Belgian operator Proximus has awarded Ericsson a contract for an end-to-end mobile TV solution, including Ericsson’s Channel Selector, that will enable customers of Proximus to enjoy fast and easy channel surfing for mobile TV. Ericsson will provide Proximus with the world’s fastest channel selector solution, making mobile TV channel surfing much more convenient – changing from

The Hotel Employees Provident Fund, the third largest pension fund with EUR 240 mln in assets is seeking to diversify and increase returns in order to meet the expectations of its members, said Marinos Gialeli, the Funds General Manager. Gialeli said the Hotel Employees Provident Fund may be the third biggest in terms of assets,

…CYTA, EAC and Hotel Employees the largest   Cyprus is waiting for passage of new European Pension Directive 41/2003, hopefully in few weeks promising to bring a lot of changes and new challenges for pension funds in Cyprus.  With the state-owned Social Security Fund seen running into deficit unless dramatic changes to its composition and

The growing popularity of online video has caught the attention of malicious hackers and hi-tech criminals, BBC News reports. Security firms are reporting more and more instances of booby-trapped Windows codecs – file compressors – required to play some video formats. Some of the codecs let users play types of net-based video, but also have

An initiative to encourage more global co-operation in combating junk email has been set up by six international organisations involved in spam-fighting, ZDNet UK reports. The StopSpamAlliance, launched on Tuesday, is a joint initiative to gather information and resources on combating spam. The organisations involved in the initiative are APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation), the European

Nokia is introducing a network solution that lets operators control the use of network resources by bandwidth-hungry applications such as file sharing and Voice over IP telephony — giving operators the tools to maintain better control over their networks.  The Peer-to-peer Traffic Control is the industry’s first integrated solution to allow mobile operators to profitably

The Cyprus government is expected to receive  EUR 800 mln from the EU for the period 2007 – 2013. An amount of EUR 400 mln will be used for corporate development, employment, education of human resources and research and development. An amount of EUR 212 mln will be used for infrastructure projects, whilst an amount