer CCN group. The acquisition, announced Thursday, is expected to boost South Africa's economy through a 500 million rand ($60 million) injection over three years and create 5,000 jobs.

July 6th, 2009 NAIROBI - Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business and boost the East African nation's struggling economy. While many business are yet to work out how best to take advantage of the bandwidth surge, one company is primed to ride the digital wave and steal a slice of India's call-centre market.

July 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The acquisition of the small but well-placed South African software company Cura by Softpro of Hyderabad has presented an opportunity to the Indian firm to become the multinational company that it aspires to be, Softpro chairman Bala Reddy said here. "Cura is an $8-million company which we want to build into a $200-million governance, risk and compliance leader within five years," Reddy told IANS Wednesday at a dinner to celebrate the $90-million buyout.

October 6th, 2009 3 Americans share Nobel physics prizeNEW YORK — The next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. They helped develop fiber-optic cable and invented the "eye" in digital cameras — technology that has given rise to film-free photography and high-speed Internet service, revolutionized communications and science, and utterly transformed the way we live, work and amuse ourselves.

September 16th, 2009 On the Call: Oracle President Safra CatzOracle Corp. managed to meet Wall Street's profit forecasts in the fiscal first quarter despite a drop in sales that was caused in large part by weakness in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a region where revenue was down about 10 percent from last year to $1.64 billion.

July 7th, 2009 WARANGAL - An Indian software engineer from Andhra Pradesh was shot at by unidentified assailants in Johannesburg in South Africa. B Kiran, who was working in South Africa for the past two years, was attacked last Thursday when while returning from work.

February 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - IBM is offering its laid off employees in North America a chance to take a job with the company in India, Nigeria, Russia or other countries through Project Match, a media report said. Citing an internal company document CNN said its Project Match will help interested workers whose jobs are on the chopping block to 'identify potential opportunities in growth markets and facilitate consideration by hiring managers in those markets.' The company also will help with moving costs and provide visa assistance, it says.

August 6th, 2009 Comcast's 2Q profit soars 53 pct, tops estimatesPHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable TV systems operator, posted a 53 percent increase in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher prices and increased customer spending on video and Internet services. But subscriber growth markedly slowed as the recession's grip remained tight.

February 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Verizon Business, a global leader in communications and IT solutions, plans to offer direct connections to one of the world's largest global networks through its two international gateways in Mumbai and Chennai. This follows approval from the India government's Department of Telecommunications to operate these under its international long-distance license, the New Jersey based company announced Friday.

April 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist has used the help of Google Earth in discovering a trove of mammal fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife. The scientist in question is University of Michigan paleontologist Philip Gingerich, who learned of a whale fossil from Egypt that had been discovered in a most unconventional way.

July 16th, 2009 DVD protector Macrovision changes name and purposeLOS ANGELES — Macrovision Solutions Corp., once a maker of copy-protection technology for DVDs, officially changed its name Thursday to Rovi Corp. to mark its transition into a provider of TV listings data and related services.

May 13th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Software piracy cost companies more than $50 billion last year, according to a study by the Business Software Alliance, an industry trade group. The report released Tuesday said that worldwide losses totaled $53 billion, an 11-percent increase over the previous years.

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