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France Telecom carries stakes into Africa
Marc Rennard, VP at France Telecom, makes further expansion plans into Africa, and specifically the Ivory Coast, Tunisia, and Egypt
France Telecom, whose operations suffered as a result of unrest in West and North Africa earlier in 2011, said that business was slowly ‘returning to normal’ in the Ivory Coast and Tunisia. A senior executive told the press that the company wa...
Telecommunications companies accused of monopoly meddling
Reported anti-monopoly case held against two of the country’s biggest telecommunications providers, China Telecom and China Unicom, in one of China’s more high profile inquiries
China Unicom and China Telecom, the two biggest telecommunications operators in the country, are facing an anti-monopoly investigation by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The case is related to their actions in the broadband telecomm...
Illegal downloads throttle creative industries
As illegal downloading becomes more and more prominent amongst the online community, less can be done to stifle it
Ever since innovations that made it possible to download music and other types of entertainment files became commonplace, the issue of illegal downloads has become significant just about everywhere. The downloading of copyrighted material without paying f...
Technology innovation key factor
Kazakh consumers are benefitting from a competitive insurance sector, due to government incentives and innovative technology
Kazakhstan’s state insurance sector is growing rapidly and presents many opportunities to ambitious companies that are not afraid to invest time and effort to bring the best deals to consumers. With the help of technology and through close governmen...
A national network for the national interest
Azercell is not only Azerbaijan’s market leader in mobile telecoms: it is also one of the country’s biggest social investors and employers
In autumn 1996, Azerbaijani TV channels started to air an ad campaign that – with the country in only its fifth year since declaring independence from the USSR – was both surprising and original in the way it grabbed the attention of its viewers. “Y...
Technology drive signals new era
Avea is enriching its customers’ lives through its multi-tasking activities
Avea, Turkey’s youngest and fastest growing mobile communications company, was established in 2004. The company offers innovative and qualitative services to its customers with its advanced infrastructure and technology investments. By mid-2011 the comp...
GLOBO Goes Global
Networking and socialising have become an everyday occurrence and the Greek telecoms group GLOBO has developed a platform to synchronise these trends
The Greek gods of mount Olympus are smiling down on GLOBO. With worldwide mobile connections looking to reach an estimated 5.6 billion this year and a surging use of mobile data, there could not be a better time for the mobile services provider to illustr...
Understanding innovation in microscopy
A combination of public funding to scientific facilities and private sector materials research means microscopy companies are growing and innovating
Carl Zeiss Microscopy is part of the Carl Zeiss group, a leading group of companies operating worldwide in the optical and opto-electronical industry. Carl Zeiss has ended the first six months of fiscal year 2010-11 (1 October 2010 to 31 March 2011) wi...
Six Sigma performance – how much is enough?
There is no doubt that Six Sigma offers a well structured methodology for improving process capability – but the system’s eponymous target is often an unnecessarily high goal, writes Saurabh Saran
All Six Sigma projects call for a lot of investment in terms of resources and effort, and it takes a significant amount of time to reach a Six Sigma level of performance. But can the results achieved by a Six Sigma-quality process justify the investmen...
From a local voice to a global presence
Orascom Telecom’s partnership with Wind Italy reflects the company’s global ambition
In 1997 Naguib Sawiris incorporated Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) to consolidate the telecommunications and technology interests of the Sawiris family. By 1998, OTH was the only company in Egypt with licences in all three privatised sectors: wireless, fix...
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Zimbabwe
234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead
Japan
197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations
Greece
142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys
Lebanon
133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy
Iceland
126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel
Italy
119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership
Singapore
106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option
Belgium
101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus
Egypt
90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high
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82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…
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