The new telecoms company, Eaton Venture Group, will promote passive infrastructure sharing among African operators.
The company's empowerment status opens doors to government contracts, it says.
In this World Wide Wrap: Bahrain gets new contact centre company, CTE to promote NewVoiceMedia solution, and IT Solutions Now releases CRM 4.0.
In this World Wide Wrap: Ubuntu takes on the cloud, Android 2.0 ups enterprise features, and Adobe and Salesforce.com target cloud.
In this World Wide Wrap: Oracle continues Sun's investment, Ford unveils open source platform, and open source shift draws praise.
The solution includes Mitel Unified Communicator Advanced and Mitel TeleCollaboration.
Cisco, VMware and EMC partner to address the networking and storage requirements of next-generation virtualisation.
The integrated application allows service providers to deliver video conferencing as a cloud service.
A UN report hails Africa's mobile revolution, but laments its continued Internet problems.
In this World Wide Wrap: OKI MFP series targets SMEs, MyFax unveils Print-to-Fax Assistant, and Toshiba intros document management solutions.
In this World Wide Wrap: Emulex shipping single-chip CNAs, Nexus switch and IBM blades integrate, and integrated IPsec solution offered.
The need for safe and reliable document transfer is greater than ever, says Craig Freer, MD of Vox Amvia.