Cloud goes app crazy!

Google looks to do for the ‘cloud’ what Apple successfully did for the mobile world by setting up a Cloud-based app store. But that could be easier said than done. For third-party apps to successfully proliferate in this environment they will first have be integrated...

Mobile transfers saving lives in Africa

I’ve just read a heart-wrenching story about a Somali man robbed of $200 then shot dead by his assailants, no doubt a common story in a country racked by over 19 years of anarchy. However, a new mobile money transfer and banking system being introduced by mobile...

Barcelona binge bites back

After a round of binge drinking it is normal procedure to go through a recovery phase of teetotaling, lots of rest and lots of vitamin supplements. The same process can be applied to attendees of the annual cellular bingefest held in Barcelona, otherwise known as the...

Heads roll in New Zealand network debacle

What do you do when you build a multi-million dollar, state of the art HSPA mobile network from scratch and it keeps falling over? It’s no use asking Telecom New Zealand CEO, Paul Reynolds, because he doesn’t know either! His lauded XT network, commissioned only last...