Corporates guard green tech access

Big business is gearing up to fight the use of green technology by developing countries seeking to reduce carbon emissions, according to the Guardian.

It appears that international efforts to slow the pace of worldwide climate disruption could run up against powerful interests who advocate a fundamentalist conception of intellectual property.

According to Inside US Trade, the US chamber of commerce is gearing up for a fight to limit the access of developing countries to environmentally sound technologies.

The Information Commissioner's Office plans to introduce a public consultation about how businesses can build privacy technology into online Web services, as it prepares to institute a code of practice next year, reports silicon.com.

A code of practice is needed to help make sure privacy enhancement is built into innovative Web technologies from the beginning, according to assistant information commissioner, Jonathan Bamford.

"Technology is being used in innovative ways to exploit personal information, but not always to protect it. Systems have lagged behind in data protection," says Bamford, addressing technologists at a data-protection conference in London.

There seems to be no end to the crisis generated by the 2.3GHz licensing round in Nigeria, This Day reports.

While the Ministry of Information and Communications is standing by the cancellation of the process citing lack of transparency, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) remains adamant, warning of far-reaching consequences if the ministry maintained its stand.

While the dust of the crisis generated is yet to settle, the National Frequency Management Council charged with carrying out bulk trans-sectoral allocation of spectrum to authorised statutory bodies has officially released the 2.3GHz frequency spectrum to the NCC to pave the way for the commencement of a new licensing process.