By Brenda Zulu on Jan 11, 2008
All broadband technologies can lead to enormous economic and social benefits for peoples of every development level. The key to success is a combination of favorable regulatory, economic and development strategies that support broadband deployment.
Zambia now offers the ubiquitous ability of a wireless communications network that has been always been thought to be the main advantage of a mobile communications network. Sub-Saharan mobile communications networks have lately grown ...
By codezed on Jan 2, 2008
Many Zambians who are Celtel subscribers failed to communicate to anyone on New year's day. This failure was also extended to MTN and Zamtel subscribers who wanted to call people on the Celtel Network.
Emelda Yumbe Coordinator of the Zambia Media Women Association(ZAMWA) said that she failed to communicate Celtel subscribers. Yumbe who is an MTN and Zamtel subscriber said she failed to communicate with people on the Celtel ...
By codezed on Sep 4, 2007
According to an article titled 'How PDAs Are Saving Lives in Africa' in the UN Dispatch, Zambia is replacing paper-based health surveys with those used on PDAs (personal digital assistants). This means no data entry, no cumbersome clipboards, and most importantly no waiting weeks or months for data entry clerks to enter stacks of paper into a computer for analysis.
DataDyne.org, the non-profit organization founded by Joel Selanikio and technologist ...
By codezed on Sep 4, 2007
The European Union set out a clear vision for Europe to work towards before 2010 in the Lisbon agenda. This vision makes clear that the deployment of new Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is crucial for the economic future of all countries in Europe. For developing nations, with little or no existing ICT infrastructure, this vision is equally valid, as deployment of ICT becomes even more important to ...
By Francis Malama on Aug 30, 2007
VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. In layman’s terms it simply means transmitting a voice conversation through a computer (data) network. Much has been said and written about VoIP technology and its impact on traditional phone companies. VoIP technology is one of the greatest inventions in the technology industry since the internet. In Zambia there has been a lot of talk about VoIP and its perceived impact particularly ...
