Friday 17 July 2009 at 11:43
Gartner recently published a study in which the analyst firm anticipates worldwide IT spending is will experience a 6% decline in 2009 from 2008, reaching US$ 3.2 trillion (EUR 2,290 billion) in 2009, instead of US$ 3.4 trillion (EUR 2,430 billion) in 2008. Gartner also gives details for its forecasts: computing hardware spending is to be down by 16.3% whereas telecom is only to be down by 4.6%.
Thursday 9 July 2009 at 11:03
Mobile phone penetration passed the 4 billion line already a few months ago. The banking industry has been pushing for the bancarization of the poor for decades with very little success. Today, at least 1 billion unbanked people have a mobile phone, and are ready to use it for financial transactions. Mobile Money is now emerging as a major application of mobile communication, demonstrating its role as a valuable tool for connecting the unbanked.
Thursday 2 July 2009 at 14:43
Many in our industry are conscious they will not succeed alone. We are used to partnerships set up between technology developers, to build complete solutions, or to put together different sets of skills.
