While IT spending in those five nations totalled less than $50bn, or about £31bn, last year, it should climb to nearly $90bn in 2006, he said. In fact, the Middle East region represents a "wild card", he said, with IT demand ready to boom when the...
When it comes to 'e-readiness' - providing services and products online as well as having the infrastructure and education to support it, the UK is lagging behind the rest of the world, scraping in at just fifth place, behind nations including...
Although the programme was mostly designed for large developing nations like China, 36 national governments have signed up for the programme and three more will be announced soon, said Microsoft. The company has also created educational programmes...
By the end of the year Coaker said he expects 90 per cent of internet connections to be blocking access to websites blacklisted by the IWF. He said: "Blocking websites is a step we can and absolutely have to take," adding he hopes the remaining...
Despite the widespread connectivity in many countries, Hong Kong's IT head said the digital divide can still be found in richer nations, where the elderly and lower income families don't enjoy the same connectivity as the digital majority.
Although estimates vary, a full FTTH rollout would probably cost in the region of £15bn. Scott suggested other countries which are already rolling out NGA are doing so partly for reasons that do not apply in the UK.