WAPA weighs in on spectrum policy debate

The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) has released a draft Position Paper on Spectrum, and last week hosted the second Future Wireless Technologies Forum, as part of iWeek. Both these initiatives are for the purpose of giving real-world examples and...

AIH, Kaymu win at Online Retail Awards

African Internet Holding (AIH) and one of its start-ups, the online marketplace Kaymu, have won the E-Commerce Company of the Year and Department Store awards at the Online Retail Awards in London. Kaymu was also nominated in the Small Size Online Retailer of the Year...

Orange Business Services extends VPN

Orange Business Services is extending its core Business VPN service with Business VPN Internet. The offering is designed to meet the growing demand from multinational corporations (MNCs) for high-performance, secure access to Internet-based cloud and Web services....

Despite savings, cloud ERP still lags

Mid-market businesses in Europe have reported savings of more than 25% when they deploy cloud over on-premise solutions, with one in five reporting reductions of 50%. However, ERP is lagging behind many other cloud services. Nearly nine in 10 (87%) of mid-market...

Mobile payments face European obstacles

Although Europeans are increasingly using mobile devices for payments, most payments are still made using the traditional e-commerce environment: the Internet browser. However, a new report from IDC Financial Insights found that the future of mobile payments belongs...