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The State of Connectivity: Building Innovation Through Broadbandsee also full report
The California Broadband Task Force today released its final findings and recommendations in a report to the Governor and Legislature. The report, “The State of Connectivity: Building Innovation Through Broadband,” represents the culmination of more than a year of work by the Task Force, including [...]

India adds 9.22 mln mobile users in July: regulator
Indian mobile telecoms firms added 9.2 million users in July, taking subscribers in the world’s fastest growing wireless market to nearly 300 million, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Monday.
Leading mobile firm Bharti Airtel signed up 2.7 million customers, enough for it to overtake state-run [...]

Kuwait’s Zain launches mobile phone service in Saudi
Kuwait’s telecom giant Zain will launch its mobile phone service in Saudi Arabia on August 26, the group said Monday in a statement.
Last year, a Zain-led consortium won the third mobile phone licence in the oil-rich kingdom after making the highest bid of 6.1 billion dollars.
At the start, [...]

GSM operators spend over N2 trillion on diesel annually
Judging from claims made recently by Zain Nigeria’s chief executive officer, Bayo Ligali, the GSM industry spends trillions of naira on the purchase of diesel annually.
Ligali claimed in a press briefing recently that Zain Nigeria consumes about 450 litres of diesel every second to power its [...]

Has it already changed the auto industry?
GM’s car guru, Bob Lutz, has stated that Tesla was a factor in the decision to move aggressively towards the Chevy Volt. Thus, if not for Tesla, would there even be a Volt?
Possibly, but without doubt, Tesla motivated GM to move faster towards vehicles such as the Volt. But [...]