Mobile, Internet, etc

London, January 31 (ANI): While cellphone credit-the transfer credit between phones with a simple text message-has partly replaced cash to in some parts of the African continent, a paper now predicts that more economic functions will soon come to be carried out through mobiles.

Bangalore, Jan 27 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has given security clearance to British telecom major Cable & Wireless (C&W) to roll out voice, data and Internet services in India, a top company official said.

Toronto, Jan 20 (IANS) A Canadian court has stopped BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) from making a hostile bid for takeover of its security technology supplier Certicom Corp.