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Nokia pays India workers below minimum living wage


Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. relies heavily on contract workers at its Chennai mobile phone factory in India, paying them less than minimum living wage, said Finnish human and labor rights organization Finnwatch in a report published Tuesday.

In brief: Brazil president signs new pay TV bill into law


Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has signed a law which is expected to shake up the market for paid television services and introduce more competition. The government hopes the changes will bring down costs and expand the availability of pay TV services,

Samsung appeals Galaxy Tab 10.1 ruling in German court


The Duesseldorf higher regional court Tuesday said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has appealed a ruling from last week that bans the South Korean technology giant from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in Germany.

Eutelsat Announce Agreement to expand Reach of Tooway‘ Satellite Broadband into Turkey, Iraq, Georgia and Azerbaijan


Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), Europe''s leading satellite

Biometric passports to be issued in Azerbaijan in 2012


Biometric passports will be issued in Azerbaijan in 2012, the Deputy Chief of the State Population Register Service at the Ministry of Justice Mehdi Najafov told press. "The biometric passports project in Azerbaijan has entered the

Ex-Becta chief says UK must invest more in learning technologies


The UK is lagging behind emerging economies when it comes to investing in technology in education, according to ex-Becta CEO and director of global education implementation for Cisco, Steven Crowne, who was speaking at a Westminster eForum event earlier this week.

More than 200 jobs saved as HP shelves DWP offshoring plans


Plans to offshore jobs from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to India have been dropped by HP following a campaign by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union. More than 200 IT jobs have been saved after PCS members refused to assist with the transfer of their work from their HP offices in Newcastle, Lytham and Sheffield.

Government set to adopt US-style cloud-first policy


Ministry of Justice executive and member of the G-Cloud delivery board, Martin Bellamy, told delegates at a Westminster eForum yesterday that he anticipates that the UK government will adopt a cloud-first policy in the near future.

Intel Capital invests £15m in software companies


Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's worldwide investment arm, has invested over $24m (£15.2m) in seven software companies to help it achieve its long-term aim of developing software to accompany advances in chip production. The companies it has invested in include DynamicOps, the provider of the Operations Virtualization platform.

Indian state of Tamil Nadu gives laptops to children


Authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are to start handing out the first of an estimated 6.8 million free laptops to schoolchildren. All children in government-funded secondary schools and colleges will be eligible for one. The five-year programme is the first of its kind in India.

Technology firm Cisco more than halves revenue targets


Technology company Cisco Systems has more than halved its revenue forecast amid slowing economic growth and increased competition. Cisco said annual revenues would increase by between 5-7% over the next three years, down from a previous target of 12-17%.

Greece 'integral' to the eurozone, say European leaders


The leaders of Greece, France and Germany have said that Greece is an "integral" part of the eurozone. It follows a telephone call between Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Volume of ICT services grow 10.5% in Azerbaijan


Information and communication services worth 765.3m manats were rendered to organizations and population in Azerbaijan in January-August. This is more than 10.5% over the equivalent period last year,

Azerbaijani mobile phone market ups


In January-July Azerbaijan imported over 76,900 mobile phones worth over $4.5 billion, the State Statistics Committee said. Import of mobile phones increased by 29.5 percent,

Azerbaijan examines small satellite programs


The Information Technology Institute under the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) examines experience and problems with small satellite program,
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